Myrtle Beach Golf News & Updates

In a ceremony for the 20-year commemoration of the 9/11 terror attacks, Golf Tourism Solutions joined local officials in paying tribute to the lives lost and first responders and military personnel who responded so heroically in defense of our freedoms with the official unveiling of the 9/11 Unity Memorial at Warbird Park.

Welcome to the “September Swing” of the Myrtle Beach golf season! Course activity is buzzing heading into the fall, and the courses are as primed as ever to welcome its visiting golfers. Check out what they experienced along the Grand Strand golf scene this past week, as seen through the eyes and lenses of our Instagram friends!

In this episode, Charlie caught up with good friend Hank Haney while the renowned swing guru was in town earlier this month for the 38th Annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship. They talk about the World Am itself, Hank’s career as a teacher, and what golf needs to do to be fun again. Enjoy the episode!

Oceanfront accommodations in the Myrtle Beach area at their absolute best at Marriott’s OceanWatch Villas at Grande Dunes. This spectacular property is conveniently located near two of the Grand Strand’s premium golf options (The Dunes Golf & Beach Club and Grande Dunes Resort Course), and offers you and your group every luxury amenity you could desire for the lodging base of your next Myrtle Beach golf getaway.

Do you struggle with the undulating fairways of Myrtle Beach golf courses? Scott Tanguay from the Coastal Golf Academy at Whispering Pines shows you the easiest way to handle these pesky lies.

Opened in 2001 and recipient of 2009 Golf Course of the Year honors from the National Golf Course Owners Association, the Resort Course at Grande Dunes in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is one of the top public golf venues in America. Check out this spectacular video and hole-by-hole photo gallery.

Day 2 of the Saintnine World Couples Championship hosted by Charlie Rymer brought picture-perfect weather and pristine playing conditions Sunday for team play at Arrowhead Country Club in Myrtle Beach.  

Charlie pays a visit to the North Myrtle Beach headquarters for Project Golf, a charitable organization whose grow-the-game initiatives include hosting programs for the local chapter of PGA HOPE (“Helping Our Patriots Everywhere”). This episode offers a glimpse of how PGA HOPE is already profoundly impacting the lives of wounded veterans with golf at its service core. This all-new episode airs Monday, Sept. 6, 8 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network.

The Saintnine World Couples Championship hosted by Charlie Rymer is a 36-hole mixed gender team event featuring 120 participants. The two-day event features two popular host golf courses: Arnold Palmer’s King’s North at Myrtle Beach National and the Raymond Floyd/Tom Jackson design at Arrowhead Country Club.

Jean Oberg (North Palm Beach, Fla.) shot a net 67 (gross 89) to become the first woman in 12 years to win the Flight Winners’ Playoff at the PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship Friday at the Grande Dunes Resort Course.

As we’ve seen throughout World Am Week, this one-of-a-kind event attracts an eclectic range of personalities who share the most important trait: an unbridled love and passion for the game of golf. And among all the great World Am participants we’ve either met for the first time or reunited with in 2021, Matt Cardis truly stands out as one-of-a-kind.

Let’s hand out some prizes! Fourth-round results of the 38^th Annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship are in, the top finishers have been determined and the flight winners are ready to roll for Friday’s championship round at the Resort Course at Grande Dunes.

It’s the final push to win a flight and qualify for Friday’s playoff at the Resort Course at Grande Dunes, and these golfers at Azalea Sands are not only primed and ready to go for it but having a great time in the pursuit! “The Big Timer” is here to chat them up, and get these golfers’ thoughts on what has made the 38th Annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship so special for them.

It was “Moving Day” at the golf courses, and the 19^th Hole at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center featured skills contests, plenty of great food and drink and a sizable contribution to help disabled veterans to highlight Day 3 at the 38^th Annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship.

As this year’s event continues to show, you just never know who you’ll run into at the World Am! Charlie checked in for Day 3 action of the 38th Annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship at Barefoot Resort & Golf where, among Charlie’s interview guests, the former mayor of Indianapolis, IN was getting ready to tee it up – but not before he shared his funny Fuzzy Zoeller story!