Cast Your Vote Today in the Myrtle Beach Golf Course Designer Bracket Challenge!

It’s a field of 32 designers who’ve made the Myrtle Beach golf scene the world’s top golf vacation destination. Starting today they’re squaring off to see who, with your votes, ultimately emerges victorious in our first-ever Myrtle Beach Golf Course Designer Bracket Challenge!

This five-round competition begins Friday, March 18 with 16 head-to-head matchups of course designers who’ve made the Grand Strand golf scene “The Golf Capital of the World.” Check out the matchups below with each designer and their signature Myrtle Beach layouts, and visit our Instagram story where you can cast your vote!

Round of 32 (Friday, March 19):

Davis Love III (Barefoot Resort – Love Course) vs. Larry Young (Legends Resort – Parkland Course) 

Clyde Johnston (Glen Dornoch, Shaftesbury Glen, Wachesaw East) vs. Rick Robbins (Crow Creek, Colonial Charters)

Rees Jones (Arcadian Shores, Sea Trail-Jones Course) vs. Edmund Ault (Myrtlewood-Palmetto Course)

Robert Trent Jones (The Dunes Golf & Beach Club) vs. Larry Nelson (Wild Wing-Avocet Course)

Dan Maples (Heritage Club, Man O’ War, Oyster Bay, Sandpiper Bay, Sea Trail-Maples Course, The Pearl, The Witch, The Wizard, Willbrook) vs. Greg Norman (Barefoot Resort-Norman Course)

Jack Nicklaus (Long Bay, Pawleys Plantation) vs. Roger Rulewich (Grande Dunes Resort Course)

Arnold Palmer (King’s North, SouthCreek and West Course at Myrtle Beach National, Rivers Edge) vs. Thomas Walker (Founders Club at Pawleys Island)

Gary Player (Blackmoor) vs. Robert White (Pine Lakes)

Mike Strantz (Caledonia, True Blue) vs. Russell Breeden (Diamondback)

Robbie Byers (Crown Park) vs. Willard Byrd (Brunswick Plantation, Farmstead, International Club, Litchfield, Lockwood Folly, Lion’s Paw, Meadowlands, Sea Trail-Byrd Course)

Tim Cate (Leopard’s Chase, Panther’s Run, Tiger’s Eye, Thistle) vs. Fred Couples (Carolina National)

Tom Doak (Legends-Heathland Course) vs. P.B. Dye (Legends-Moorland Course, Prestwick)

Pete Dye (Barefoot Resort-Dye Course) vs. Ray Floyd (Arrowhead)

Tom Fazio (TPC Myrtle Beach, Barefoot Resort-Fazio Course) vs. Ron Garl (Tradition Club)

Gene Hamm (Azalea Sands, Beachwood, Burning Ridge, Eagle Nest, River Oaks, Hackler Course at CCU) vs. Arthur Hills (Myrtlewood-PineHills Course)

Tom Jackson (Aberdeen, Arrowhead, River Club, River Hills) vs. Ken Tomlinson (Tidewater)

The winners of the Round of 32 will advance to the “Spectacular 16” on Monday, March 22, and the field narrows further in the ensuing days:

“Exceptional 8” – Wednesday, March 24

“Final Fore” – Friday, March 26

Championship Matchup – Monday, March 29

Stay tuned to PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com and our Instagram account as we report the winners of each round and present the Instagram story link you can click to vote for your favorite Myrtle Beach golf course designers.

Let the madness begin!