Myrtle Beach Golf News

This edition of “Ask the Pro” offers another two-fer, with a pair of PGA professionals stepping up with thoughts on the most challenging holes and unique elements at The Dye Course at Barefoot Resort & Golf. We hear from Travis Dutcher, PGA, Head Golf Professional at The Dye Course, who describes each of his picks for most challenging holes while Rob Cressman III, PGA, First Assitant Professional, weighs on the course’s unique elements.

The 43rd Annual Play Golf Myrtle Beach World Amateur Championship kicks off this weekend with player registration at the PGA TOUR Superstore location in Myrtle Beach. What can participants expect this year? Let’s break it down by the numbers!

The Grand Strand showcases a full lineup of family-owned, locally operated breakfast spots that have been perfecting their pancakes, benedicts, and shrimp and grits for decades, not standardizing them for a national menu. Here are eight of the local favorites worth waking up early for your pre-round meal to start your day.

Here’s your chance to pair world-class golf with beautiful oceanfront accommodations for your next Myrtle Beach golf getaway. The Sand Dunes Gold Package with Myrtle Beach Golf Directors gives you the best of both worlds. Check out what’s in store for you!

This week’s aerial photo tour of The Golf Capital of the World® takes us to the south end once again, where Founders Club at Pawleys Island enters the spotlight. Play Golf Myrtle Beach’s Jim Maggio made an early-morning visit last week and captured an assortment of images throughout the Thomas Walker signature layout.

Ask 10 Myrtle Beach regulars about Burning Ridge Golf Club and you’ll get 10 variations of “It’s a solid Gene Hamm course.” True enough. But spend a little time digging into this Conway classic and you’ll find there’s a lot more going on than the scorecard lets on. Here are six things about Burning Ridge that even seasoned Grand Strand golfers tend to miss.

Tidewater Golf Club is primed and ready to host you and your group for the spring golf getaway of a lifetime! Enjoy our breathtaking video and photo tours of this highly acclaimed North Strand design.

Nowhere on the social media scene is the power of the Golf Capital of the World^® more on display than on our Instagram account. We make the rounds and delve into the sights and scenes that make it so special, and present it daily to keep you informed on the latest and greatest the Myrtle Beach golf scene has to offer. Check out what we’ve been up to this past month!

With almost 1,800 holes along the Grand Strand, picking standout par-5s is a bold move — but somebody’s gotta do it. Sure, No. 13 (“Waterloo”) at The Dunes Club and No. 6 (“The Gambler”) at King’s North are the obvious picks — every Myrtle Beach golf list name-drops them, and for good reason. But we wanted to dig past the usual suspects.

We judged the expanded field on three things golfers really care about: how gorgeous a hole is, how hard it can humble you, and whether the risk-reward gamble is worth the heart palpitations. Player reviews and course write-ups back up every pick that follows here.

This week we’re stopping by the Cherry Grove section of North Myrtle Beach and the Ken Tomlinson-designed Tidewater Golf Club, as Director of Instruction Cory Hill, PGA checks in with his thoughts on the three things that set Tidewater apart from other designs in The Golf Capital of the World®.

Enjoy spellbinding golf on your next Myrtle Beach getaway with Mystical Golf! Play three rounds, stay three nights in well-appointed accommodations at Mystical Resort Golf Villas, and enjoy a wide assortment of extras. Check out what’s in store at each Mystical course!

The North Strand’s Arnold Palmer signature design has garnered its share of critical acclaim and can now include a worldwide distinction to its list of accolades, as LINKS Magazine has selected Rivers Edge Golf Club in Shallotte, N.C. among its eight choices of “Best Riverfront Golf Courses Around the World.”

Our aerial photo tour of The Golf Capital of the World® has descended upon the properties of Mystical Golf, where the popular Dan Maples design at The Wizard takes center stage this week. Play Golf Myrtle Beach’s Jim Maggio made an early-morning visit Thursday and captured an assortment of images along its back nine.

A hidden gem is often hard to find, but usually worth the journey. And beneath each morning’s blanket of fog, you’ll find Aberdeen Country Club, a gem worth finding when nature’s beauty is par for the course. Join us for a hole-by-hole photo tour of this Tom Jackson design.

Jack Nicklaus designs are renowned for the distinct challenges they offer, and nowhere along the North Strand of The Golf Capital of the World® is this element more prevalent than at Long Bay Golf Club.

For this edition of “Ask the Pro” we checked in with Jason Jackson, General Manager and Head Golf Professional at Long Bay, for his thoughts on the three holes there that he considers its most challenging.