Myrtle Beach Golf News

The golf swing can be a fickle thing, and one of its most important parts comes in how you make proper contact with the golf ball. Scott Tanguay from The Coastal Golf Academy in Myrtle Beach, S.C. is here to show you some practice techniques that will help you achieve proper impact position.

Social media influencers from far and wide will descend upon the Grand Strand golf scene once more as the PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com Social Scramble returns September 22-24 at two new host venues, Heritage Club and True Blue Golf Club, with Inlet Sports Lodge providing this year’s host accommodations.

Glorious spring weather provided the perfect backdrop to a spectacular week of golf across the Grand Strand.  Courses up and down the 60-mile stretch of “The Golf Capital of the World” were filled to capacity, and it’s easy to see why.  Let’s take peek at what our friends were up to in this week’s Facebook roundup!

George Bryan of Bryan Bros Golf is one of “two brothers who play golf and film it”: Wesley, who is on the PGA TOUR, and George, who isn’t – but who’s still reaching for the stars. Their YouTube channel features matches, tournament play, challenges, course vlogs and more, including George documenting the latest stop along his “Road to the 2023 U.S. Open” that included a round at Tidewater Golf Club in North Myrtle Beach.

Golf travelers considering a great lodging option for their next Myrtle Beach golf getaway will be pleased to hear the positive sentiments that legions of Tripadvisor travelers have been offering in recent weeks about Beach Cove Resort in North Myrtle Beach.

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!

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!

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.