Four Days, 5 Rounds: The Perfect Myrtle Beach Golf Trip Itinerary
With the spring season rapidly approaching, group leaders are mulling prospective Myrtle Beach golf trip itineraries. Given the number of courses, the variations are endless, but if you are in search of a local’s perspective, here is the ideal 4-day, 5-round trip. For starters, my preferred package is the Founders Group All-Inclusive, which allow…
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Golf, Good Times and Lots of Laughs: Barstool’s Fore Play Travel Series Comes to Myrtle Beach
Barstool’s Fore Play podcast has emerged as one of the most influential voices in golf media and the rollicking crew – Riggs, Trent, Frankie and Danny – made a trip to Myrtle Beach earlier this year. The quartet filmed every shot of their Myrtle Beach golf vacation and produced a four-part YouTube series, detailing their matches and good times on…
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GolfDay Ranks 9 Myrtle Beach Courses Among America’s Top 100 Public Layouts
GolfDay, a blog that touts itself as a premiere golf course guide, has unveiled its list of the “U.S. Top 100 Public Courses: 2023” and Myrtle Beach dominated the website’s ranking of America’s best public access facilities. A couple of familiar names led nine Grand Strand courses that earned a spot on the list. Headlining the Myrtle Beach …
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Myrtle Beach’s 23 Must-Play Golf Courses of 2023
The New Year is upon us, which means it’s time to get serious about planning for your 2023 Myrtle Beach golf trip. As you endure the winter months, dreaming of busting a drive, the feel of a perfectly struck iron, and the satisfaction of draining a birdie putt, here are 23 Myrtle Beach golf courses you need to play over the next 12 months and one…
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Trick or Treat: Myrtle Beach’s 5 Most Frightening Shots
Halloween, the night of fright is upon us, making it the ideal time to take a look at five of the Myrtle Beach golf scene’s scariest shots. These aren’t your garden variety forced carries. These are challenges that tighten the collar on your shirt, cause your mouth to dry, and make your hands sweat. – At the top of our list is Myrtle Beach’…
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Pawleys Plantation Ranked as South Carolina’s Best Golf Course by The Discoverer
Pawleys Plantation Golf Club has long been regarded as one of South Carolina’s prettiest golf courses, and now The Discoverer, an emerging travel site, has named the Jack Nicklaus design as the best course in the Palmetto State. The Discoverer Blog wrote a story called “The Best Golf Course in Each State” and the popular travel site said of P…
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Which 13th Hole is Better: Pawleys Plantation vs. Long Bay Club?
For the superstitious among us, the number 13 is associated with bad luck but if you are a Myrtle Beach golfer, that is certainly not the case. More than a few 13th holes are among Myrtle Beach’s most memorable challenges, including a pair of offerings from golf’s greatest champion, Jack Nicklaus. The par 3 13th holes on both of the Golden Bear…
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Wet and Wild: Myrtle Beach’s 5 Most Water-Centric Courses
Water figures prominently on some of America’s most famed golf courses (here is looking at you Pebble Beach), providing players both beauty and challenge. Given the area’s coastal location, Myrtle Beach features layouts that play along an assortment of rivers, tidal marshes, ponds and wetlands, creating visual players long remember. As you look…
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Five Difficult Myrtle Beach Courses Where Nothing Short Of Your A-Game Will Do
The fun part about booking a golf trip to Myrtle Beach is knowing you’re about to see the types of courses that aren’t available in your backyard. The not-so-fun part is recognizing that you didn’t do your research. South Carolina’s Grand Strand golf market was built on the backs of courses that welcome in the vast majority of players who a…
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Best Places to Play: Golf Digest Ranks 9 Myrtle Beach Golf Courses Among SC’s Best
As part of the relaunch of its popular “Best Places to Play” initiative, Golf Digest has unveiled its list of South Carolina’s best public courses, and Myrtle Beach, to no one’s surprise, dominated yet another ranking of the Palmetto’s State finest layouts. According to Golf Digest, nine of the state’s top 14 public courses are located …