Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday

There are many qualities that define a great golf course, but one element architects have no control over is one of the most important – quality of land.

Property is an architect’s canvas, and a good piece is often the difference between good and great. Tidewater Golf Club is fortunate to reside on a premium piece of land and took every advantage of nature’s gift.

One of the best Myrtle Beach golf courses since its 1990 opening, Tidewater provides an unmatched combination of challenge and stunning, natural beauty.

The layout plays along the Intracoastal Waterway and Cherry Grove Inlet, in...

The start of summer is the perfect time to … begin planning your fall golf trip?

That’s right.

While none of us want to imagine the end of summer, fall is a perfect time for a golf trip, and it’s only 120 days away.

While you enjoy the warm summer months, we offer five reasons to take a Myrtle Beach golf trip this autumn.

-- Since we are talking about the weather, fall temperatures in Myrtle Beach are optimal. Long after a chill begins to descend on our friends in the northeast, things remain beautiful along the Grand Strand. The humidity will have retreated and the average high temperature in...

The U.S. Open, while entertaining, provided another brutally tough test. It’s the one event of the year where the most memorable shots often leave pros looking like a 20 handicapper as opposed to being covered in glory after a seemingly impossible display of skill.

PGA Tour rookie Shawn Stefani, who finished 20-over par, enjoyed a memorable exception at Merion. The Texan aced the par 3 17th hole after one of the greatest bounces you will see.

A great shot and a priceless reaction.
 

PGA Tour pros flock to Myrtle Beach each year for the Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am, but for most of them, it’s not their first trip to the Grand Strand.

We caught up with some of the world’s best golfers at this year’s Monday After the Masters, and they shared their Myrtle Beach golf stories.

Billy Horschel: I came numerous times as a kid for vacation. My brother lived in Charleston so we would drive up here for a few days. My wife also came here as a kid. Her family lived in Chicago and they had a condo during the summer, so it’s cool to come here. You see...

The official start of summer is still weeks away, but family golf in Myrtle Beach is already heating up. Myrtle Beach golf courses have always been aggressive in reaching out to the families that pour into the area for a beach vacation, and 2013 will be no different.  

Forty-seven layouts will allow kids 16-and-under to play for free when accompanied by a paying adult as part of the area’s popular “Kids Play Free” program.

Among the Myrtle Beach golf courses that participate in the program are 28 four-star layouts, according to Golf Digest’s prestigious “Best Places to Play” guide, and five...

The occasional dispute over scoring can certainly arise on the golf course, but most of us recount the strokes and come to some sort of semi-peaceful resolution.

That wasn’t the case during a recent round just outside Detroit.

According to a story in the New York Daily News, a former Drake University football player turned his five iron into a potentially lethal weapon:

“Glenn Lott, 59, allegedly snapped his 5-iron by smashing it on a 65-year-old man's back, before ramming the jagged edge into his arm.

Other players at Westwynd Golf Course, near Detroit, Michigan, quickly jumped in to pin Lott...

The 30th annual Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship is still more than two months away, but 2,600 players have already committed to play in the 72-hole, net stroke play event.

The world’s largest single-site golf tournament, the World Am will be played August 26-30 on 63 of Myrtle Beach’s best golf courses. Players from all 50 states and 25 foreign countries will compete for the right to be crowned world champion.

The early entry price of $500, a savings of $50, remains good through June 19.

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At the heart of the tournament’s success is golf’s most...

The General James Hackler Course at Coastal Carolina underwent more change in 2011 than any other Myrtle Beach golf course, and players are the unquestioned beneficiary.

It was time for the 43-year-old layout, which officially changes its name from Quail Creek on November 11, to get a makeover and the changes were more than cosmetic. If you haven’t been to the course since it’s October 1 reopening , be prepared for a new experience.

With that in mind, here are five things you need to know about the course before teeing it up.

What’s Different?: Much more than the name has changed at the Hackler...

The U.S. Open is golf’s most grueling test, challenging players physically and mentally. Only the strong survive and Myrtle Beach is fortunate to have had five U.S. Open winners, including the game’s greatest champion, Jack Nicklaus, design a total nine area layouts.

As you are getting ready for the U.S. Open, enjoy a look at the Myrtle Beach golf courses designed by the tournament’s past champions.

-- Jack Nicklaus designed two Myrtle Beach golf courses that provide a U.S. Open type test. Both Nicklaus signature courses – Long Bay and Pawleys Plantation – opened in 1989 and remain two of the...

Standing in the middle of the third fairway, the beauty and challenge of Shaftesbury Glen are crystallized in the demands of the approach shot. The green is elevated and a deep, finger bunker lurks.

What looked like a fairly easy hole on the tee box gets tougher with each step towards the green. The third hole is Shaftesbury Glen condensed into a 414-yard par 4. 

The Clyde Johnston design is open off the tee, giving players ample latitude, but the greens are typically elevated and protected by those expansive bunkers. Getting up-and-down from the sand makes for a challenging round, so a sharp...

Famed golf instructor Hank Haney will be conducting a pair of clinics this weekend in Myrtle Beach.

Haney will be at the new Golfsmith Xtreme on Saturday, June 8, for a full swing clinic, a short game clinic and an autograph session. At the end of the clinics, one lucky attendee will be selected via random drawing for a 20-minute lesson with Haney in the store.

The schedule of events for Haney’s June 8 appearance follows:

8:00 am                    Golfsmith Myrtle Beach Store Doors Open
9:05 am – 9:45 am   Full Swing Clinic with Hank Haney
10:05 am-10:50am   Short Game Clinic
11:00am-12:00pm...

The National Retired Military Golf Classic just completed its 30th annual event, welcoming more than 600 American heroes to the Grand Strand. The 72-hole tournament, open to men and women, is a four-person event that rotates courses each day.

The tournament was hosted by five Myrtle Beach golf courses: King’s North, Southcreek, West Course at Myrtle Beach National, Aberdeen and Long Bay.

Enjoy a photo gallery of one of the area’s most popular events.

Ask 10 people what the best hole at Tidewater Golf Club is and you might get 10 different answers. There is an argument to be made for holes 3,4, 8, 9, 12,13, 14, 16, 17 and 18, among others.

It’s like someone asking which child you love the most. There is no right answer.

But we put Tidewater’s long-time head pro, Chris Cooper, on the spot.

After wrestling with his answer, Cooper provided his list of the course’s three best holes.

- The par 3 third hole offers golfers their first taste of Tidewater’s stunning visuals. No. 3 plays just 160 yards from the tips, but its challenge isn’t measured...

Jamie Supanich won Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday’s Celebrity for a Day contest, which included a trip to Myrtle Beach and a round of golf with PGA Tour star Dustin Johnson at the 2013 Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am.

Here is what Supanich and his wife, Janell, had to say about winning the once-in-a-lifetime trip.

Supanich: Probably about a month ago, I was on Twitter and I found a link to play with Dustin Johnson, so I thought what the heck, and I signed up for it. About a week after that, I got a call from Susan at Golf Holiday saying, ”You’ve won the Dustin Johnson...

Tidewater is one of Myrtle Beach’s signature layouts, and we have a list of five things you need to know about a course that is a worthy centerpiece of any Myrtle Beach golf trip.

1.    Tidewater’s place among America’s best courses was secure from the time it opened. Anyone looking for validation needed to go no further than the pages of Golf Digest and Golf Magazine. Tidewater was the first layout ever named Best New Public Course in America by both publications, deservedly launching it into the national golf travel consciousness.

2.    The design at Tidewater is outstanding, but what makes...

The world’s largest golf retailer has come to the game’s most popular destination.

Golfsmith has opened its first Myrtle Beach store, a 35-000-square-foot golfer’s playground that will become a must-stop for area visitors.

“Myrtle Beach is a premiere golf travel destination in the US and we knew we needed to be there in a big way” said Drew Mitchell, Golfsmith’s Director of Field Marketing.

Mission accomplished.

The Golfsmith Xtreme store, located adjacent to Coastal Grande Mall on Highway 17 bypass, features the game's most advanced simulators, a huge selection of golf clubs,...

Carolina National, the Grand Strand’s only Fred Couples designed golf course, will have greens as smooth as its architect’s swing for years to come.

The 27-hole facility will begin a greens renovation project on June 5, installing Champion bermudagrass. The project will be completed nine holes at a time, allowing Carolina National to have 18 holes open throughout the process.

The Egret nine will be the first to get new greens, followed by the Heron. Work will begin on the Heron nine in late July, allowing ample time for it to be in prime condition for the fall golf season.

The Ibis nine will...


The 14th annual Veterans Golf Classic, one of the most popular events on the Myrtle Beach golf calendar, attracted 450 veterans from 33 states (including Alaska!) and again delivered on its promise of a good time.

Played on 12 Myrtle Beach golf courses, two-man teams competed in one of four flights based on handicap. But for many players, a pair of different team competitions highlighted the event.

Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and American Legion compete each year for the Carolina Cup, and the VFW prevailed for the fifth consecutive year. In the Branch Challenge, which...