Tom Van Hoogen
Head Golf Professional – Grande Dunes Resort Course
Years at the course: 3
Years in the Myrtle Beach market: 22
Years in the golf industry: 31
Birthplace/Hometown: Dublin, New...
Upcoming golf tournaments on the Grand Strand:
Oct. 24: Society of Brunswick Shaggers' (SOBS) Charity Tournament, Carolina National Golf Club, 9 a.m. shotgun start, four-person...
Jakob McLamb
Co-Owner/Pro Shop Manager – Meadowlands Golf Club
Years at the course: 13
Years in the Myrtle Beach market: 13
Years in the golf industry: 17
Birthplace/Hometown: Calabash, North Carolina
College: Brunswick Community...
The Byrd Course at Sea Trail Resort is in the midst of a major renovation that includes greens, tees, bunkers and other aspects of the course and property.
Jake Benton
Head Professional – Arrowhead Country Club
Years at the course: 10
Years in the Myrtle Beach market: 12
Years in the golf industry: 12
Birthplace/Hometown: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
College: Clemson University...
Tees, greens, bunkers and other features of the layout are being redone. "For the next 30 years, we really want . . . to make sure King’s North is at the top of this market. That’s the goal of this renovation."
Scott Taylor
General Manager – River Oaks Golf Club
Years at the course: 14
Years in the Myrtle Beach market: 41
Years in the golf industry: 33
Birthplace/Hometown: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
College: Coastal...
Kevin McGuire
General Manager/Head Professional – Willbrook Plantation
Years at the course: 23
Years in the Myrtle Beach market: 29
Years in the golf industry: 29
Birthplace/Hometown: Brick Township, New Jersey
College: N/A
Favorite hole at...
All three golf courses will be significantly renovated, the convention center has been transformed, and the Jones-Byrd clubhouse is being redesigned and expanded.
Travis Dutcher
Years at the course: 7
Years in the Myrtle Beach market: 18
Years in the golf industry: 19
Birthplace/Hometown: Edmeston, New York
College: Southern...
World Golf Hall of Fame member Nancy Lopez (left) and Kelly Tilghman conduct a clinic during the 2019 Mentor Cup operated by the Gene's Dream Foundation. (Photo by Pierre Rattini, MB Buzz LLC owner/marketing director)
Zack Atkinson
General Manager - Wild Wing Plantation
Years at the course: 2
Years in the Myrtle Beach market: 12
Years in the golf industry: 16
Birthplace/Hometown: Hartsville, SC
College:...
Myrtle Beach Classic tournament director Darren Nelson sat down for an interview with On The Green Magazine on Aug. 10 at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club.
Scott Tanguay is the head of instruction and Callaway club fitting at The Coastal Golf Academy (thecoastalgolfacademy.com) at Whispering Pines Golf Club. He is...
Scott Tanguay is the head of instruction and Callaway club fitting at The Coastal Golf Academy (thecoastalgolfacademy.com) at Whispering Pines Golf Club. He is...
The seemingly unattainable has become attainable, and the long wait is over.
Myrtle Beach will host its first PGA Tour event next year.
The inaugural Myrtle...
Randy Broughton
Director of Golf - Man O'War Golf Club
Years at the course: 15
Years in the Myrtle Beach market: 42
Years in the golf industry: 42
Birthplace/Hometown:...
The top 10 finishers in the CPGA Professional Championship completed Thursday in Murrells Inlet qualify for the 2024 national PGA club pro championship.
Anthony Little
Head Professional - Pawleys Plantation
Years at the course: 4
Years in the Myrtle Beach market: 7
Years in the golf industry: 7
Birthplace/Hometown: Erie, Pennsylvania
College: Penn...
Scott Tanguay is the head of instruction and Callaway club fitting at The Coastal Golf Academy (thecoastalgolfacademy.com) at Whispering Pines Golf Club. He is...
Eric Fisher is getting into the golf business to help himself, and help others.
Specifically, other veterans who might be going through the same travails...
Todd Barker
Director of Golf - Eagle Nest Golf Club
Years at the course: 2
Years in the Myrtle Beach market: 2
Years in the golf industry: 40
Birthplace/Hometown:...
The tour's annual wind down from the Masters Tournament at Augusta National has taken on a new identity this year with a $20 million purse and the world's top players.
A 150-room hotel, driving range featuring Toptracer technology, and practice and entertainment facility are planned, and a 50,000-square-foot convention center will reopen.
An entertainer performs at Lust Ultra Gentlemen's Club, which has opened on Seaboard Street in Myrtle Beach. (Photo by Janet Janet Morgan, janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com)
A U.S. military fighter jet shot down a Chinese balloon over the skies of Myrtle Beach just off the coast around 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 4, causing a loud boom and spectacle for golfers.
Mike DeLuca
Head Professional - Wachesaw Plantation East
Years at the course: 6
Years in the Myrtle Beach market: 17
Years in the golf industry: 17
Birthplace/Hometown: Poughkeepsie, New...
Scott Tanguay is the head of instruction and Callaway club fitting at The Coastal Golf Academy (thecoastalgolfacademy.com) at Whispering Pines Golf Club. He is...
Marc Guertin
Head Professional - Caledonia Golf & Fish Club
Years at the course: 23
Years in the Myrtle Beach market: 30
Years in the golf industry: 30
Birthplace/Hometown:...
Nearly every Myrtle Beach area course reopened just days after Hurricane Ian made landfall along the Grand Strand on Sept. 30.
Although the storm brought...
International Club of Myrtle Beach's driving range is being redeveloped, and a portion of the revenue from housing sales will be put into course improvements. (Photo by Alan Blondin)
Longtime Indigo Creek head pro AJ Sawyer died last week at the age of 45, leaving behind a wife, two teenage children and a grieving Myrtle Beach golf industry.
The Little River course was closed for nine weeks from mid-June to mid-August this past summer to regrass and enlarge greens.
TifEagle ultradwarf Bermudagrass...
River Oaks Golf Club has been granted a reprieve.
A developer representing course ownership had requested a rezoning and presented a proposal to Horry County...
What new owners have planned for the Members Club at Grande Dunes. Heritage Golf Group, a company based in VA recently purchased Grande Dunes Member Club
Jack Himmelsbach was inducted along with longtime area pro Gene Weldon on Sept. 29 in a ceremony at Pine Lakes Country Club, where the Hall of Fame Garden resides.
Many U.S. military veterans struggle to assimilate back into society following their service, particularly following tours of combat.
In far too many cases, the results...
Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club Re-Opens After Major Renovations. Improvements Include Replacing Greens, Resurfacing Existing Bunker Faces.
August 15, 2019, Conway, S.C. — Shaftesbury...
Family Golf Week, highlighted by the 21st annual Father-Son Team Classic, delivered another memorable week in Myrtle Beach, S.C., as 700 players from 42...
Golfsmith Closing in the Myrtle Beach Area
Golfsmith International recently announced that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As a result the company’s stores...
Golf Digest Magazine recently ranked five Myrtle Beach area golf courses in their 2015-2016 golf course ranking list. Included on their Top 100 Greatest...
After 25 years in the golf retail business, the Smith family is selling Golf Dimensions to Golfsmith International. Golfsmith is the world's largest golf...
New Myrtle Beach Golf App Allows Users To Book Tee Times
And Organize Golf Vacations To Myrtle Beach
Convenient and User-Friendly App is Available Free on...
Colonial Charters, which became Palmetto Greens, will transform back into Colonial Charters. Palmetto Greens owner Mike Matheny has entered into an agreement with a...
Two influential businessmen who foresaw Myrtle Beach becoming a worldwide golf destination in the 1970s and worked to develop that vision into a reality...
Classic Golf Group will will take over operation of Wedgefield Plantation Country Club in Georgetown on July 1, 2012. Wedgefield joins Founders Club of...
Several public courses on the Grand Strand are closing this summer to install an ultradwarf Bermudagrass on their greens. Meadowlands, Prestwick Country Club, the...
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The two largest golf management companies in South Carolina have merged to create National Golf Management, which becomes the 15th largest company of its...