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PGA TOUR superstar Dustin Johnson, Mark Bryan of Hootie & the Blowfish and NASCAR champion Denny Hamlin are teaming up with PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com, the Myrtle Beach Area Golf Course Owners Association, Golf Tourism Solutions and its non-profit foundation, Project Golf, to raise money for families impacted by Hurricane Florence. Myrtle Beach’s two PGA TOUR Superstore locations are also participating in the initiative.

As most Myrtle Beach golf courses have now reopened after Hurricane Florence, industry leaders speak out about the efforts they’ve made to bounce back, and what visiting golfers can expect when they arrive this fall.

Myrtle Beach golf courses, spared the worst of Hurricane Florence’s wrath, are welcoming players back to the game’s most popular destination. By Wednesday morning, 45 area courses were scheduled to be open and that number will rise to at least 65 by Friday.

Harry Whitt parred the 14th hole at Indian Wells Golf Club, walked to the 15th tee, and blasted his best drive of the day during the third round of the World Amateur Handicap Championship. The 10-year tournament veteran seemed to be in good spirits and good health.

Barefoot Resort is home to courses designed by Tom Fazio, Davis Love III, Greg Norman and Pete Dye, and the property is widely regarded as one of the area’s best.

In the latest installment of our Golf Instruction Zone, Steve Dresser of the Steve Dresser Golf Academy at True Blue Golf Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. demonstrates a simple method of gaining the feel of proper body rotation in the golf swing.

As the sun set on the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend, it did so as well on the collective effort of the Myrtle Beach Patriots to raise funds and awareness once more for the Folds of Honor Foundation, in honor of Patriot Golf Day.

Greg Williams (North Augusta, S.C.) shot a net 67 (gross 90) to win the Flight Winners’ Playoff at the 35th Annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship Friday at Barefoot Resort’s Dye Course.

The Flight Winner’s Playoff is underway on a beautiful day at Barefoot Resort’s Dye Club. Enjoy a photo gallery from action early in the round.

Moving day at the World Am is complete. Enjoy a photo gallery from all the day’s action.

On April 30, Darren Yowell was laying on a table at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Baltimore, Md., awaiting surgery to remove his right kidney. Five weeks earlier, he had received a stunning diagnosis – he had renal cell carcinoma, kidney cancer in layman’s terms.

Fred Ruth is playing with house at money at this year’s World Am.

The second round of the PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship is in the books, and we have a photo gallery from the day’s play.

The 35th annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship teed off under sunny skies. Enjoy a photo gallery from they day’s event.

It was only natural that a man who retired so he could play more golf would end up at the World Am.