Myrtle Beach Golf News

Heather Glen Golf Links resides in Little River, just across Highway 17 from its renowned sister course Glen Dornoch. The North Strand facility is a few short miles north of Tidewater and south of a horde of highly regarded layouts in Brunswick County.

The Grand Strand has opened more than 60 golf courses since the first tee shot was struck at Heather Glen in 1987, and as the number of area courses grew, the media attention paid to Heather Glen slowly waned.

While the limelight may have moved on, smart golfers didn’t.  

Heather Glen was the apple of the golf world’s eye when it opened, earning...

Myrtle Beach golf aficionados are familiar with Heather Glen, a 27-hole facility in Little River that is one of the area’s best. The Willard Byrd/Clyde Johnston co-creation is a Scottish inspired design that brings players back year after year.

While course regulars are familiar with the layout, here are five things you need to know about Heather Glen:

1. Upon its opening in 1987, Heather Glen was named Best New Public Course in America by Golf Digest. The Red and White nines were the two that secured the prestigious honor, but the Blue nine, which opened in 1990, is every bit their equal....

Myrtle Beach Golf Buzz host Blair O’Neal took her first trip to the Dunes Club, the Grand Strand’s most revered course. O’Neal sat down with Dunes Club head pro Dennis Nicholl to get an inside look at a layout that is ranked among America’s top 100 public courses by both Golf Digest and Golf Magazine. From the famed 13th hole to the Dunes Club’s rich history – the course has hosted the U.S. Women’s Open, six Senior PGA Tour Championships, and the finals of the PGA’s Q-School – O’Neal provides golfers an in-depth look at the layout.

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Heather Glen is a Myrtle Beach golf favorite. The Scottish-inspired, 27-hole facility is one of the area's best, challenging players with devilish pot bunkers and creative design. Enjoy a look at Heather Glen.

Heather Glen Golf Links is one of the quiet stars of the Myrtle Beach golf scene.

More than 60 courses have opened since Heather Glen debuted in 1987, but the Scottish-inspired facility has remained a favorite. We recently paid a visit to the Little River layout and long-time head pro Steve Heher provided an inside look at the best hole on each of Heather Glen’s three nine-hole layouts.

1. The par 4, ninth hole on the red nine earned its nickname, “The Long Hole.” Playing 447 yards from the tips (and a stout 403 from the white tees), the dogleg left is the hardest on the Red nine.

The hole often...

The second annual Fallen Angels Charity Golf Tournament will be played May 24-25 on the Fazio and Love courses at Barefoot Resort & Golf. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Air Medical Memorial, a 501 © (3) non-profit that honors heroes who have lost their lives or were injured in air medical transport accidents.

The Air Medical Memorial assists accident survivors in rebuilding their lives, promotes air medical transport safety, and is building the Air Medical Memorial & Survivors Garden, which will be located just outside Denver, Co.

Tournament participants will have the opportunity...

Spirit Airlines is launching its Dallas/Fort Worth to Myrtle Beach flight Friday, May 4.
 
Spirit’s ultra low fares will be available on three nonstop flights per week between Dallas/Fort Worth and Myrtle Beach. Spirit will fly twice daily flights to and from Dallas and Myrtle Beach on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sunday.

The new service will provide Dallas area golfers with a nonstop link to America’s most popular golf destination – Myrtle Beach. The new service will allow Texas golfers easy access to the 100+ Myrtle Beach golf courses.
 
To celebrate the start of the new service, Spirit is...

The Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship is the most unique and popular participatory event of its kind.

Golfers from across the globe annually make the trek to Myrtle Beach for the opportunity to compete under PGA Tour-like conditions, and 2012 will be no different.

The 29th edition of the World Am will be played August 27-31 and more than 2,300 golfers from 48 states and 20 foreign countries have already signed up for the tournament.

Twice as big as any other event of its size, the World Am challenges players with 72 holes of net, stroke play competition, letting them experience the...

Nearly everyone associated with the game of golf will acknowledge the need to confront slow play, but Jacksonville, Fl., resident James Alonzo Hines (allegedly) took things a little too far.   

Hines became enraged at what he perceived to be slow play by a group that was enjoying a bachelor party and things got ugly.

After informing the slow-playing offenders that he was a regular at the course and, ahem, encouraging them to “respect their elders,” Hines took matters into his own hands.

“Hampe said he was sitting in a cart when shouting began between the two groups from a distance. He said Hines...

Ever wondered how golf professionals maintain such great strength and flexibility? It's the real key to the golf swing, allowing a full range of motion to the top and down through the ball. Many amateur golfers, embracing any and all tactics available to them, have turned to yoga, and it's not just for the body. Yoga also has benefits that help you focus, and eliminate thoughts that can distract you from your game. Check out this quick video as Blair O'Neal, host of The Myrtle Beach Golf Buzz illustrates how yoga can help your golf game too.

Wikipedia: Yoga (Sanskrit, Pāli: योग, yoga) is the...

Vision Airlines see bright future in Myrtle Beach and golfers in eight cities will now enjoy the benefit of non-stop flight service to the Grand Strand as a result.

Vision Airlines has announced new, non-stop 737 jet service to Myrtle Beach from Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo, and Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis; Louisville; Nashville; and Springfield, Ill.  Seats are on sale now for flights, beginning May 31, 2012, through October 31, 2012.

Vision Airlines' low-cost fares start at just $109* each-way (including all taxes and fees), providing a low cost means of transportation for your next Myrrtle...

The introduction of Titleist’s Pro V1 and other similar balls more than a decade ago changed the game at the professional level. Driving distance skyrocketed, rendering many classic golf courses helpless in the wake of the super-charged balls.

Talking heads continue to fret about the impact of distance on the game.

Meanwhile, most of us couldn’t hit a 300-yard drive with the benefit of the roll an airport runway provides.

So what’s the average mid to high handicapper supposed to do when prepping for his next Myrtle Beach golf trip? Paying $48 for a dozen balls and losing three of them en route...

The Legends Resort of Myrtle Beach, SC has been one of the pillars of Myrtle Beach golf for many years. A self-contained golf oasis, it boasts three 18-hole courses, a 35-acre, lighted practice range and an acre-and-a-half putting green. Not to mention the Scottish style clubhouse that dominates the landscape. In this edition of The Myrtle Beach Golf Buzz, Blair O'Neal visits the facility, and finds out the real history of this Myrtle Beach tradition.

Hi, I’m Blair O’Neal, host of the Myrtle Beach Golf Buzz. Today I’m here with Matt Biddington, head golf professional at Legends Resort.

Matt,...

In the absence of a brand new Myrtle Beach golf course, Members Club at Grande Dunes has delivered the next best thing: an outstanding private course opening its fairways to some public play for the first time.

Members Club opened on June 2, 2005 as one of the centerpiece amenities of Grande Dunes, the area’s most upscale development. Access to the Nick Price design was limited, but word of its quality and luxury spread, making it one of the Grand Strand’s most sought-after tee times.

Much to the delight of players, Members Club is now open to golfers in town on a package.

Members Club reflects...

The 2012 Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am again attracted a star-studded field to the Dye Course, one of the most decorated Myrtle Beach golf courses. Enjoy a look at the day's sights and sounds, beginning with the live broadcast of ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike in the Morning Show.

The Members Club at Grande Dunes has been one of the most sought after Myrtle Beach golf tee times since the course opened in 2005. For much of its young life, the Members Club was exclusively private but it’s now open to some public play for visitors on a golf package.

As a result, the seven-year-old layout is brand new to the vast majority of Myrtle Beach golfers. With that in mind, we present five things you need to know about the Nick Price design.

1. The course was designed with membership in mind, so the layout is challenging but imminently playable. The fairways are generous and...

Dave Genevro, General Manager of Barefoot Resort talks about the layout, and how it stacks up against other courses.

"The course is a Pete Dye design. Known, of the four courses on site, probably as one of the toughest courses," says Genevro. It's definitely a course that you have to play more than once to appreciate. A lot of people who play it for the first time, they think it's too difficult. But it just comes out to finding out a lot of times where you don't want to hit it, versus where to hit it to make it more comfortable playing."

On rumors that the 18th hole is one of the toughest in...

Golfers in Washington, D.C., Montreal, Fort Lauderdale, Niagara Falls and Toronto will find a Myrtle Beach golf trip a little more accessible this summer, courtesy of expanded non-stop service from Spirit Airlines.

Spirit will resume its seasonal service between Myrtle Beach and Washington, DC Reagan National Airport.  Starting June 16, 2012, and running through September 1, 2012, the ultra low cost carrier will offer nonstop Saturday-only service for the peak summer travel season.
 
In addition, Spirit is increasing flights from two to three frequencies per week between Myrtle Beach and...

The Members Club at Grande Dunes has been one of the most exclusive Myrtle Beach golf courses since its opening in 2005, in part because of the variety of challenges it offers. Members Club has the ability to test low handicappers while providing those of us with more modest skills a playable layout.

Frank Coughlin, the Members Club general manager, provided a close-up look at the challenges presented by layout’s three best holes.

1. The par 5 ninth hole provides a great finish to the opening side. Playing 577 yards from the professional tees, it’s not short but it does play slightly downhill...