Myrtle Beach Golf News

After months of dedicated effort, Tidewater Golf Club in North Myrtle Beach is now reaping the rewards of their removal or complete replacement of all greenside bunkers throughout the layout. Tidewater’s and course owner KemperSports’ goal was to enhance the experience around the greens, where golfers most often encounter sand, and make these areas both more playable and visually striking.

When golfers discuss Myrtle Beach’s South Strand, attention immediately turns to Pawleys Island, but savvy group leaders often bring their charges to Murrells Inlet. Home to four courses and the famed MarshWalk – a half-mile long boardwalk that features some of the area’s most popular bars and restaurants – Murrells Inlet delivers on and off the course. Enjoy a closer look at the quartet of layouts that call Murrells Inlet home.

The former Sea Gull Golf Club was redesigned by Thomas Walker just over a decade ago, and 12 years later Founders Club at Pawleys Island continues to provide a fresh look to the Lowcountry golf experience. Join us on a dramatic video tour of this dynamic layout.

This week, David Williams takes us on a special journey through two of the area’s “golf & fish” clubs – first, through the air to observe the creative stylings of Clyde Johnston at Shaftesbury Glen, and then by foot as he pays homage to “The Maverick,” Mike Strantz, with shots from his July visit to Caledonia. David’s images showcase just a few of the many examples of the type of scenic welcome mat that’s here to greet you right now when you arrive in “The Golf Capital of the World!”

Our thanks to all of you in the Myrtle Beach golf community for the awesome Facebook and Instagram posts over the past week. We love seeing golfers enjoying the game, supporting our local courses, and sharing the experience with others. Keep the posts coming, keep tagging us, and we’ll keep showing the world what makes golf in Myrtle Beach so special.  See you on the course!

The Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame will welcome two influential figures into its prestigious ranks when Dr. Bruce Martin and Arthur L. “Max” Morgan Jr. are enshrined during a ceremony at the historic Pine Lakes Country Club on September 24. Created in 2008, the Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame honors individuals who have made an indelible mark on the Grand Strand golf industry.

The PGA TOUR’S ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic will again be played in early May in 2026, with the competition dates set for May 7-10 at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club. The field size for the coming year will be slightly smaller, with 120 players competing, 12 fewer than in the past two years. Ryan Fox captured the 2025 Classic with a dramatic chip-in to win a three-way playoff over Harry Higgs and Mackenzie Hughes.

How does a three-round golf trip on layouts that play along the Intracoastal Waterway, have challenged World Golf Hall of Famers, and undergone a transformative renovation in recent years sound? If that’s a potentially intriguing itinerary, your group will want to check out a trio of Myrtle Beach golf courses designed by Clyde Johnston.

Crown Reef Beach Resort and Waterpark provides the ultimate getaway in a one-of-a-kind setting. From refreshed rooms with modern-day conveniences to high-end amenities to please the golf, leisure and business traveler, Crown Reef Resort offers a wide range of accommodations, amenities and dining options to suit the needs of your group.

You see how the tour players do it, so how can you? Steve Dresser of the Steve Dresser Golf Academy at True Blue Golf Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. demonstrates the difference between how professional golfers and amateurs rotate their bodies through impact, and show some exercises to help you do it more like the pros.

The “Big Cats” of Ocean Ridge Plantation feature three designs of master architect Tim Cate, including his work at Panther’s Run Golf Links. Join us as we explore this adventurous track in both our video feature and a hole-by-hole photo gallery.

The 28^th Annual Family Golf Week wrapped up Saturday with final-round action teeing it up at Barefoot-Fazio and seven additional award-winning designs throughout the Myrtle Beach area, and flight winners and National Champions crowned at the awards presentations at Barefoot Resort & Golf.

More than 800 players from 40 states are calling the Grand Strand home this week as they take part in the 28^th Annual Family Golf Week, with second-round action teeing it up Friday at Shaftesbury Glen and seven additional award-winning designs throughout the Myrtle Beach area.

This week, Jim Maggio once more paid visits to courses on each end of the Grand Strand: the Tom Fazio/Lanny Wadkins design at TPC Myrtle Beach to the south, and the Willard Byrd signature course at Sea Trail Golf Resort to the north. His aerial images showcase just a few of the many examples of the type of scenic welcome mat that’s here to greet you right now when you arrive in “The Golf Capital of the World!”

Faithful event participants Broderick Arnold of Fayetteville, Georgia and the Doolittle Family from Fairfield, Connecticut were honored with the 2025 Father of the Year and Family of the Year awards at a fun-filled Family Golf Night at Barefoot Resort for the  28^th Annual Family Golf Week in Myrtle Beach.