Myrtle Beach Golf News & Updates

A popular Gene Hamm design, Azalea Sands Golf Club offers a great golfing experience for players of all skill levels. And with no homes adjoining the course, it’s just you and the golf course – with a newly refurbished clubhouse restaurant and bar to greet you when your round is complete! Join us for a quick aerial video and hole-by-hole photo tour of this North Myrtle Beach design!

With the holiday season upon us, the Grand Strand golf community has shown once again why Myrtle Beach is truly “The Golf Capital of the World.” Over the past week we’ve been graced with festive photos, videos, and stories shared across social media showcasing holiday-themed golf rounds, cheerful clubhouse decorations and a vibrant Christmas spirit. Your posts have brought the season’s magic to life, and with a heartfelt thanks we’re happy to share some of the Facebook and Instagram highlights with you here!

Kyle and David let it rip for the final podcast of 2024! They put their most outlandish predictions for 2025 on the record ahead of the New Year.

As always, the Myrtle Beach Golf Report is powered by Play Golf Myrtle Beach.

Join us for an aerial tour of a popular oceanfront option for visiting golfers on a Myrtle Beach stay-and-play package, Avista Resort – rated No. 1 of 53 hotels in North Myrtle Beach by TripAdvisor reviewers.

“The Q at Myrtle Beach,” a groundbreaking competition that blends traditional golf with innovative digital storytelling, is set to return in 2025, offering 16 players the opportunity to earn a sponsor exemption into the PGA TOUR’s Myrtle Beach Classic.

Our growing legion of Instagram followers made for a banner year at Play Golf Myrtle Beach. More than 56,000 followers provided an engaged, captive audience for more than 370 video reels we produced this past year, generating a staggering 7.9 million plays in 2024! 

The PGA TOUR has recognized the Myrtle Beach Classic with the “Best-In-Class Element” award for its innovative and groundbreaking feature, “The Q at Myrtle Beach.” This accolade places the inaugural Classic among the standout events of the TOUR’s 2024 season, recognizing its exceptional creativity, audience engagement and impact on the game.

Myrtlewood Golf Club continues to define Myrtle Beach as a legacy golf destination to stay and play, situated along the Intracoastal Waterway. The PineHills Course at Myrtlewood illustrates a classic design with inviting routing set amongst signature, long-leaf Carolina pines this area is known for. Join us for a video and hole-by-hole photo tour.

The holiday season is here – and with Christmas Day drawing near, the generosity of the Myrtle Beach golf community was on full display this past week! Many courses hosted Toys for Tots giveaways and drives, and your social media photos, videos, and stories showcased the vibrant holiday spirit that makes the Myrtle Beach golf community so special. Thank you for making this past week one to remember!

As “The Golf Capital of the World,” we’re proud to be part of “The Ultimate Autism-Friendly Vacation Destination.” Visit Myrtle Beach announces its groundbreaking new series, “Traveling the Spectrum,” makes its nationwide debut today on the Peacock streaming network.

As part of its ongoing effort to showcase the magnificent splendor of “The Golf Capital of the World,” the Play Golf Myrtle Beach content team includes aerial photography as a significant element. And the past year has offered a brilliant canvas for our drone photographers (Jim Maggio and David Williams) to present it from a real-time, fresh perspective.

Caribbean Resort & Villas’ Maniesha Batten and Chris Vest join us to describe many of the appealing features to their oceanfront accommodations, and why it makes for an ideal base for a stay-and-play golf getaway to Myrtle Beach.

With more than 200 video reels produced that have generated more than 2.8 million views in 2024, the Play Golf Myrtle Beach TikTok page continues to grow at a rapid pace – with a loyal following now exceeding 25,000 subscribers!

Steve loves alignment sticks – and why not? Steve Dresser of the Steve Dresser Golf Academy at True Blue Golf Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. shows us a few simple ways they can be enormously helpful to your practice routine!

In the final installment of videos recapping their most recent visit to “The Golf Capital of the World,” Frank and Mike from Golficity settled in at the Mike Strantz masterpiece that’s a regular inclusion on the lists of America’s top 100 public access courses: True Blue Golf Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. Was the experience everything they hoped it would be? Tune in to their latest Myrtle Beach video to find out!