Myrtle Beach’s Most Unique Golf Trip?

They congregated in the pro shop snack bar at Indian Wells, ordered a round of drinks and figured out who won skins. It looked like any other group that comes to Myrtle Beach – a lot of story-telling, laughing and cold drinks.

While the 39 golfers that came together for four days and four rounds carried on as if they were life long friends, the reality is they hardly knew each other.

The internet has changed the world in a myriad of ways, something the Myrtle Beach Golf Talk Forum makes abundantly clear with its annual golf outing. Most online message boards bring people together and allow them to converse under anonymous board names, and the Golf Talk Forum is no different.

GINand1, CDNDAWG, LeftyGar, BNlongdriver and Sherminator banter back and forth about any number of topics, but instead of hiding behind a message board handle, they congregate once a year for a golf trip.

Last October, 39 golfers from three different countries – U.S., Canada and Great Britain – convened for an outing with relative strangers and loved it.

“We don’t know each other anywhere except this forum,” said Virginian Jeff Gehm. “It’s a chance for us to put a face with a name. We rib each other pretty good (on the board). It’s nice to get together and meet the guys.”

No one worked harder to meet the Golf Talk Forum guys than Robin Langille, who lives in one of North America’s most remote outposts – Tulita, Northwest Territories, Canada. Langille lives 100 miles from the Arctic Circle, and he took five flights and 32 hours to get to Myrtle Beach.

“Last night alone made it worth my time and trouble,” Langille said with a smile. “You meet lots of new people from all over the U.S. and Canada. It’s a good group of guys.”

In addition to playing Indian Wells, this year’s Golf Talk Forum outing participants played Prestwick, Founders Club and Wachesaw Plantation East.

“It’s nice to get everybody together down here,” said Myrtle Beach Golf Desk’s Brian Noblin, who operates the Golf Talk Forum. “Everybody gets along great and the common bond is Myrtle Beach golf. We all hang out after the round, go to Broadway at the Beach, and enjoy all the attractions Myrtle Beach has to offer.”

The event started nearly a decade ago and given what Myrtle Beach has to offer and the way the internet unites people, it will likely continue for at least that much longer.

“First off the number, variety and quality of golf courses (stand out),” said Joe Cousins, a Canadian who lives just miles across the border from Niagara Falls. “You can come down here for years and years and not become bored playing the courses.

“What’s nice about the (Golf Talk Outing) is usually the guys you come with in the spring, you play with them throughout the summer. You almost run out of things to talk about. With these guys, it’s completely different … It makes the golf round a very enjoyable experience.”

A Myrtle Beach golf trip can offer a variety of different experiences, the Golf Talk Forum outing being one of the most unique.

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