Myrtle Beach Golf News & Updates

On a list of places you don’t want to be after your tee shot, a fairway bunker ranks near the top.  In this week’s installment of Nature Valley’s Tips from the Pro, Classic Swing Golf School’s Ted Frick tells you how to execute a quality shot out of a fairway bunker.

 

 

Strolling through a clubhouse parking lot dressed in blue and green plaid shorts, daring green tube socks (yes, they reached the knee cap) and a pink shirt, Russ McConnell turned more heads than a rush hour traffic accident and raised more questions than a politician explaining a vote.

Why would anyone dress like that? Is he crazy? You mean there are four other people dressed just as garishly?!

Let’s start with the question of sanity. McConnell and his four friends, who appeared

Are you a hooker or slicer of the golf ball? All of us tend do one or other, often to great frustration. In this installment of Nature Valley's Tips From the Pros, Brad Redding of Grande Dunes Golf Academy, provides tips to prevent both ailments. Enjoy.

What do you need to know about TPC-Myrtle Beach, beyond the need to bring your ‘A’ game? Here are five tidbits that might enhance your enjoyment of the South Strand layout.

Hit it high – Generally speaking, the greens at TPC are elevated and well bunkered, so you aren’t going to have much success trying to run the ball up. Make sure you iron game is sharp and be prepared to fly numerous bunkers on your way to the green.

Tournament Tested – TPC is one of

The TPC-Myrtle Beach is one of the Grand Strand’s bluebloods.

It enjoys the benefit of a premium brand, superior design (the team of Lanny Wadkins and Tom Fazio is tough to beat), and it’s the home course of Dustin Johnson, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour. Throw in a bevy of national honors, and it’s not hard to see why the facility is so highly regarded.

Identifying the three best holes on a course that has hosted what was then the Senior PGA Tour

Looking to improve your game at home (I don’t mean hitting waffle balls!)? Classic Swing Golf School’s Ted Frick shows you his three best training aids in this installment of Nature Valley’s Tips From the Pro.

Welcome to Charlie’s Corner, the blog home for Golf Channel analyst Charlie Rymer. A lifelong Myrtle Beach golfer, Rymer, with his characteristic wit and unique perspective, will be weighing in on all things golf for Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday.   Now that I’ve had a week to let this year’s Masters breath I can appreciate it even more.  For me personally, it was my second favorite all time.  In 1986 I was a senior in high school and had the chance to be at the Masters

Golf Digest, one of the game’s leading publications, dedicated 17 pages of editorial in its May issue to covering all things Myrtle Beach golf. Digest’s lead travel writers, Pete Finch and Matt Ginella, spent several days in the area talking to golfers and polling locals about the area’s best off-course activities. The result is a comprehensive guide to Myrtle Beach. Finch and Ginella tell the stories of golfers who come to Myrtle Beach and what brings them back year after.  Enjoy their

The Hootie and The Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am is one of the highlights of the Myrtle Beach golf calendar. Country music star Darius Rucker and jazz legend Branford Marsalis kicked off the year’s event with a stirring rendition of the National Anthem. Enjoy.
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A good time was high atop everyone’s priority list at the Hootie and The Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am, and PGA Tour player Woody Austin and comedian Gary Valentine gave everyone a good laugh.

The sun was shining, the stars were out, and the 16th annual Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am enjoyed one the best days in tournament history.

A sellout crowd of more than 6,000 people packed the Dye Course at Barefoot Resort and Golf to watch a team led by PGA Tour pro D.J. Trahan and country music singer Steve Azar win the event with an 18-under par effort.
 
There was a five-way tie for second at 17-under par. Among the teams in second were

Welcome to Charlie's Corner, the blog home for Golf Channel analyst Charlie Rymer. A lifelong Myrtle Beach golfer, Rymer, with his characteristic wit and unique perspective, will be weighing in on all things golf for Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday.

It’s that time of the year.  My eyes are watery, my nose is itchy, and the azaleas are popping.  And I’m craving pimento cheese sandwiches.  If you have ever attended The Masters, you know just what I mean about all of

Hooters reputation has long been secure. Attractive waitresses in tiny neon orange shorts, tight white tank tops, and the chain’s suggestive name successfully established the brand years ago.

But there is more to Hooters than a stable of hot waitresses, especially along Myrtle Beach’s Grand Strand. Hooters was the forerunner for the wing craze that has swept America, the nation’s first nationally prominent restaurant that specialized in chicken wings. During Hooters

Welcome to Charlie's Corner, the blog home for Golf Channel analyst Charlie Rymer. A lifelong Myrtle Beach golfer, Rymer, with his charectaristic whit and unique perspective, will be weighing in on all things golf.

The domestic portion of the LPGA season is underway with the Kia Classic in Carlsbad, CA at the La Costa Resort having been played last week.  Golf Channel was there and I was pleased to be on board for the live coverage of the event.  I've been covering the

Tradition Club is a Myrtle Beach golf “sleeper.” Located on the South Strand, the layout doesn’t enjoy the high profile of some of its neighbors, but Tradition is an outstanding course, carved through the area’s native pine trees

One of Tradition’s greatest strengths is the variety of holes it offers.  With that in mind, we asked Clay DuBose, Tradition’s general manager, to tell us the course’s three best holes, and he obliged.

No. 7,