The majority of golf courses in the Myrtle Beach market will reopen Friday or Saturday as Tropical Storm Debby moves out of the Carolinas.
The slow-moving storm battered the Carolinas for several days and forced the closure of the Grand Strand’s approximately 70 public courses for at least three days in most cases.
While the Strand avoided the full impact of the storm, torrential rainfall saturated courses and forced the closures.
According to reports from individual courses and Golf Tourism Solutions, the marketing and technology agency that promotes the Myrtle Beach market, at least 24 courses will reopen Friday and at least 25 will reopen Saturday.
See the full list of the planned reopening dates of GTS member courses at the PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com website.
Cart path-only restrictions are expected on most area courses upon their reopening.
Among the layouts that will remain closed longer:
Courses expected to reopen Saturday include Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, True Blue Golf Club, Barefoot Resort’s Norman Course, Legends Resort’s Heathland Course, Myrtle Beach National’s West Course, International World Tour Golf Links, Pine Lakes Country Club, The Hackler Course at CCU, Oyster Bay Golf Links, The Pearl Golf Links, River Oaks Golf Club, Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club, Long Bay Club, Crow Creek Golf Club, Crown Park Golf Club, Diamondback Golf Club, Thistle Golf Club, Eagle Nest Golf Club, Lockwood Folly, Wedgefield Plantation, and Wachesaw East Golf Club, and the four courses at Ocean Ridge Plantation – Tiger’s Eye, Leopard’s Chase, Panther’s Run and Lion’s Paw.
Courses expected to reopen Sunday are Rivers Edge Golf Club, Heritage Club, International Club of Myrtle Beach, and the Sea Trail Resort’s Jones and Maples courses. Meadowlands Golf Club is expected to reopen Monday after some minor flooding subsides, and Aberdeen Country Club, which is prone to flooding, is scheduled to reopen Wednesday.
Courses that are scheduled to reopen sometime next week at least in part due to planned aeration of greens include Tidewater Golf Club on Monday, River Hills Golf & Country Club and the Grande Dunes Resort Course on Tuesday, and Litchfield Country Club on Friday.
Brunswick Plantation opened nine holes Monday and is expected to reopen the remaining 18 on Thursday.
