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.
River Oaks, just 18 months removed from installing new Champion Ultradwarf Bermuda grass on the Otter and Fox nines, launched a renovation project that has brought a new look to the 27-hole facility. The Otter nine was the first beneficiary of the overhaul, which is being aided by Craig Schreiner, who received rave reviews for his work at Pine Lakes.
The Otter Course closed in June and reopened in mid-September with new irrigation heads, new drainage and new cart paths throughout. As noteworthy as what was added is what River Oaks subtracted. The Otter had 36 bunkers prior to the renovation but emerged with 17. The course also has 1,500 fewer trees.
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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.
Shaftesbury Glen's list of honors just got a little longer. The Clyde Johnston design has been named the Myrtle Beach Area Golf Course Owner's Association (MBAGCOA) Course of the Year.
Continue reading Shaftesbury Glen Named Course of the Year.
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South Carolina state senator Dick Elliott, the owner of Eagle Nest Golf Club, compares course architects to homebuilders. If an architect and a builder do a good job, people become attached to their work, grateful for the creation of a product that brings joy over an extended period of time.
Continue reading Myrtle Beach Golf Notebook: Eagle Nest Soars Again.
Paula Morton stood 60 yards from the 18th pin at the famed Dunes Golf & Beach Club with a sand wedge in her hand and the realization that her dream of being crowned World Champion at the PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship was potentially slipping away.
Continue reading Player Delivers Most Dramatic Shot In World Am History.
Myrtle Beach's reputation as the Golf Capital of the World has long been secure. One hundred courses and millions of rounds played solidified that title, one the area wears with pride.
Continue reading Four Myrtle Beach Courses Named to Prestigious Golf Magazine List.
The road into Calabash, N.C., is a narrow, two-lane strip of pavement, surrounded by trees and a small town coastal charm that many miss without ever realizing it was there. A two-story building qualifies as a sky-scraper, and the word corporate is as foreign as John Daly in an etiquette class.
Less than 10 miles away in North Myrtle Beach are 5-star accommodations, high-rise condos, and entertainment galore.
Continue reading North Strand: A Little Bit of Everything.
1. Sports Illustrated was founded at Pine Lakes International Country Club: In 1954 a group of Time-Life executives, including Henry Luce Booth, played Pine Lakes and made plans for Sports Illustrated, America's most successful weekly sports magazine, on their trip.
Talk of heavy rough, pot bunkers and the British Open never fails to stir dreams of a trip to the land of Old Tom Morris to play golf's most revered links courses. The uneven lies, funny bounces and overcast skies of the British Isles offer a setting for golf most American's are as intrigued by as they are unfamiliar with.
Continue reading Looking For Links Golf? Myrtle Beach Delivers.
The beaches are packed, sunscreen and flotation devices are the most popular items at Wal-Mart, and the family is ready for the annual trip to Myrtle Beach. In years past, the golf bag was about as likely to be part of a summer beach trip as the lawn mower
But times have changed and so have packing habits.
Continue reading Summer Golf Soars.
Over the coming days, our partner golf courses will be providing course status and playability reports. Check back here for the latest updates, and how the tropical storms may affect our golf courses.
A golf course is a living entity, subject to the whims of nature and fate. Occasionally those unseen forces create problems, but hard work eventually solves nature's challenges, and golfers making the trek to Myrtle Beach this fall need to look no further than River Oaks for evidence.
Last year the 27-hole facility lost 18 greens, but River Oaks installed Champion Ultra Dwarf Bermuda last fall on the Fox and Otter nines and both are flourishing.
Continue reading Myrtle Beach Golf Notebook: River Oaks Rebounds.
Continue reading Road Trip: Myrtle Beach Returns To Golf Channel.
A few hours spent surfing the Internet paid off for Denise Alcala as the Hanford, California resident won the "The Ultimate Buddy Trip" contest on www.GolfHoliday.com and will travel to the "Golf Capital of the World." Alcala's husband, daughter and mother will join her on a five-day trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, as part of the online contest sponsored by Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday. This will be the first trip to the East Coast for Denise and the first-ever airplane flight for her mother.
Continue reading Denise Alcala Wins The Ultimate Buddy Trip To Myrtle Beach.
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