Myrtle Beach Golf News

Choose two rounds from three popular Grand Strand designs, and lodging accommodations from a selection of 13 oceanfront and golf course locations on the Myrtle Beach Elite Package. Plus, MyrtleBeachGolf.com offers added savings when you book more than three months in advance. What are you waiting for?

This past week Rob Spallone visited Meadowlands, David Williams checked in at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club and Jim Maggio stopped by The Hackler Course at Coastal Carolina University. Check out what their camera lenses captured; we hope these current conditions photos get you excited for what’s in store for your next Myrtle Beach golf trip!

In part four of Classic Swing Golf School’s latest series of instructional videos on using ground forces to improve power in your golf swing, supporting better trunk rotation takes center stage. Classic Swing’s Stefany King is here to show us a lunging exercise that can work wonders in this effort!

Avelo Airlines has announced it is expanding service at Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR) with exclusive nonstop flights to Delaware’s Wilmington Airport (ILG) – a convenient and easy alternative to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL). Avelo will be the first airline offering flights between The Grand Strand and The First State.

Accommodations preferences vary considerably for golf groups but staying onsite at a course will always be a popular option. Fortunately, Myrtle Beach provides many choices for players that want to be near the first tee. Whether you are staying in the heart of Myrtle Beach or your trip takes you to the North Strand, here are four golf course affiliated properties you will want to consider.

This week’s social media tour of the Grand Strand golfing landscape comes via Facebook, as we check in with our member courses to see what they and their guests are experiencing right now in a glorious 2023 spring season. Check it out, and get inspired for what’s in store for you on your next Myrtle Beach golf getaway!

These past two weeks, Jim Maggio stopped by the home of Arnold Palmer’s three signature designs at Myrtle Beach National (SouthCreek, West Course and King’s North), and got the drone in the air to capture some images at Legends Golf Resort’s Moorland, Heathland and Parkland designs. Check out what his camera lenses captured; we hope these current conditions photos get you excited for what’s in store for your upcoming spring trip!

Spring sure looks an awful lot like summertime, if the sights and sounds coming from our PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com featured resorts are any indication! Check out what’s happening at several of them right now, as seen through their Instagram accounts, and be sure to visit our stay and play page to see how they and all our golf package providers can be great hosts to your next Myrtle Beach golf getaway!

Join PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com’s David Williams, Dylan Hoffman and Ben Dunn as they give you the rundown on the frenetic pace of the action along the Grand Strand golf scene in recent weeks. They’re dishing on some new things happening in the Myrtle Beach golf market, debuting a new segment highlighting their choices of the Myrtle Beach area’s top par 3s, and also recapping a few great weeks on the PGA TOUR. Enjoy the episode!

The Fore Play Travel Series crew wrapped up its recent journey to “The Golf Capital of the World” with a final round at TPC Myrtle Beach. Riggs and Danny squared off against Frankie and Trent in a new competition format, “Vegas,” but that was quickly overshadowed by one of the best individual rounds in Fore Play history. Tune in to see who it was!

Picture this: you have to hit a pitch shot off a tight lie, and you’re clearly nervous. Steve Dresser from the Steve Dresser Golf Academy at True Blue Golf Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. has a drill that might make you feel uncomfortable at first, but will really help fix your chipping woes!

Before his broadcast days with Golf Channel and ESPN and playing days with the PGA TOUR and Georgia Tech, PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com’s Charlie Rymer dominated the South Carolina junior golf scene – reaching the pinnacle of junior golf when he won the 1985 U.S. Junior Amateur. So with such big recent events as the Dustin Johnson World Junior and Palmetto High School Golf Championships still fresh in mind, we asked Charlie to look back on his own high school golf days – and some compelling memories that came with it.

Everyone knows of the Myrtle Beach golf courses designed by the game’s biggest names – Dye, Doak, Nicklaus, Fazio, Palmer et al. – but there are architects who enjoy far less acclaim yet were vital to the Grand Strand’s growth in its formative years. Gene Hamm, who has five current Myrtle Beach golf courses to his credit, is a prime example.

This week, we wanted to showcase the top recent posts from PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com’s own Instagram account! Check out our coverage of the playing conditions and variety of exciting things we’ve got going on up and down the Grand Strand golf scene. We hope it gets you pumped up for your next Myrtle Beach golf trip!

Playing golf with a good partner can make for an enjoyable experience, but a bad partner can quickly turn a fun round into a frustrating one. While everyone has different preferences when it comes to playing partners, there are a few qualities that most golfers would agree just don’t cut it. No one wants to be THAT person on your Myrtle Beach golf trip whose actions instantly ruin the trip for everyone. Here are our five biggest “no no’s” to avoid.