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Myrtle Beach is home to more than 1,600 golf holes that play along rivers, marshes and tidal inlets, in addition to the challenges that play through maritime forests and sprawling live oak trees. A Myrtle Beach golf trip offers a little bit of everything, but if you are like most golfers, holes with stunning scenery occupy a special place in your h…

The All-Inclusive package, an offer from Founders Group International, allows players to choose among 21 courses and includes lunch, range balls and two draft beers. It’s Myrtle Beach’s most popular golf package, especially for groups looking to maximize value. But value extends beyond price, and for players that have the ability to throw the b…

Pawleys Island is home to some of the Myrtle Beach area’s premier courses and along with that quality comes significant challenges. If you are teeing it up along the South Strand, here are the five toughest holes in Pawleys Island, from the perspective of a very average golfer. ● The 13th hole at Pawleys Plantation Golf Club (pictured right) is…

Many of golf’s biggest names have hoisted the Wanamaker Trophy in celebration of a win at the PGA Championship, including seven players who went on to design Myrtle Beach golf courses. The PGA Championship winners who left their mark in Myrtle Beach – Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Raymond Floyd, Lanny Wadkins, Larry Nelson, Davis Love III and Nick …

King’s North and Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club are two of Myrtle Beach’s most popular courses, so we decided to pit the two iconic layouts against each other, one hole at a time. Arnold Palmer-designed King’s North is the area’s 10th ranked course, according to area PGA professionals, while Pawleys Plantation, a Jack Nicklaus l…

For years, we’ve profiled every part of the famed Waccamaw Golf Trail. But never quite like this. The 11 courses from Murrells Inlet down to Pawleys Island are a highlight for the area’s already developed golf scene. They also include some of the South Strand’s most dynamic holes. We wanted to try to have some extra fun with them. Utilizing o…

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…

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…

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…

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 …