Myrtle Beach Golf News

Ryan Fox accepted the winner’s trophy at the 2025 ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic, but he wasn’t the only winner at the area’s second-year PGA TOUR event, which again showcased The Dunes Golf & Beach Club as a worthy host site. In addition, nine local charities shared $225,000, with seven of those receiving at least $26,750.

Join us on a majestic sightseeing tour of one of the Grand Strand’s north end cornerstone tracks: the Gene Hamm-designed Eagle Nest Golf Club in Little River, S.C.

Pinecrest High School (Southern Pines, NC) capped two rounds of stellar play with a 19-under par finish, and was the only team to finish 36 holes in red figures in earning a resounding victory Saturday at  the Style Driver Girls High School Palmetto Tournament of Champions at Tradition Golf Club in Pawleys Island, SC.

Thirteen high school girls golf teams from throughout the Carolinas teed it up Friday in the first round of the Style Driver Girls High School Palmetto Tournament of Champions at Tradition Golf Club in Pawleys Island, SC. Check out Joe Novak’s photos from the day’s action!

Who’s ready for fall golf fun in The Golf Capital of the World®? Thanks to our friends on Instagram, we’re seeing plenty of it in action already throughout the Myrtle Beach golf scene. Let’s take a look at what they’ve been up to this past week!

Last week, Play Golf Myrtle Beach’s Jim Maggio took to the skies at the Gene Hamm-designed Burning Ridge Golf Club to capture hole-by-hole imagery of the popular design’s front nine holes. The images he captured along the way showcase just a few of the many examples of the type of warm welcome mat that’s here to greet you right now when you arrive in The Golf Capital of the World®!

Since shining on the Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship stage, several of its former champions have already moved on to higher-level achievement and glory. We’ve highlighted the next-level feats of several, including PGA TOUR winners Akshay Bhatia and Nick Dunlap, plus a host of others who competed in the 2021 DJ World Junior.

Less than six months since that last update, we’ve had a growing list of more recent DJWJ alums who’ve now staked claims of their own. 

In the third installment of this series Wesley and George head over to Grande Dunes Resort Course, where LPGA Teaching Professional Meredith Kirk and Assistant Golf Professional Evan Payne give them a test they won’t soon forget.  Who will prevail? Tune in right here to find out!

One of North Myrtle Beach’s most popular beachside destinations, Tilghman Beach & Golf Resort is a great choice for you and your group to pair well-appointed oceanfront accommodations with your golfing itinerary. Conveniently located in close proximity to a wide variety of North and Central Strand courses, Tilghman Beach & Golf Resort is also conveniently situated to all of North Myrtle Beach’s top dining and entertainment options.

A wave of college competitors took center stage in the Myrtle Beach golf scene this week, with 49 Division I teams in three tournaments transforming The Golf Capital of the World^® into the “College Golf Capital of the World” for three days.

Legends Golf Resort is Myrtle Beach’s iconic “stay here, play here” destination, drawing tens of thousands of golfers every year with 54 holes of championship golf, a premier golf academy and the area’s largest circular range practice facility. And the Parkland course at Legends remains a distinct design that perfectly contrasts the Legends’ other two courses: Heathland and Moorland. Join us for an aerial tour of this design, and browse our hole-by-hole photo gallery!

School’s back in session, and that means fall golf in The Golf Capital of the World®! The Myrtle Beach links are already buzzing with activity to kick off September’s peak season; let’s get a glimpse of what’s happening thanks to our friends on Instagram!

In the past two weeks, Play Golf Myrtle Beach’s David Williams and Joe Novak traveled long roads to check in on a host of Grand Strand designs – with David setting his sights on Azalea Sands, the Hackler Course at Coastal Carolina University, and River Club; while Joe stopped by the Fazio and Love courses at Barefoot Resort, Diamondback, and Long Bay. The images they captured along the way showcase just a few of the many examples of the type of warm welcome mat that’s here to greet you right now when you arrive in The Golf Capital of the World®!

Jack Nicklaus. Arnold Palmer. Gary Player. They are golf titans, winning a total of 34 major championships between them, but this trio of legends has more than on-course greatness in common. All three have left their mark on the Myrtle Beach golf community as course architects. If you want to experience the work of the game’s most accomplished players, the Grand Strand offers ample opportunities.

Play Golf Myrtle Beach has teamed up with Aaron Chewning, the co-founder of St. Andre Golf, to launch a fresh and innovative video series, “Course Cases with Aaron Chewning.” In Episode 9, Aaron heads to the South Strand to enter the den of “The Golden Bear,” Jack Nicklaus, in his signature design at Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country club in Pawleys Island, S.C.

Aaron’s taking on the back nine with its renowned marshland holes. Let’s see if he can emerge unscathed!