Myrtle Beach
Breaking down the Myrtle Beach Golf Scene
By Shane Sharp,
Contributing Writer
Everything you need to know about the packages, the courses, and all
things Grand Strand!
 MYRTLE
BEACH, S.C. – If you are having issues encapsulating all the golf
courses of the Grand
Strand, you are not alone. A loose geographic definition has the region
spanning a 60-mile stretch of coastline, from Georgetown,
S.C. to Caswell
Beach, N.C.
Many visitors simply refer to the area as “Myrtle
Beach” – an oversimplification that leads to some serious
confusion. Pawleys
Island, Surfside
Beach, Garden City Beach, Atlantic Beach, North
Myrtle Beach, Little
River and Calabash
are all unique enclaves of the region, and each has its own flavor. Pawleys
Island, with its Live Oaks and southern charm, could be mistaken for the
outskirts of Charleston.
Atlantic Beach, with its video game arcades and neon lights, feels like
it could be in the heart of Atlantic City.
And if you end up staying in one burg and golfing in another, you will
find out fast that unlike Pinehurst
or Hilton
Head, you won’t get from one end of the Grand Strand to the other
in ten minutes.
Twenty years ago, golfers used to criss cross the region in search of
affordable, quality golf courses. With the beach’s meteoric growth
over the past ten years, traffic congestion, the low density nature of
the region, and the limited daylight of early spring, playing 36 holes
of golf in two entirely different parts of the Strand has become nearly
impossible.
No worries: A number of golf packagers offer vacations that center on
one or two subareas of the Grand Strand, and replays are often based on
co-location of golf courses.
But with 120 courses overall, even some of the subareas contain ten
to 20 courses, with offerings ranging from high end daily fee courses
to bottom rung bargains. No need to panic. Peruse our subarea capsules,
arm yourself with the knowledge you need, and then pull the trigger on
a Myrtle Beach golf vacation that will have you spending more time on
the course, and less time stuck in traffic.
For more information about Myrtle Beach golf, please see Myrtlebeachgolf.com.
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