Golf Channel analyst Charlie Rymer lingered on the green talking with his playing partners, former all-pro Sterling Sharpe joked with participants, and national spokesman Jim Huber addressed 150 players.
A range of celebrities came to Myrtle Beach, the Golf Capital of the World, to take the fight to prostate cancer, and everyone had a good time in the process.
The towers, visible from US 17 in North Myrtle Beach, rise from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean like an entrance into another world, alerting guests well before they arrive that North Beach Plantation is a different type of resort property.
Continue reading North Beach Plantation Raises The Bar.
First it was a pair of golf courses, then a fine-dining restaurant, and now Greg Norman has come back to Myrtle Beach to launch a golf academy.
Continue reading Greg Norman Launches Golf Academy In Myrtle Beach.
Golf Magazine unveiled its biennial ranking of America's best public courses and the best each state has to offer in its September issue, and the Myrtle Beach area was, again, well represented.
Continue reading Golf Magazine Ranks 3 Myrtle Beach Golf Courses Among Top 100.
When Sports Illustrated Golf Group signed on as the title sponsor of the World Amateur Handicap Championship, it brought the name recognition of golf's most influential media conglomerate - Sports Illustrated, Golf Magazine and Golf.com - to the event.
Continue reading SI Golf Group Announces Editorial Plans For The World Am.
The 3rd annual Know Your Score Links & Laughs Golf Tournament and Gala is scheduled for August 28 at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Long Bay Club in North Myrtle Beach. Proceeds from the event will benefit ZERO - The Project to End Prostate Cancer. This year, the event will also include a comedy night and live auction at Kingston Plantation. Those interested in purchasing team or individual golf tickets, sponsorships or tickets to the comedy show and gala should visit KnowYourScoreMB.com.
The summer of 2010 is one that won't soon be forgotten at Sandpiper Bay Golf & Country Club. The Sunset Beach, N.C., course just captured one of the area's most prestigious honors, winning the Myrtle Beach Area Golf Course Owner's Association Course of the Year Award.
Continue reading Sandpiper Bay Named Golf Course of the Year.
During a ceremony at Martin's PGA Tour Superstore in North Myrtle Beach earlier today, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday's Know Your Score campaign donated $21,477 to benefit the national prostate cancer organization, ZERO - The Project to End Prostate Cancer. This spring the campaign raised the money with "Closest to the Pin" contests at more than 25 Myrtle Beach area golf courses.
Continue reading Know Your Score Campaign Donates $21,477 To Fight Prostate Cancer.
Golfweek magazine's team of raters fan out across the nation each year, playing America's best golf courses and filing ratings reports. Out of those reports spring the magazine's rankings of the country's top 100 classic and modern courses, in addition to a breakdown of the best layouts in each state.
Continue reading Golfweek Ranks Myrtle Beach Courses Among The Elite.
On Saturday, July 10, Myrtle Beach National will host the 2nd annual Chris Wilcox Charity Golf Outing. The shotgun scramble tournament will begin at 10:00 a.m. on MBN's South Creek Course. The charity golf event is an effort to raise money to find a cure for Lupus, a debilitating disease that hampers and attacks the immune system.
Continue reading NBA Player Chris Wilcox Hosts Charity Golf Tournament In Myrtle Beach.
Millions of people make a summer pilgrimage to Myrtle Beach, most of them to enjoy sun, sand and a taste of life on the coast. While area beaches are teeming with people, Myrtle Beach golf courses often use the "down time" for improvement projects, and this summer is no different.
Continue reading Two Myrtle Beach Golf Courses Install New Greens.
Wachesaw Plantation East is only 14 years old, but the South Strand course impacted the Myrtle Beach golf scene immediately upon its opening and hasn't looked back. There are a lot of things people should know about Wachesaw, and here are five of the best.
Continue reading 5 Things You Need To Know About Wachesaw.
They've got a logo, custom apparel, create risqué bag tags and charge entry fees. They play a lot of golf and talk even more.
Continue reading Golf Group of the Week: Cold Beer Open.
What happens when you combine a new sponsor with world-wide name recognition, a great course lineup, and a slowly improving economy? A surge in interest in the Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship. The tournament is still two months away, but entries and interest in amateur golf's coolest event are on the upswing.
Continue reading Golf.com World Am Entries Surge.
The Byrd Course at Sea Trail Resort is a shot-makers haven, rewarding intelligence and course management. Due to the nature of the layout, its three best holes are, even more so than usual, in the eye of the beholder.
Continue reading The 3 Best Holes At The Byrd Course.
The Byrd Course at Sea Trail is the youngest of the facility's three layouts, and, arguably, its best. If you are looking to maximize your enjoyment, on and off the course, at the Sunset Beach, N.C., resort, here are a few tips.
Continue reading 5 Things You Need To Know About The Byrd Course.
Memorial Day is in the rearview mirror, marking the unofficial start of summer and an increasingly popular shoulder golf season. Historically, summer in Myrtle Beach has meant sunscreen, beach toys and swimming in the Atlantic, and that remains true. But families that make an annual pilgrimage to the Grand Strand are increasingly packing golf clubs alongside their bogey boards.
Continue reading Kids Play Free Program Leads Strong Summer Lineup.
After three days of golf and a lot of laughs, the 11th annual Veterans Golf Classic came to an end with a pair of familiar celebrations. The 54-hole event featured four flights comprised of two-man teams, but the event's biggest roars were reserved for the winners of the Carolina Cup and the Branch Challenge.
Continue reading VFW, Air Force Big Winners At Veterans Golf Classic.
The FDNY 9-11 Memorial Golf Outing prides itself on being a good-time gathering for firefighters from across the nation, providing America's first responders with the opportunity to celebrate the bond that links them.
Continue reading The Sun Shines on FDNY 9-11 Memorial Golf Outing .
The Hootie & The Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am attracted a star-studded field of athletes, celebrities and musicians to Myrtle Beach, and the Golf Channel is going to share the fun. The "Hootie & The Blowfish Monday After the Masters," a one-hour special, will air on Tuesday, May 11 at 8 p.m. on Golf Channel.
Continue reading Golf Channel to Televise Monday After the Masters Special.
One of golf's biggest personalities is coming to one of the game's biggest parties. CBS analyst, Golf Magazine columnist and renowned funnyman David Feherty will be headlining the entertainment at the Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship's renowned 19th Hole on Thursday, September 2.
Continue reading David Feherty Coming to Myrtle Beach for Golf.com World Am.
Low-cost airline, Allegiant Air, LLC,a subsidiary of Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT), today inaugurates low-cost, nonstop service from Fort Wayne, Ind. to Myrtle Beach, S.C., the Golf Capital of the World.
Continue reading Allegiant Begins Non-Stop Service From Fort Wayne to Myrtle Beach.
Competition, camaraderie and the opportunity to play under PGA Tour-like conditions are just a few of the reasons more than 3,000 people from across the globe flock to Myrtle Beach every year to compete in the Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship.
The sun was shining, the stars were out, and the 16th annual Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am enjoyed one the best days in tournament history.
Most of the nation eagerly anticipates The Masters. In Myrtle Beach, it's the end of golf's most famed event the people look forward to, because that is when the fun begins.
Continue reading Monday After The Masters Ready To Tee Off in Myrtle Beach.
From North Myrtle Beach to the Big Easy to LaQuinta, Calif., high school golf teams from across the United States are gathering in Myrtle Beach for the 13th annual Palmetto High School Golf Championship, April 1-3. The largest boys' high school tournament in the nation, the 2010 Palmetto has attracted 60 teams from 13 states.
Continue reading Myrtle Beach To Host Annual Palmetto High School Championship.
There is still plenty of golf to be played in Myrtle Beach this year and here are the top five reasons to take a trip to the Grand Strand this fall.
Continue reading Hot List: Top 5 Reasons To Take a Myrtle Beach Golf Trip.
Coastal shot a 3-over 291 in the final round and finished at 22-over 886, three shots behind champion East Tennessee State at 883, who shot 296 in the last 18. Augusta State was third at 892, with Pepperdine (894) and Wake Forest (895) rounding out the top five teams.
Continue reading Coastal Finishes Second At General Hackler Invitational, ETSU Triumphs.
Coastal Carolina University's men's golf program will host the nationally-renowned General Jim Hackler Championship, Sun.-Mon., March 14-15 at the TPC of Myrtle Beach in Murrells Inlet, S.C. This is the eighth straight year that TPC of Myrtle Beach has hosted the event.
A drive through Barefoot Resort in the spring of 2010 reveals a golf community in full bloom. Home of the Love, Fazio, Norman and Dye courses, Barefoot is one of the most popular Myrtle Beach golf facilities for many reasons.
Continue reading Barefoot Resort Turns 10, Looks Better Than Ever.
Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament organizers announced today that PGA TOUR player Jim Furyk and former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason will make their first appearances in this year's event to be held April 12 at The Dye Club at Barefoot Resort & Golf.
Continue reading Furyk, Esiason Among New Players at 2010 Monday After Masters.
Fort Wayne, Ind. scores a hole-in-one with Allegiant Air as the low-cost airline announces new, nonstop flights to Myrtle Beach, S.C. from Fort Wayne beginning April 30. The low-fare carrier will celebrate the convenient new service to the premier golf and beach destination with introductory fares as low as $49.99* each way. Today only, the airline is offering an extremely limited number of fares as low as $9.99** one-way to/from Myrtle Beach, the golf capital of the world.
Myrtle Beach golf courses have collected national honors like stamps in recent years and Willbrook Plantation has again joined the fun. Golf Digest ranked the South Strand layout No. 31 on its list of America's Top 50 Courses For Women in the just released March issue of the magazine.
The Grande Dunes Resort Course, a Myrtle Beach golf favorite, will host "Play Golf America Day" on Saturday, February 20, 2010. Admission is free for the day and the first 500 registrants will receive complimentary goodie bags. Activities are open to all ages and skill levels.
Continue reading Grande Dunes Will Host "Play Golf America Day".
Low-cost carrier Allegiant Air, LLC, a subsidiary of Allegiant Travel Company (Nasdaq: ALGT), today announces it will establish a new base at Gerald R. Ford International Airport, and will start low-cost, nonstop service from Grand Rapids to Myrtle Beach, S.C., the Golf Capital of the World.
American Eagle Airlines, the regional affiliate of American Airlines, will begin nonstop seasonal jet service between Myrtle Beach (S.C.) International Airport (MYR) and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), beginning April 6. Eagle will operate the service through October 31, with 44-seat Embraer ERJ-140 jets.
Continue reading American Eagle Announces Dallas/Forth Worth To Myrtle Beach Flight.
Myrtle Beach is home to more than 100 courses and now golf's most popular road trip has an online home to better showcase everything the area has to offer.
Continue reading Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday Launches New Website.
Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday officials announced Wednesday at Pine Lakes Country Club that the Sports Illustrated Golf Group, which includes Golf Magazine, Golf.com and Sports Illustrated's Golf Plus, is the new title sponsor of the World Amateur Handicap Championship.
Atlanta is home to the largest concentration of avid golfers in the South. Myrtle Beach is the Golf Capital of the World. Spirit Airlines, one of the nation's leading low-cost air carriers, connected the dots and will soon begin connecting Atlanta golfers with America's most popular golf destination.
Continue reading Spirit Air Announces New Atlanta to Myrtle Beach Route.
The first thing you notice on Otter Course at River Oaks Golf Plantation is the sunshine and space, lots more glorious space to spray the golf ball without being in the woods.
Continue reading Myrtle Beach Golf Notebook: River Oaks Undergoes Renovations.
Don Arndt Jr., decked out in a short sleeve Chicago Bears shirt on an idyllic fall afternoon in early November, was taking pictures with his cell phone and sending them to his buddies at work, taunting them with images of a Myrtle Beach golf trip.
Continue reading Dan Hampton Leads Team To Chicago Cup Victory.
When Jay McAllister saw the group in front of him driving back towards the tee, his first thought was, "I must have hit somebody."
Continue reading The Longest Hole in One in Myrtle Beach Golf History?.
The Myrtle Beach golf community is taking its fight against prostate cancer to the course.
Continue reading Myrtle Beach Golf Takes the Fight to Prostate Cancer.
Golf World annually eschews the traditional practice of relying on formal "raters" to evaluate courses and instead polls its readers to determine the top 50 public, resort and private golf courses in America.
When the group began their annual pilgrimage, Richard Nixon was president, the average NFL player salary was $23,000, and there were barely enough Myrtle Beach golf courses to fill their itinerary. Much has obviously changed, but same experience they enjoyed in 1970 is what brings them back today.
Continue reading 40 Years, 40 Myrtle Beach Golf Trips.
The 26th annual PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship teed off this morning at 32 Myrtle Beach area golf courses. More than 3,000 golfers from 49 states and 25 foreign countries came to the Grand Strand to compete in an event that has become known as the "Every Man's Major."
Continue reading 26th Annual World Amateur Begins.
A sun-soaked afternoon, an outstanding golf course, big-name celebrities and a great cause made for a memorable day at the second annual Know Your Score: Fight Prostate Cancer Celebrity Golf Tournament & Gala.
Continue reading Know Your Score Brings Celebrities To Myrtle Beach.
Celebrities of all types have long visited Myrtle Beach for the same reason most everyone else does - a great trip. On August 29, actors, athletes and musicians will flock to the area in hopes of using their fame to fight a disease that has affected nearly everyone: cancer.
Continue reading Celebrities Prepare To Descend on Grand Strand To Fight Cancer.
Continue reading Shaftesbury Glen Named Course of the Year.
Continue reading Myrtle Beach Golf Notebook: Eagle Nest Soars Again.
Continue reading Player Delivers Most Dramatic Shot In World Am History.
Continue reading Four Myrtle Beach Courses Named to Prestigious Golf Magazine List.
Continue reading North Strand: A Little Bit of Everything.
Continue reading 5 Things You Didn't Know About Myrtle Beach's Golden Oldies.
Continue reading Looking For Links Golf? Myrtle Beach Delivers.
Continue reading Summer Golf Soars.
Continue reading Tropical Update: Myrtle Beach Courses Unscathed After Hanna.
Continue reading Myrtle Beach Golf Notebook: River Oaks Rebounds.
Continue reading Road Trip: Myrtle Beach Returns To Golf Channel.
Continue reading Denise Alcala Wins The Ultimate Buddy Trip To Myrtle Beach.
