Myrtle Beach Golf

There is little doubt that the Myrtle Beach area of South Carolina is the world's number one golf destination. Indeed the Myrtle Beach area hosts nearly 1 million golfers annually, who play nearly 4 million rounds of golf. Even Tiger Woods last year said Myrtle Beach is "probably the golf Mecca of the world."

The region's 115-plus courses are designed by world-famous golf-course architects such as Jack Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, Pete Dye, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, David Love III, Greg Norman and Tom Jackson, among many others. And 29 of the areas courses earned at least 4 out of 5 stars in Golf Digest's "Best Places to Play, 2004-2005." Plus each August, Myrtle Beach hosts the world's largest amateur golf event - the PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship - which features 5,000 competitors.

Myrtle Beach has indeed come a long way since its first golf course - the Robert White-designed Pine Lakes International - opened in 1927. For instance, while stalwarts such as the Dunes Golf & Beach Club, a Robert Trent Jones Sr. design that opened in 1948, and Caledonia Golf & Fish Club on Pawleys Island, a 12-year-old Mike Strantz creation, still thrill visiting golfers as evidenced by their 4.5 star ratings in "Best Places to Play," newcomers such as Barefoot Resort & Golf's four signature courses - designed by Fazio, Dye, Norman, and Love - provide new must-play options.

In fact, all four of Barefoot's courses made the "Top 50 Courses of Myrtle Beach" list in Golf Digest's November, 2005 issue.

Things to Do:

Myrtle Beach is the ultimate in great family vacations. Children and adults love the area's water parks, speed parks, mini-golf, themed restaurants and Ripley's Aquarium. There's plenty more to enjoy as well, such as shopping, going to the beach, exciting nightlife, and visiting Brookgreen Gardens.

Flying Here: 

Myrtle Beach International Airport