Myrtle Beach Golf News & Updates

Dave Genevro, General Manager of Barefoot Resort talks about the layout, and how it stacks up against other courses.

“The course is a Pete Dye design. Known, of the four courses on site, probably as one of the toughest courses,” says Genevro. It's definitely a course that you have to play more than once to appreciate. A lot of people who play it for the first time, they think it's too difficult. But it just comes out to finding out a lot of times where you don't want

Have you ever been on a Myrtle Beach golf trip, just enjoying a round of golf, and a beautiful blonde walks up and starts chatting you up? Well, as unimaginable as that sounds, it happened to Jim here. Blair O'Neal, host of The Myrtle Beach Golf Buzz stopped in to say hi:

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Hi, my name is Blair O’Neal, host of the Golf Buzz, presented by Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday.

Today I’m at the Dye Club and I’ve caught up with some people playing golf.

Jim:

Andrew Marshall had been planning to take a Myrtle Beach golf trip with a few friends from Cleveland.

Little did he know that he would win the perfect weekend on the links for him and a few new friends – Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic, co-hosts of the “Mike & Mike In The Morning” show.

The graduate student and cross country assistant coach at Salem College in Winston-Salem, N.C., was chosen to meet the TV/radio personalities at the Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the

Are you completely and utterly satisfied with your driving consistency and distance? Yeah, we aren’t either. Check out Blair O’Neal, host of The Myrtle Beach Golf Buzz, as she discusses a few driving tips at the Legends Resort in Myrtle Beach.

Blair O’Neal: Hi. I’m Blair O’Neal host of The Myrtle Beach Golf Buzz presented by Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday. Today I’m here at Legends Resort and Golf with Matt Veltman, and he’s going to show us a driving tip.

Matt:

In this episode of the Myrtle Beach Golf Buzz, host Blair O'Neal goes to Thoroughbred's, a steakhouse that has been sending golfers home happy for more than 20 years.

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Blair: Hi, my name is Blair O'Neal, Host of The Golf Buzz, presented by
Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday. Today I am with David

Myrtle Beach Golf Buzz, an online television show covering all things Grand Strand golf, is a go. In our introductory video meet our host Blair O'Neal!

Hi, I’m Blair O’Neal, host of The Golf Buzz, presented by Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday.

I look forward to bringing to you frequent video updates on everything that is hot in golf –

We’ll be taking a look at what’s new in golf equipment and apparel. We’ll share tips to lower your scores,

Lion’s Paw was the first Big Cat at Ocean Ridge Plantation and over the years two of its fellow felines – Tiger’s Eye and Leopard’s Chase – have come to be regarded as among the best Myrtle Beach golf courses. While its younger littermates attract attention, Lion’s Paw is, in some regards, still the king of jungle at Ocean Ridge.

The Heathland Course at Legends Resort is smack in the middle of Myrtle Beach, but it’s easy to see why visitors have visions of the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Heathland, a Myrtle Beach golf favorite, is one of three very different courses at Legends Resort off Highway 501. The course opened in 1991 with a links feel, including miles of panoramic views, taxing winds, pot bunkers and tall, wiry heather grass interspersed throughout this 6,800-yard layout.

The “old

Golf Digest’s travel editor Matt Ginella has turned his popular Ambush segment into art form. Ginella regularly features the stories of traveling golfers in the pages of the magazine, and in the April issue a group of Myrtle Beach golfers is included.

Ginella penned a story on Denis Gilbert, a Quebec City, Quebec resident, and the annual trek his four-man group makes to the Grand Strand.

Gilbert made his first Myrtle Beach golf trip in 2004, equating it to a kid going to Toys R

The most rollicking day on the Myrtle Beach golf calendar is again attracting some of the game’s greatest players.

PGA TOUR star and Myrtle Beach golf spokesman Dustin Johnson, LPGA legend Annika Sorenstam, former U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk and Ryder Cup hero Boo Weekly are the latest big names to the commit to the 18th annual event.

[UPDATE: Due to a back injury, Dustin Johnson was forced to withdraw from The Masters tournament, and we are awaiting word as to whether he will

Ocean Ridge Plantation, one of the premier multicourse facilities on the Myrtle Beach golf scene, is famously home to the Big Cats – Lion’s Paw, Panther’s Run, Tiger’s Eye and Leopard’s Chase. The first kitty in the litter was Lion’s Paw, and we have five things you need to know before teeing it up on North Strand favorite.

The Myrtle Beach golf market has long stood above the competition based on the number of quality courses it offers. That reality was again reinforced by “Golfweek’s” just released ranking of the “Best Courses You Can Play – 2012.”

“Golfweek” ranked the best public layouts in each state, and the Myrtle Beach area dominated the golf-rich South Carolina rankings. Six of the Palmetto State’s top 10 courses and nine of top 14 overall reside

Heron Point Golf Club is all about a family-friendly Myrtle Beach golf vacation.

It’s extremely affordable – Heron Point is a past recipient of a “Best Bang for Your Buck’’ accolade presented by “Golf Magazine.” It’s not an overly complicated layout. From the championship markers the course offers a player-friendly 70.9 rating and 129 slope. And it’s a course that underwent a well-received facelift.

Heron Point is located near the center of

Nestled amongst abundant Live Oak Trees, Wedgefield Plantation has served golfers since its 1972 opening. The layout hasn’t received the attention of many of its fellow Myrtle Beach golf courses, but it’s rich with history and value.

If you’ve never played Wedgefield, we have five things you need to know before teeing it up on the Porter Gibson/Bob Toski design:

1. Wedgefield plays to the natural contours of the land and, as a result, the front and back nines offer

Wedgefield Plantation is a classically designed course on the southern edge of the Myrtle Beach golf scene. The Porter Gibson/Bob Toski layout showcases hundreds of Live Oak Trees and backs up to the Black River, providing Lowcountry scenery traveling golfers appreciate.

Wedgefield flies under the radar for many Myrtle Beach golfers, but we consulted with director of golf operations Wade Marlowe to help familiarize players with the Georgetown layout. Here is a look at the course’s three best holes and how you can conquer each: