Myrtle Beach Golf News

The guys from The Golf Podcast presented by Golficity made their recent, first-ever Myrtle Beach golf trip an epic experience: six rounds in four days, based on course recommendations made by Grand Strand golf experts who helped tailor selections to their game and interests. It’s all part of Golficity’s six-part video series highlighting “Golf Town USA – The Best of Myrtle Beach.” In Episode 2, they took on a South Strand favorite that offered them more than their share of challenge on this day: Heritage Club in Pawleys Island!

Many golfers struggle with “casting” the club. Steve Dresser from the Steve Dresser Golf Academy at True Blue Golf Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. is here to show us a simple way to keep that right arm close through impact.

Did you know Dan Maples is Myrtle Beach’s most prolific golf course architect? The North Carolina native has eight Grand Strand courses to his credit, including some of the area’s most popular tracks.

The Grand Strand’s first-ever PGA TOUR event, the Myrtle Beach Classic, is now set for May 6-12, 2024 at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club. Global sports marketing agency SPORTFIVE will manage and operate the event, with tournament director Darren Nelson at the helm onsite. Darren stopped by the PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com studios Friday to discuss planning details including on-course features, events and activities surrounding the main event, and volunteer opportunities.

What a great week it’s been for golf enthusiasts throughout the Myrtle Beach area, with golfers of all skill levels and interests coming together to celebrate the sport they love! Thank you to our friends on Facebook and Instagram for continuing to go above and beyond when highlighting the awesome golf action across the Grand Strand. Let’s see what they’ve been up to, through their eyes and camera lenses!

The Jones family is royalty in American golf course architecture circles, led by its patriarch, Robert Trent Jones Sr., who has more than 500 courses to his credit. While the family’s influence on American golf is substantial, it has been particularly impactful in Myrtle Beach, the game’s most popular destination. RTJ and his son, Rees Jones, have designed three Grand Strand layouts that have had an outsized influence on the area and its place in the golf travel landscape.

Tuesday afternoon featured plenty of action and laughs for NFL great and four-time Super Bowl champion Rob Gronkowski, who was in town with his brother Chris to enjoy some down time on the links at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club, home of the Grand Strand’s first-ever PGA TOUR event, the 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic.

We’re checking in at the South Strand’s “House That Jack Built”: Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club, the celebrated Jack Nicklaus design that’s getting a facelift and a redesign of several holes in 2023. One that’s remaining fundamentally unchanged is its par-5 14th, the hole where Charlie’s trying to break par this week. How will he fare?

The guys from The Golf Podcast presented by Golficity made their recent, first-ever Myrtle Beach golf trip an epic experience: six rounds in four days, based on course recommendations made by Grand Strand golf experts who helped tailor selections to their game and interests. It’s all part of Golficity’s six-part video series highlighting “Golf Town USA – The Best of Myrtle Beach.” In Episode 1, they kicked things off at the course that they think might be Myrtle Beach’s most underrated: Grande Dunes Resort Course.

Steve Dresser Golf Academy in Pawleys Island, SC has added another prestigious honor to its mantle with its inclusion among Golf Digest’s choices for “Best Clubfitters in America” for 2023-2024.

The Grand Strand was an absolute golfing paradise this past week, with enthusiasts from all over flocking to our stunning courses along the coast to showcase their skills and passion for the sport. Here’s just a glimpse of the golfing action that unfolded across the region, courtesy of our friends on Facebook and Instagram!

It’s been non-stop action already at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club since Myrtle Beach’s top-rated golf course was announced as the host site of the first-ever PGA TOUR event to commit to the Grand Strand: the Myrtle Beach Classic, which begins in spring 2024. In Part 2 of a two-part video update, PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com’s Charlie Rymer sits with Dunes Club Director of Agronomy Steve Hamilton to discuss the on-course adjustments already underway by his team to get the Robert Trent Jones design TOUR-ready.

Summer visitors to the Grand Strand shores are loving the extra-blue hue of the ocean water hugging the coast in recent weeks. Whether you prefer an active afternoon on the beach after your morning round of golf or just a leisurely sunrise or sunset stroll along the shore, there’s no better time to enjoy the perfect combination of great golf and spectacular beach conditions in Myrtle Beach!

We’re headed around the corner for the next stop in Charlie’s “Breaking Par” journey: Founders Club at Pawleys Island, formerly known as Sea Gull Golf Club and one of the flagship golf properties along the Grand Strand’s South End shores. See how “The Big Timer” fares as he takes on Founders Club’s par-5 12th hole!

When pointing to the annual strength of field of the Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship Presented by LA Golf at TPC Myrtle Beach, the proof in the pudding can be found with just one glance at the most recent achievements of this event’s high-powered alumni. They now include 14 past DJWJ participants who’ve risen steadily in the competitive ranks: one PGA TOUR winner, nine of the top players in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), and one of these top WAGR players also among five junior golfers in the top 10 of the Rolex AJGA Rankings.