Myrtle Beach Golf News & Updates

In golf, things you might think have more linear purpose can actually offer multiple benefits. The simple golf tee, for example, can help you in many ways beyond serving as a resting place for your ball on the tee box. Let Steve Dresser from the Steve Dresser Golf Academy in Pawleys Island, S.C. show you several ways they can also help you counter some common swing ailments!

Join us for a dynamic sightseeing tour of a North Strand design that honors the finest traditions of the game’s birthplace: Thistle Golf Club near Myrtle Beach in Sunset Beach, N.C.

Our latest stops along the Myrtle Beach golf scene took us to Diamondback Golf Club, where Jim Maggio’s Thursday visit helped show off this popular North Strand design from an aerial perspective; and Crown Park, where Joe Novak stopped by on Friday and was greeted by peak playing conditions.

What a week in “The Golf Capital of the World!” A huge thank you to the Grand Strand golf community for sharing your fantastic moments and highlights across Facebook and Instagram. Keep the great content coming, and here’s to many more unforgettable rounds on our beautiful courses!

Summer’s a great time of year to hit the links in Myrtle Beach. It’s also “aerification” time, where Grand Strand golf courses each choose a brief time in the summer months to conduct routine turf maintenance to ensure the continued health and quality of their playing surface. Here’s what you should know about the process – why it’s necessary, and how it benefits golfers.

When planning a Myrtle Beach golf trip, oceanfront accommodations and a sense of familiarity are often valuable to group leaders, which leads us to a quartet of resorts that have hosted countless trips over the years. If your group is in search of a hotel with a long history of catering to golfers, Myrtle Beach has a myriad of options, with the Breakers Resort, Island Vista Resort, Caravelle Resort and Ocean Reef Resort near the top of many lists.

Among the North Strand’s popular seaside lodging options, Best Western Ocean Sands Beach Resort in North Myrtle Beach offers luxurious, all-oceanfront accommodations to suit the wide-ranging needs of your golf group.

The PineHills Course at Myrtlewood Golf Club has completed its bunker renovation project, and this gloriously sunny June morning was the perfect time to capture new aerials that put Myrtlewood’s hard work in the spotlight!

Located just across the state line in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, Oyster Bay Golf Links offers an experience worth including to make your Myrtle Beach golf trip complete.

The greens have been pristine, the weather perfect and the camaraderie along the Myrtle Beach golf scene second to none! Golfers from all over the land continue to enjoy the beauty and challenge of “The Golf Capital of the World,” and we love seeing our guests’ passion for the game and the unique moments you capture on the course. Let’s take a look at what your lenses saw, courtesy of your posts on Facebook and Instagram!

A Myrtle Beach golf trip typically includes a variety of courses, including at least one that will offer the chance to post a reputable number, even on a day when you may not have your best stuff. These are courses you could play every day and not worry about getting beaten up. Fortunately, Myrtle Beach has a host of layouts you would relish opportunity play on the regular, and here are five of them.

Offering island-like seclusion in the heart of Myrtle Beach, Island Vista Resort is the only oceanfront hotel or resort for nearly a mile in either direction – yet its convenient central Grand Strand location makes it an ideal lodging option for virtually any type of getaway to “The Golf Capital of the World.”

King’s North at Myrtle Beach National, an Arnold Palmer design that has long been one of the Grand Strand’s bedrock layouts, closed on June 3 to begin a comprehensive, two-part, two-year renovation project. Founders Group International (FGI), Myrtle Beach National’s parent company, selected Brandon Johnson Golf Course Design to oversee a project that will transform the venerable course. 

The ongoing, ambitious renovations work at Rivers Edge Golf Club in Shallotte, N.C. now includes a new-look food & beverage option with the recent unveiling of its all-new Double Eagle Grille. The photos you’ll see here are a perfect illustration of Rivers Edge’s dedication to provide its guests the highest quality of experience possible.

Sometimes, the simplest swing fix involves achieving the proper grip of the club. In this video, Scott Tanguay of the Coastal Golf Academy in Myrtle Beach, S.C. walks us through the paces of getting your grip right!