Myrtle Beach Golf News

A Clyde Johnston design that boasts wide, playable fairways and excellent playability for average golfers, Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club still offers some bite to challenge the single-digit index crowd.

Enter Rick Hurst, head golf professional at Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club, who joins us in this edition of “Ask the Pro” to offer his take on the three most challenging holes you’ll encounter there.

Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR) is celebrating the arrival of its newest airline partner as Contour Airlines has launched its inaugural nonstop flight to Beckley, West Virginia. The new service will operate twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays through August 12, offering travelers a convenient and affordable new connection between the two destinations.

Summer may just be getting into full swing, but it’s never too early to think about the kids getting back to class – and you getting to go on your long-anticipated fall golf getaway! Caledonia Golf Vacations’ Back to School Golf Getaway is one of several vacation packages  it offers that allows you to play four rounds on two Mike Strantz masterpieces – True Blue Golf Club and Caledonia Golf & Fish Club – in any combination you like!

In this video, Stuart Clark of the Steve Dresser Golf Academy in Pawleys Island, S.C. addresses some of the many misconceptions expressed by golfers on the practice tee. Let Stuart help you separate fact from fiction right here!

Each of the four designs at Barefoot Resort & Golf offers plenty of challenge from tee to green, so advice on scoring opportunities is always welcome!

Cue James Gillespie, Head Golf Professional at Barefoot Resort & Golf, who’s back with his thoughts on the three top birdie opportunities at the resort’s Davis Love III design.

Prepare for the golf experience of a lifetime – brought to you by a true maverick in golf course design, Mike Strantz, and presented with modern features framed in a classic setting. Join us for a dynamic aerial tour of one of the nation’s most popular resort golf destinations, Caledonia Golf & Fish Club.

Today we explore a bit of the South Strand region of The Golf Capital of the World®, where a timeless classic was ready and waiting for our aerial camera lens. Play Golf Myrtle Beach’s Jim Maggio made a stop Thursday at Litchfield Country Club, where the Willard Byrd signature design was showing off peak green hues as Jim made his tour of the back nine. He presents a hole-by-hole sampling in this week’s gallery.

There’s no better reason than golf’s spring season in The Golf Capital of the World® to show the world just how much you love this game! Thanks to our friends on Instagram, we continue to see nonstop action and timeless memories being created throughout the Grand Strand. Let’s take a look at what they’ve been up to this past week!

Do you ever wonder how a golf course is setup? How a kitchen is managed? How equipment is maintained? Then this series is for you. In our first installment of “People Behind the Course” we follow Mike Bankert, director of agronomy at Legends Golf & Resort, and his crew on what a normal day of prep looks like around the resort.

Many qualities stand out at Arrowhead Country Club, one of the Myrtle Beach golf scene’s most popular and requested designs: challenging doglegs, scenic wildlife, deciduous hard woods, expansive bunkering, and a natural routing to the course, to name just a few.

But when we posed the question to Jake Benton, PGA Head Golf Professional, on what makes Arrowhead truly unique, he offered three additional traits to this Raymond Floyd/Tom Jackon signature design that stand out.

Specialists in booking golf getaways to 36 different destinations in 13 states, Golf Excursions at MyGolfVacation.com knows that its customers who make Myrtle Beach their preferred location for a golf getaway expect great stay-and-play options for visiting The Golf Capital of the World®.

It’s a course so nice they chimed in twice!

This edition of “Ask the Pro” expands to “Ask the Pros,” as we lead off with Prestwick Country Club Head Golf Professional Ryan Wilkinson weighing in on his choices of the three best holes at this popular Pete and P.B. Dye design.

One of the Grand Strand’s premier designs completed a major facelift in 2023, as Grande Dunes Resort Course now features TifEagle ultradwarf bermudagrass greens that have reclaimed 40,000 square feet of putting surface, reconfigured bunkering, and fairways that have expanded by eight acres. Join us for a tour of this high-demand property as we present several of the more recent aerials we’ve captured at the Roger Rulewich design.

Don’t forget to pack golf clubs along with sunscreen and a surfboard as your family prepares for a summer vacation in Myrtle Beach! As much as we all love the Atlantic Ocean, everyone needs the occasional respite from the sand and surf, and taking your kids to the golf course is the perfect outlet.