Myrtle Beach Golf News & Updates

The weather’s been beautiful along the Grand Strand, and its golf courses have been putting its best foot forward this spring in anticipation of more golfers joining the fun in the coming days, weeks and months. See how these popular designs are showing out right now!

The first of three renowned holes on The Dunes Golf & Beach Club’s famed “Alligator Alley,” No. 11 is a challenge marked by stunning natural beauty. Check out our aerial tour of this spectacular hole!

Country rapper Colt Ford wasn’t always a chart-topping musician; he played golf professionally on the mini tours for years, and taught other high-level players as an instructor. Hear how Colt blazed his own unique and fascinating path to notoriety in this wide-ranging discussion with host Charlie Rymer.

In this segment, Ted Frick of the Classic Swing Golf School at Legends Golf Resort in Myrtle Beach, S.C. is here to show us how getting the ball on the ground sooner will prove to be more effective for most golfers with their pitch shots.

There’s a reason why so many visiting golfers, year after year, flock to Barefoot Resort to play this Pete Dye masterpiece. In this sensational video presentation, join us on a tour of a course that has the Myrtle Beach golf scene abuzz.

Stop taking mindless strokes on the practice putting green! As Paige Spiranac shows us, there’s an approach you can take to your practice green work that ensures you’re practicing with a purpose – and even having fun while you’re at it!

Join us on a video tour of this dynamic challenge at the par-5 2nd hole at Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club. If you play your cards right on this scenic hole, you could be carding a birdie – or even eagle!

Making the rounds this past week, we found peak conditions at the likes of Shaftesbury Glen, Arrowhead, Wachesaw Plantation East, Long Bay and many more. Join us on our most recent Instagram tour of the Grand Strand golf scene!

In this episode, Charlie chats it up at length with 7-time PGA TOUR winner Peter Jacobsen. Among the many topics they cover include Peter’s role in “Tin Cup,” his involvement with the Arnold Palmer Invitational, having renowned caddie Mike “Fluff” Cowan on his bag, and the infamous British Open streaker incident!

In this tip, Stuart Clark of the Steve Dresser Golf Academy at True Blue Golf Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. shows us how “compressing” the ball is created by the proper mechanics. He’s here to demonstrate how the back shoulder works toward that purpose in the golf swing.

Located just across the state line in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, Oyster Bay Golf Links offers an experience worth including to make your Myrtle Beach golf trip complete.

For this tip, Paige Spiranac is joined by Dustin Johnson Golf School Director of Coaching Allen Terrell, who shows us how Dustin uses a mirror on the practice green to refine his putting setup.

The daring love to cut the doglegs – but is it the best play at this dogleg-right par 4? See how Gary Player set up this hole at his only Grand Strand-area signature design at Blackmoor Golf Club in Murrells Inlet, S.C.

We’re ready now, and we’ll be ready when the time is right for you. That’s what course conditions throughout the Myrtle Beach area are currently telling would-be visitors. See how many award-winning designs are looking right now up and down the Grand Strand.

What started as a conversation among students and professors at The Citadel has grown into a statewide – and hopefully nationwide – effort to print masks for health care officials at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and other hospitals.