Myrtle Beach Golf News & Updates

Round 2 of the 41^st Annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship is now complete, and the World Am team has the photo highlights from another sun-splashed day at participating Grand Strand courses! Michael Bisceglie has action shots from River Hills in the Men’s Senior Gross/Senior 50-59 divisions, and the Dye Course at Barefoot Resort that hosted Senior Men 50-59 play; Joe Novak also checks in from the Dye Course at Barefoot; and Rob Spallone stops by The Hackler Course at Coastal Carolina University for the Women’s Gross/59U divisions.

What a first day of nonstop action at the 41^st Annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship! We’ve got photo highlights from Michael Bisceglie and video reel feature content galore – both from the course and the 19^th Hole, provided by our friends at 963 Film Group and the Play Golf Myrtle Beach social media team!

Round 1 of the 41^st Annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship is in the books, and the World Am team has the photo highlights from an action-packed day on the Grand Strand links! Michael Bisceglie sets the scene with action shots from Men’s Gross Division and 49 & Under Division play at Man O’ War, and Women’s 59U Division action at Rivers Edge; David Williams checks in from Heritage Club with pictures from the Men’s 49 & Under Division; and Jim Maggio stops by Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club to capture some images from the Women’s 60+ Division.

TPC Myrtle Beach continues to carry on the TPC legacy of a premier property the pros call home. Join us for our most recent photo tour of this magnificent Tom Fazio/Lanny Wadkins design, and see what players have been experiencing at one of the Grand Strand’s elite championship venues.

A throng of 3,000 golfers from 49 states and 17 countries has descended upon the Grand Strand this weekend, in preparation for the 41st Annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship! Check out scenes from Sunday’s check-in at the Myrtle Beach area’s two PGA TOUR Superstore locations, and the evening’s festivities at the Grand Strand Coastal Realty Welcome Party at The Hangout.

A throng of 3,000 golfers from 49 states and 17 countries has descended upon the Grand Strand this weekend, in preparation for the 41st Annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship! Arriving competitors were fired up for an exceptional week of camaraderie, revelry and great golf, in anticipation of teeing it up for first-round action Monday at the largest, most fun and most valuable golf tournament on the planet.

The best way to book a golf trip is with a golf package! We have Craig Chinn from Golf Trek on to tell us all that goes into making that dream golf trip a reality for so many visiting golfers. Craig goes into detail about the golf package with Play Golf Myrtle Beach’s Kyle Oland and Ryan Cannon, executive director of Golf Tourism Solutions.

Play Golf Myrtle Beach’s Jim Maggio stopped by the Roger Rulewich-designed Grande Dunes Resort Course this past week, to check out the current landscape of each of its front nine holes. As Jim discovered during his early-morning visit Tuesday, the recently completed redesign and expert care of its turf management team have Grande Dunes looking as spectacular as ever!

The weather this past week in “The Golf Capital of the World” was nothing short of extraordinary! From cool early mornings greeted by the rising sun to late afternoon rounds ending with stunning sunsets over the Atlantic, it’s truly been a golfer’s paradise. Let’s take a look at how the Grand Strand golf community took full advantage, courtesy of our friends on Facebook and Instagram!

The 41st Annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship kicks off this weekend with player registration at each of the Grand Strand’s PGA TOUR Superstore locations in Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach. What can participants expect this year? Let’s break it down by the numbers.

Take an aerial tour of one of the South Strand’s most recognizable golf holes – the island green, par-3 15th at Tradition Golf Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. – and see what’s in store for you when you tee it up here on your next visit!

Located on the north end of Myrtle Beach, Ocean Reef Resort features a quiet beachfront locale loaded with all the amenities and room options you need for your next golf getaway, combined with easy access to the city’s best shopping, restaurants and nightlife.

In the first part of its two-year, two-phase renovation, King’s North at Myrtle Beach National is modernizing the front nine of its Arnold Palmer signature design this summer, with the first phase work set to be completed by October 2024 and phase two work set to begin in summer 2025. Check out the hole-by-hole, “before” and “during” renovation comparisons to get a visual sense of the scope of work currently being performed on Holes 1-9.

In the fourth and final installment of the school’s latest scoring series of videos, Chris Fortenberry of the Classic Swing Golf School at Legends Golf Resort in Myrtle Beach, S.C. is here to demonstrate a practice drill that is sure to help your greenside bunker game!

In a destination with as many options as Myrtle Beach offers, the spotlight occasionally misses deserving golf courses and that’s certainly the case with a quartet of gems along the area’s North Strand. The northern end of the Myrtle Beach golf scene is home to a plethora of outstanding layouts, and Crow Creek Golf Club, Rivers Edge Golf Club, The Pearl and Long Bay Club are among the area’s best.