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Chances are, you’re going to break out your sand wedge time and again on the five following tracks.
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Check out some of our favorite Myrtle Beach Golf Photos recently shared on Instagram
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Six Grand Strand courses have at least one hole along the body of water. But these five holes are nothing short of brilliant.
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Selecting the right Myrtle Beach golf courses to play can be a crap shoot, especially if you don’t know the local market. Here's a list that might help the selection process.
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Mel Sole of the award-winning Mel Sole Golf School at Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club reviews three important keys to chipping
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Relatively speaking amid the course-rich environment along South Carolina’s northern coastline, Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club is on an island. If that’s the case, it’s certainly more Fiji than whatever retreat Tom Hanks found himself on during the flick “Castaway”.
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Here is a list of five Myrtle Beach-area courses where you can work up your appetite. We made sure to include a hole from each that will really get the juices flowing.
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Here are four clubhouses as good as any to catch the action on the gridiron in style after 18 holes in the sun.
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Nicklaus’ trip to the course he designed 30-plus years ago helped further kickstart something else entirely different that will pay dividends for the Myrtle Beach area for years to come.
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Indian Wells Golf Club, located mere miles south of city limits has given the regular golfer every reason to make it part of the rotation.
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Jack Nicklaus recently visited Pawleys Plantation Golf Club to celebrate the club's 30th anniversary. Golf’s greatest champion discusses a wide array of topics including his two Grand Strand designs.
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The greatest golfer the game has ever seen pulled his cart to the middle of the eighth fairway, coming to a gradual stop. He said nothing. For what felt like an eternity, he chose to remain tightlipped while he analyzed three decades of life on his one-time baby. Finally, he turned to one of his riding partners and opened his mouth. It was clear Jack Nicklaus was working.
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Be it their spots off the beaten path, a lack of rental housing nearby or renovation projects that scale back, the following tracks are more than worthy of your time.
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Whether returning for an annual tradition or visiting for the first time, golfers continue to enjoy their playing experience on the SouthCreek Course at Myrtle Beach National
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We love sharing golf vacation photos taken in Myrtle Beach! Check out our five favorite images capture this past week. #MyrtleBeachGolf
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For as many of the 90 or so courses up and down South Carolina’s Grand Strand force players to be adept with the big stick, there are a few where it all but doesn’t matter.
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Check out our 5 favorite photos captured this past week in Myrtle Beach
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The Nicklaus designed Long Bay Club will engage players from the first tee shot all the way to their final putt on the eighteenth green.
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Along South Carolina’s Grand Strand golfing mecca some courses are bucking the normal trend of time and for various reasons aging quite well. Some can credit a key tune-up at the right moment. Others saw large-scale renovations breathe new life.
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Myrtlewood Head Golf Professional Dustin Powers shares what golfers are saying about the new putting surfaces on the PineHills Course at Myrtlewood Golf Club.
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Myrtle Beach Golf Courses have regained their footing after the storm. We wanted to share a few of our favorite photos captured and shared on Instagram over the past week. #MyrtleBeachGolf
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Carolina’s lowcountry has never been presented like this before. And there’s only one legend that could masterfully create such a spectacular design on a piece of property this, the great Jack Nicklaus.
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Samantha Smith’s says she’s phased out some of her playing goals. In lieu of her rise up the managerial ranks in a relatively short time span, sacrificing her golf game for the other side of the spectrum was inevitable.
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Just outside city limits at Myrtle Beach National, the West Course is a constant reminder that players who may not have their best day off the tee can still score well.
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Check out six of our favorite Myrtle Beach Golf photos from this past week
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The following are five of our favorite courses where strong play with the mid- and short irons is not only going to make up for a fair share of mistakes, but probably going to give you a real opportunity to shine.
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Pine Lakes Country Club was recently honored by the Horry County Board of Architectural Review as a legacy business. The Horry County Board of Architectural Review’s Legacy Business Recognition Program pays tribute to local businesses that have contributed to the economic heritage of Horry County for more than 50 continuous years.
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The peak golf season has come and gone, but with only a slight drop-off in temperatures from the previous month, November is again primed to shine on South Carolina’s Grand Strand golf circuit.
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Meredith catches up with Casey Cook, Director of Retail for 22 Myrtle Beach-Area Courses. Casey showcases some new merchandise items you should check out on your next Myrtle Beach Golf Vacation.
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Allen Terrell, Director of Coaching at the Dustin Johnson Golf School, discusses the important part arm structure plays in the golf swing. In this second segment Coach Terrell explains the proper position of the right arm in the backswing
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Meredith speaks with Myrtlewood Head Golf Professional Dustin Powers about the exciting upgrades happening at this 36 hole facility including new greens on the PineHills course.
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Drivers were made for a reason, and especially with some of the new-age models (and even the older ones), they weren’t meant to be kept in the bag. Fortunately, several courses up and down South Carolina’s Grand Strand golfing mecca leave little to the imagination when it comes those choices.
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Dale Ketola, PGA Director of Instruction and Club Fitting at the Grande Dunes Golf Performance Center highlights four reasons to have properly fitted golf clubs.
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If you’re searching for a fun golf getaway with the girls and want to experience the best of Myrtle Beach golf on women-friendly courses, look no further. With recommendations from LPGA Instructor and former Mrs. South Carolina America, Meredith Kirk, you and the girls are guaranteed to have fun!
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Meredith speaks with Tradition Golf Club’s Head Professional about the new greens that are being installed at this Waccamaw Golf Trail favorite.
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There are times when you don’t need the whole kit and caboodle. Maybe you only have time for nine holes. When it comes to the quick jaunt, some Myrtle Beach courses are equipped to make your time count. Check them out when 18 isn’t an option.
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Course Superintendent Clay Dubose is joined by Senior Associate for the Fazio Design Company, Thomas Marzolf to discuss the new state-of-the-art bunker drainage system being installed at TPC Myrtle Beach. This upgrade will improve playing conditions after rough weather and create bunker consistency throughout the course.
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Pine Lakes Head Golf Professional Jonathan Brock explains why Pine Lakes Country Club should be on every golfer's Myrtle Beach Bucket List
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This Thanksgiving weekend, November 22 through November 24, junior golfers will have the opportunity to show off their skills and challenge their abilities at the 50th Annual George Holliday Memorial Junior Golf Tournament.
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The mid-July tradition of the Open Championship will have us tuning in to Carnoustie, Scotland as the world’s best try to tame the course. Here are 5 Myrtle Beach Golf Courses that can give players at least a sense of what the they will be facing.
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Allen Terrell, Director of Coaching at the Dustin Johnson Golf School, discusses the important part arm structure plays in the golf swing. In this first segment Coach Terrell reviews arm structure at the address position.
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During the 1980s and 1990s, Dan Maples was responsible for nine designs in the Myrtle Beach Metropolitan area and five on the South Carolina side of the state line. In addition to Willbrook and Heritage, he was also tasked with the concepts at the Mystical Golf trio of The Witch Golf Club, Man O’ War Golf Club and The Wizard Golf Club.
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Just 15 minutes north of Myrtle Beach, in a residential area of Little River, lies River Hills Golf Club, one of the area’s most impressive course designs.
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When looking back on the earliest days of Myrtle Beach Golf it's easy to pinpoint an architect who played a vital role in the would-be popularity explosion.
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The old Tom Jackson joke on South Carolina Grand Strand is based in reality. If it has “River” in the name, there’s a good chance the designer had something to do with it.
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Time has been good to River Club. And the people who strive to keep it that way have done their part, too
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With so few courses available locally in the 1960s, and with the game’s Big Three starting to get beamed into more and more homes via television sets, Litchfield’s small group of controlling interests had an idea. Create the first stay-and-play option on the south end of the area known as the Grand Strand.
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Litchfield Country Club which opened in 1966 has gracefully matured in time with signature lowcountry character.
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The biggest names in course design certainly delivered some haymakers along South Carolina’s Grand Strand golfing mecca. But for everything guys like Nicklaus and Fazio and Palmer and Dye did to influence the sport, the tenets of Myrtle Beach golf lay with four others.
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Certain tracks in and around Myrtle Beach have No. 9s so splendidly laid out that many would argue they could easily be the 18th. Here are three par 4s and two par 5s that certainly fit that description.
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Mel Sole of the award-winning Mel Sole Golf School at Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club demonstrates a drill using an alignment stick to help generate more power in the golf swing
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The Ron Garl layout, which originally opened in 1996, has impressed for more than two decades for a number of reasons. There’s the solid conditions, regardless of season, as well as excellent variety from hole to hole.
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The billboard heading down U.S. 17 toward the southern end of the Myrtle Beach area wasn’t a haphazard addition. The signage steers golfers to Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club. More importantly, it proudly boasts its ties to Jack Nicklaus.
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Thanks to geography, players can knock out a round in the morning, take a break for lunch and then scoot over to a nearby course. To provide variety under the same day’s sun, we’ve put together a list that won’t repeat designers or even layout style.
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Christa Bodensteiner, Head Golf Professional at Tradition Golf Club, explains what visiting golfers can expect when playing the courses located on Myrtle Beach's southern end.
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It’s a year of anniversaries on the Grand Strand. Wild Wing Plantation’s Avocet Course, designed by United States Open Winner Larry Nelson is celebrating 25 years.
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You could say that Matt Daly was tailor-made for his current job. The more factual statement would be that he saw the writing on the wall before most golf industry types of his generation and adjusted with the times.
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Among the 90 or so courses along South Carolina’s northern coastline, several offer the type of par 4s where going after the green with the big stick is encouraged. No, not everyone who tries makes it there in advance of regulation. So you might as well saddle up and enjoy the show. You may just pull off the unthinkable.
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Long Bay, as Nicklaus very much wanted when the club opened in 1988, penalizes those who try to go big without perfect precision.
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More than 24 years since he joined ABC’s Grand Strand affiliate WPDE News 15 as its lead weatherman, Piotrowski has developed into the go-to source for all things weather. But as the years have changed how news is presented, arguably the most visible person in the Myrtle Beach area has changed, too.
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From Nicklaus to Palmer, Floyd to Watson, the faces that found glory at the Masters also helped turn South Carolina’s Grand Strand into the most travelled golf destination in the United States. Those players' legacies weren’t built here; but they certainly left their mark.
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Dustin Johnson speaks with Golf Channel's Brian Bateman at TPC Myrtle Beach on how he has improved his wedge game.
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Course designers have taken a similar approach when it comes to laying out their work. Backload most of their memorable holes, ensuring that the lasting memories aren’t watered down by the bulk of their architecture. But when it comes to the sheer number of courses in and around Myrtle Beach, S.C., some astounding opening holes were almost inevitable.
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Long term employees have kept the property as an anchor for the Myrtle Beach golf scene since the early 1970s, when the King’s North, West and SouthCreek courses were three of the original 15 to open in the area.
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In the early 1990s, Charlotte developer and real estate executive Melvin Graham went to work researching his favorite holes from the U.S. to British Isles and then back in North America. It took him eight years to execute, and in 1999, World Tour opened to rave reviews.
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Lanny Wadkins,World Golf Hall of Famer,explains some of thought process that went into co-designing the award-winning TPC Myrtle Beach.
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The late, great Arnold Palmer saw to that with his design here, and much like his layouts on the neighboring King’s North and West courses, SouthCreek didn’t waste any of its available space.
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South Carolina’s Grand Strand has a number of perfect pairings to match your morning or afternoon 18 with a great Irish pub - or at least ones that fake it pretty well.
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Dustin Johnson was on hand at TPC Myrtle Beach for the ground-breaking ceremony of his state-of-the-art facility as well as visiting with participants of the 2018 Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship. Meredith spoke with the number one ranked player in world.
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Just north of Murrells Inlet in Garden City, Indian Wells Golf Club offers one of the areas most enjoyable, and consistent golf experiences on the Grand Strand.
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The Pawleys Island area of South Carolina is known for its low country charm, salty marshland, Southern hospitality and year-round seasonal weather to enjoy the great outdoors. And the Founders Club at Pawleys Island continues to be a part of the area's charm.
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A hidden gem is often tough to find, but usually worth the journey, and beneath each mornings blanket of fog, you'll find Aberdeen Country Club
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Mel Sole, Director of Instruction at the Mel Sole Golf discusses the rules on a loose impediments on the putting green
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The three-hole swing of Alligator Alley at Dunes Golf & Beach Club has been wowing players for years. While the course in its entirety is as decorated as any around South Carolina’s Grand Strand golfing mecca, the collective impressions that Nos. 11, 12 and 13 make as a mini-conglomerate is undeniable.
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There is no real norm when it comes to South Carolina golf along the Grand Strand. Some tracks have individual holes that stand out all their own.
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Meredith speaks with Willbrook Plantation Golf Club's Head Golf Professional Kevin McGuire about this stunning lowcountry design that is celebrating 30 years. Golf Course architect Dan Maples has called it "One of my best."
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Some golf courses are not only crafted by marshes and wet lands; they’re defined by them. They pop visually to the eye and camera lens, offering a different feel to a round. Accompanying natural grasses and wildlife simply aren’t available to everyone.
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Mel Sole of the award-winning Mel Sole Golf School at Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club shares a putting drill that will help you keep the putter head on a straight path.
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Creating the experience takes a lot work, including lining up the tour favors for the players, filling out the roster of 100 volunteers, and attracting sponsors.
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Dale Ketola, PGA Director Instruction and Club Fitting at the Grande Dunes Golf Performance Center, demonstrates a putting drill to help with speed and putter face alignment.
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More than a year removed from the hurricane, Burning Ridge has proved that it could rebound nicely from some of the worst Mother Nature could throw at it.
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Thirty years ago, one of golf’s household names took aim at Willbrook Plantation, navigated the first hole and immediately knew the course had something special setting it apart.
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Dale Ketola, PGA Director Instruction and Club Fitting at the Grande Dunes Golf Performance Center discusses the influence the arms have on timing in the golf swing.
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A little over three years ago, the Myrtle Beach golf market got itself some primetime love. Golf Channel’s then-recurring program - “The Big Break” - came to South Carolina’s Grand Strand with the intent of illuminating not only the contestants on the show’s 22nd season, but also the area in general. It was relatively big news, even though the end was near for the program.
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There was a time when Christa Bodensteiner was so wrapped up in her work, so convinced she could do the job, that she failed realize her place in local golf history. Now, she’s found too much of a work-life balance to really care.
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Two design strategies already collided at the PineHills course at Myrtlewood Golf Club. Now, a relatively subtle turf change is going to bring their effects to the forefront of players’ minds.
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Some of the biggest names on the design circuit flexed their muscles, and their creativity can test even the seasoned players among us.
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When a high-profile fitting and instructional facility opened at the Grande Dunes Resort Club in April of 2017, it added to the location’s already impressive stature along the golf-dominant northern coastline of South Carolina.
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Dale Ketola, PGA Director of Instruction and Club Fitting at the Grande Dunes Resort Club, discusses how club face angle at impact influences ball flight and demonstrates a drill that can help.
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Nine years after its re-opening following a full-scale overhaul and name change, Founders Club isn’t falling off the map.
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On the heels of a major anniversary for the first Myrtle Beach golf course, others in the area are getting ready for key anniversaries of their own in 2018.
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While many courses use that locale in their address, only six courses fall within the actual city limits. These courses, four of which were built prior to 1972, alone offer a range both in style and feel that would provide a worthy week of golf.
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Dale Ketola, PGA Director of Instruction and Club Fitting at the Grande Dunes Performance Center shows the best way to warm-up when you have limited time prior to your round
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There’s a reason fall golf in Myrtle Beach is so popular. Weather, availability, diversity of playability and off-course entertainment all factor in here. But with all those ringing true, some courses have distinguished themselves among the flock as being more than capable of handling the heaviest times of the year while minimizing hitches.
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Competitive junior golfers can register now for the Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship at TPC Myrtle Beach February 23-25, 2018. Experience what its like to play on the PGA Tour and compete with premier players from across the world.
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It’s a great time to try your hand at these award-winning courses designed by the legendary Golden Bear. Take advantage of ideal fall temperatures and head to Long Bay Golf Club or Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club.
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We want you to find not only great golf without having to play one of the top-tier tracks in order to make it happen. Mix any or all of these into you rotation and know you protected your budget.
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Opened in 1985, the course never sought to be a big-hitter’s paradise, outside of a handful of holes. The give-and-take style includes a conglomerate of par 4s that measure no longer than 394 yards from the whites but allow less room for error than most are accustomed to.
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The number of golf courses who declare their elevation changes in their bios along South Carolina’s Grand Strand is vast. A handful of options exist where the start, finish and everything in-between rolls as straight as possible without mounding or hills getting in the way.
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Dale Ketola PGA Director of Instruction and Club Fitting at The Grande Dunes Golf Performance Center gives some advice on what to focus on to avoid first tee jitters and nerves on the golf course.
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In the final portion of the five-part series, we look at the best Myrtle Beach-area courses to be built during the 2000s. Each of the three selections provided their own special touch to a place that was already a golf spectacle.
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The 1990s were a time of economic prosperity, and that didn’t just mean in places like Silicon Valley. . From 1990-1999, a total of 19 new courses opened in the Myrtle Beach area, not including several more just across the border in North Carolina.
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Meredith and Pine Lakes Country Club Head Golf Professional Jonathan Brock discuss the Club's 90th Anniversary. Jonathan highlights how Myrtle Beach's First Golf Course is embracing its history.
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South Carolina’s Grand Strand took maybe its biggest leap toward the future in the 1980s. This next installment of a five-part series looks at the best clubs that opened during the 1980s, and how they affected the landscape during yet another big rush.
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In the second of a five-part series, Golf Writer Ian Guerin explores the best courses that opened during the 1970s. Each of the selections are still open to this day, and for good reason.
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Dale Ketola, PGA Director of Instruction and Club Fitting at The Grande Dunes Golf Performance Center, shares a quick tip to help with proper weight shift.
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In the first of a five-part series, we look at the best Myrtle Beach courses to open during the 1960's and what they provided, and still contribute, to the local golf scene. They helped inspire the change with some serious staying power through quality of play and an inviting approach
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TPC Myrtle Beach continues to carry on the TPC legacy of a premier property Golf Professionals call home.
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Very rarely do so many perfect elements all come together to create such a memorable experience like this.
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Meredith speaks with Brad Crumling Head Golf Professional at Myrtle Beach National Golf Club. Brad talks about the distinct differences at the 3 Arnold Palmer designs and how they continue to be 3 of the most requested courses in Myrtle Beach Golf.
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Myrtle Beach is well known for great courses and stay-and-play deals. But did you know there are a lot of superior “learn-and-play” opportunities available, too? No one enjoys playing poorly on a golf vacation, so why not pick up a tip or two that will improve your scores?
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Celebrating its 49th year, the tournament offers juniors an opportunity to challenge their abilities at one of the nation’s premier junior golf competitions.
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Quietly tucked away on a secluded preserve all by itself, the Avocet Course at Wild Wing Plantation offers one of the finest golf experiences in all of Myrtle Beach.
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For several months, the talk of the 2017 solar eclipse has been all the rage. Two golf courses will be taking full advantage of their locations inside the optimal range.
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Meredith stops in at the Hard Rock Café Myrtle Beach at its new location at Broadway at the Beach. Janice Vest, director of sales & marketing explains that the new restaurant offers more than just great food and timeless music.
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Meredith Visits with Dale Ketola, Director of Instruction and Club Fitting at the Grande Dunes Golf Performance Center. Dale discusses how he translates video analysis for the beginner to the advance player.
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We don’t need to know exactly what was going through a designer’s mind when he laid out a course. But every now and again, we are left wondering about their mental state.
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The Mel Sole Golf School, which is annually named one of GOLF Magazine's Top 25 Golf Schools in the U.S., is returning to the Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club.
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There are so-called golf meccas in the United States that bill themselves as having a course for everyone. And even though reputations are earned and tastes differ, it’s impossible to ignore the fact that Myrtle Beach has lost more courses in the last 15 years than some of those other areas are still boasting.
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Arguably the most fine-tuned project in Myrtle Beach golf history has led us to something special. The Perfect Round. The South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel and Myrtle Beach Golf Trips teamed up to find the best 18 holes out of the 1700 or so South Carolina’s Grand Strand has to offer. Ninety four of the panel’s 125 members participated, leaving little doubt in terms of sample size or credibility.
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TPC Myrtle Beach is one of only three golf courses in South Carolina that has been rated 5 stars by Golf Digest Magazine. Meredith talks with TPC Myrtle Beach's Head Golf Professional Matt Daly about this stunning Tom Fazio design and all it has to offer.
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To say that Myrtle Beach has mastered the golf trip would be a safe statement. And for as much as South Carolina’s Grand Strand also caters to families throughout the year, a group of buddies looking to blow off steam would be well-suited to do so here. From the lively golf during the day to the active nightlife, burning the candle at both ends is easy to do.
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Founders Group International and the newly-opened Golf Performance Center are excited to host The South Carolina Junior Golf Association’s Kickoff Party at Grande Dunes Resort Golf Club June 10 from 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Be it locations near the Intracoastal Waterway, area rivers or overflow zones, or simply a creative touch when it came to the architecture, certain tracks can’t help but to be defined by the water-heavy hazards throughout their acreage.
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Golf movies may not have the prevalence of those based in football or baseball. But the ones that stand out do so for a reason. They’ve developed their own characteristics that have made them stand out, building a noticeable charisma around their famous foundations.
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Able to Boast - The last six Myrtle Beach Golf Courses Owner's Association courses of the year each add something different to the mix. A week-long trip to Myrtle would be well-rounded by including simply those.
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Myrtlewood Golf Club is home to 36 Holes of Championship Golf located in the heart of Myrtle Beach. The Palmetto and PineHills courses each provide a different golf experience and are two of Myrtle Beach's favorites. Head Golf Professional Ryan Ruddy discusses this 36 hole facility.
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What makes a great golf course can be debated, and beauty is, as they say, in the eye of the beholder. Here are five scene stealers that can’t be ignored, even when the scores aren’t shaping up how you hoped.
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Meredith takes some time to speak with River Club Head Golf Professional Christa Bodensteiner about the beauty and fantastic course conditions of this stellar design.
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Four of the state's top courses are part of Founders Group International, according to the South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel. It named Pine Lakes Country Club, Grande Dunes Resort Course, TPC Myrtle Beach, and Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club to its 2017 Top Courses Available For Public Play.
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Meredith speaks with Willbrook Plantation's Head Golf Professional Kevin McGuire. Kevin discusses that Willbrook has something to offer every golfer, no matter the skill level. This Lowcountry gem should be included on your next trip to Myrtle Beach!
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Any golf course wishing to make a great impression has to put a quality bow on its product. For most, that comes in the form of the 18th hole, a place where the scorecard wraps up, but also where a designer’s work must be on its best display. South Carolina’s Grand Strand does that well, with more than its fair share of great finishers.
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Want to know how professional golfers feel rolling around a practice round, all the eyes on them? Rent a GolfBoard for your next 18 holes.
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Meredith spoke with John Daly in between holes at the 2017 Monday After The Masters Event held in Myrtle Beach. John talks about this great charity event and reveals a new phrase he has coined.
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Meredith caught up with 21 time PGA tour winner and two time Ryder Cup Captain, Davis Love III.
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The slightly more selective of the South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel’s two bi-annual rankings is loaded with Grand Strand options. In total, 13 of the 31 Best You Can Play Public Access Courses in the state fall inside the Myrtle Beach area, and they are a regular who’s who of the regularly awarded tracks.
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The Grande Dunes Golf Performance Center at Grande Dunes Resort Golf Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C. opened on April 1. The elite facility is designed to fit you with the best equipment and improve your game with instruction using the latest technology found in few other places.
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While not every track is built for children, more than a fair share of those located on South Carolina’s Grand Strand hold all the necessary components for a day with your budding youngster golfer. Influenced by architecture, environment and personality, some are just better than others.
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When the golf course at Aberdeen reopens March 29, you'll be able to enjoy a renovated 4,000 square foot clubhouse that has been redesigned as a sports-bar style restaurant with four large television screens. The new restaurant will offer a full-service menu, along with daily drink specials.
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Have you ever wondered what taking the 18 best of those holes and combining them to create one championship golf course would be like? The South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel and Myrtle Beach Golf Trips recently teamed up to find out.
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Ten courses at six locations are all at least well into their second decade of operation. They’ve proved the quick drive west from the heart of Myrtle Beach more than worth it.
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When some of the biggest names in professional golf began venturing into course design, owners had high hopes of where those side projects would lead. Roughly one in nine courses along South Carolina’s Grand Strand were designed by someone who won multiple PGA Tour majors and who has already been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame.
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Myrtle Beach Golf Ambassador Meredith Kirk spoke with the 2016 United States Open Champion and recently ranked number one player in world, Dustin Johnson. DJ offers up some advice on how the recreational golfer can improve their game.
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As nice as any given golf course can be, playing host to a professional event is a distinction so few can boast. In and around Myrtle Beach, only three can say just that.
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Sometimes, the name brand speaks for itself. While South Carolina’s Grand Strand is a vibrant collection of communities with individual identities and their own golf attractions, the centerpiece of it all has been and will always be Myrtle Beach.
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Your driver’s license is from Pennsylvania or West Virginia or Alabama or Nebraska. But for a few days, you’re lapped in Myrtle Beach golf luxury. What better way to play the part of a local than to act like one. It’s not as difficult as it may sound. Making use of a few tips can be all the difference between a herky-jerky links vacation or one that runs smooth from beginning to end.
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TPC Myrtle Beach, Former Site Of The Senior TOUR Championship, Will Provide TOUR-Like Experience For Participants At The Event Slated For February 24 – 26, 2017
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In his recent visit to the Grand Strand, The Traveling Golfer host Tony Leodora took in the splendor of a Lowcountry Classic: The Jack Nicklaus Designed Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club.
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The Traveling Golfer host Tony Leodora spends time with Corey Bowers, Head Golf Professional at Founders Club at Pawleys, discussing the beauty and unique layout of this South Strand design.
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Let’s assume that time, travel or greens fees are no concern. Be it a well-conceived trip to South Carolina’s Grand Strand or a mental trek to fantasy land, this is how I would lay out seven days’ worth of my favorite layouts. These are the best of the best.
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In this installment of her “Skill Drills” instructional video series, Meredith Kirk discusses Rhythm and Tempo. Learn more about “Skill Drills” at http://myrtlebeachgolftrips.com/videoskilldrills
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The Happy Hour conversation from Columbus or Toronto or Glens Falls or wherever else sounded like a great idea. Later on, you green light a trip to Myrtle Beach, and you and your buddies are going to have an iconic visit to South Carolina that includes daily golf.
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The 14th Annual Junior Golf Shootout to be hosted on two Arnold Palmer-designed Myrtle Beach National courses. The tournament is Easter weekend, April 14th and15th on the West and SouthCreek courses. Rising stars in golf, ages 10 to 18, from around the nation will compete in this stellar event.
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Jan 4, 2017 - In the inaugural installment of her “Skill Drills” instructional video series, Dustin Johnson Golf School lead instructor Meredith Kirk walks you through the paces of an effective pre-round stretching routine.
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In her recent visit to Grande Dunes Resort Club, Dustin Johnson Golf School lead instructor Meredith Kirk offers some advice on the benefits of squaring the club face.
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Santa's 2017 holiday sleigh ride tour included a return trip to the Grand Strand. Check out what he saw when he flew by some of our renowned golf courses.
From all of us here at Myrtle Beach Golf, we wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a holiday season filled with joy and peace!
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Allen Terrell, director of coaching for the Dustin Johnson Golf School at TPC Myrtle Beach in Murrells Inlet, S.C., has a three-step tutorial for how you can improve your bunker play.
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LPGA and Dustin Johnson Golf School instructor Meredith Kirk visited Grande Dunes Resort Club recently – and, while strolling the range, had some impromptu advice for visiting golfers.
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While those across the United States recognize the focal point of the Grand Strand, it is important for golfers looking for the full experience to search out the areas immediately north, south and west of the primary city limits. We begin our multi-part series with four reasons to point the compass up from Myrtle Beach proper.
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It’s the lure of warmer temperatures, green grass and real golf, not the three-layered, temporary-greens, frozen ground variety that sneak out to play when the temperature at home gets above freezing. That’s what Myrtle Beach offers in the late winter and early spring – the warmth of the sun on your face and a gentle breeze at your back as you try to reach a par 5 in two.
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Right here on South Carolina’s Grand Strand, several courses have made their mark with elevation changes of a variety of breeds. These are five of our favorites where paying a little extra attention to those changes - with your shots and driving the cart - will go a long way.
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With popularity comes familiarity with Myrtlewood Golf Club’s iconic holes, including the finishing holes on Palmetto that dramatically play into and along the Intracoastal. But two holes of lesser renown at Myrtlewood are just as worthy of your attention, and qualify for “hidden gem” status.
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Each fall, professional football and the links intertwine more than some realize. There are early Sunday morning shootouts that lead back to clubhouses for watch parties and tournaments where players are asked to don the colors and logos of their favorite teams. We’re going to take it one step further. The flavor of many of the Grand Strand’s courses mirror those of at least one professional team.
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Hurricane Matthew has come and gone, and most Grand Strand golf courses are now back up and running. See how some courses have bounced back, along with a full listing of current course openings.
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Whenever Nate DeWitt sees a great picture or video clip that showcases one of his company’s golf courses in a flattering light, he’s quick to act. It has become easy to see why: he knows he’ll get a fairly immediate array of reactions when he posts these items to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
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Arnold Palmer’s enduring impact on the game has been well chronicled, and will continue to be felt for generations. And as it joins the rest of the world in mourning Sunday’s passing of “The King,” the Myrtle Beach golf industry also remembers Mr. Palmer with heartfelt gratitude for the significant role he played in the growth of “The Golf Capital of the World.”
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South Carolina’s Grand Strand has two of the most famous surnames attached to five of its golf options. Pete and P.B. Dye each have a layout in Myrtle Beach, and they joined forces, so to speak, on a third. Meanwhile, famed designer Tom Fazio left his footprint with two of the relative newcomers to the Myrtle Beach golf scene.
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If you're a junior looking to test your game on one of junior golf's biggest stages, there's still time to sign up to play in the event which will be held at Myrtle Beach National Golf Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Thanksgiving Weekend, November 24-26, 2016.
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As Litchfield Country Club celebrates 50 years of golfers teeing off on this great Willard Byrd layout, the Myrtle Beach Area Golf Course Owners Association (MBAGCOA) has crowned it Myrtle Beach's 2016 Golf Course of the Year.
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Golf Insider Magazine offers up its choices for the area's best venues to catch a game while enjoying great food, beverages and festive atmosphere. Did your favorite place make the cut?
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Need your 19th hole burger fix? We present five of your best options for taking care of beef business. You won't go wrong with any of these, and more than likely you'll find time to stop in again.
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With the Summer Olympiad soon to unfold in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the world of golf has gone a bit nutty for torches, medals, five-ring logos and all that good Olympic stuff. To put a cherry on top of it all, we’ve decided to present this whiz-bang Myrtle Beach travel article with, you guessed it, an Olympic theme.
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Assistant Head Golf Professional Kurtis Kuhn gives us the lowdown on one of Myrtle Beach golf’s true “Hidden Gem” holes: the par-4 6th hole at Tradition Golf Club – situated just a stone’s throw off Hwy. 17 in beautiful Pawleys Island.
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It opened in 1966 as one of the Grand Strand’s “Original Five” – and the first golf course built on the beautiful Pawleys Island mainland between the Atlantic Ocean and the Waccamaw River. A half century later, Litchfield Country Club endures as a timeless classic.
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Only an ace can top the single-hole joy of pulling off an eagle. Do it on a par 5, and all of a sudden you’re happy enough to bypass protocol and buy the next round in the clubhouse anyway. Executing three consecutive great shots isn’t easy. But after hundreds of rounds along South Carolina’s Grand Strand, we’ve pinpointed some of our favorite opportunities for shaving two strokes off and finding a type of bliss that will put an exclamation point on a trip to any of these courses.
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Course architect Tom Jackson describes his Myrtle Beach golf course creation as “Modern in concept, yet traditional in nature … River Hills is a pleasing blend of old and new design ideas unlike any other course at the beach.”
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To get a taste of the game in the British Isles, you can go to Myrtle Beach. You may not get the cold wind off the Atlantic, and the Guinness might not be as authentic after the round, but it doesn’t take much to imagine you’re traversing the linksland where the game came of age at places like these Grand Strand designs.
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Cross these five things off your Myrtle Beach golf "Bucket List," and you’ll have stories for years - and an even smaller chance of finding yourself on the wrong side of the grass.
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Back-to-back rounds aren’t for everyone. For those electing a jam-packed day of golf, South Carolina’s course-loaded Grand Strand has options galore for a morning-afternoon combination. Sure, several locations host multiple golf courses. But we’ve got something else in mind.
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Both Jack Nicklaus signature courses in the Myrtle Beach area may be tough nuts to crack, but both are exhilarating experiences in areas of great natural beauty: Long Bay Golf Club in Longs, and Pawleys Plantation Golf and Country Club in Pawleys Island.
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