A special moment in Myrtle Beach golf is when the city hosted the Senior PGA TOUR Championship in 1994. The 1994 Golf Magazine SENIOR TOUR
Championship included the top 31 Senior PGA TOUR players and had up to that time the richest purse on the Senior PGA TOUR at $1.35 million.

Raymond Floyd and Jim Albus both birdied the final hole to tie at 15 under at the Dunes Club. In the sudden death playoff, the two played the club’s 18th hole five times before Raymond Floyd prevailed with a birdie.
Since the Championship was played in November, nightfall was fast
approaching and the closing ceremony was conducted in the dim, evening
twilight of Sunday, November 13, 1994. With the arrival of the Senior PGA
TOUR Championship and the ESPN telecast, it took Myrtle Beach, as a world
golf destination, to its highest level.

The Inside Scoop in Myrtle Beach
The Parson’s Table is located on Highway 17 and is located in a restored home, where the smell of ginger and fresh cooked entrees mingles with the pine scented walls. As you indulge yourself with a great meal, the proprietor, an Irish tenor, will regale you with Irish songs.
Being some 60 miles in length, the Grand Strand is full of quaint out-of-the-way places where the decibel level is lower and there is a preponderance of “locals.” These certainly include Calabash and Sunset Beach in North Carolina and South Carolina outposts like Murrels Inlet, Pawleys Island and Cherry Grove. In Calabash, you can eat top seafood on the waterway at Capt. Juel’s while watching the fishing boats come in with their fresh haul.
Like Italian food? Check out the Old Italian World Deli, a favorite of the locals on the South End. And in Murrels Inlet, T-Bones has the best ribs on the Strand, according to the locals.

Myrtle Beach Top 5 Listings

For links to the web sites of all Myrtle Beach courses that include course descriptions go to:
http://www.golfholiday.com/courses.cfm

Top 5 Places to Stay and Play
Pawleys Island
Tidewater
Arcadian Shores (Hilton Hotel)
Myrtlewood
Legends

Top 5 Resorts with Golf Courses
Pawleys Island
Legends
Sea Trail
Ocean Ridge Plantation
Tidewater

Top 5 Courses You’ve Never Heard Of
Meadowlands
Bald Head Island Golf Club
Sandpiper Bay Golf & Country Club
Beachwood Golf Club
Whispering Pines

Top 5 Most Challenging Courses
TPC of Myrtle Beach
The Dye Course at Barefoot Landing
Long Bay
Avocet at Wild Wing Plantation
True Blue

Top 5 Finishing Holes
Farmstead
TPC of Myrtle Beach
King’s North at Myrtle Beach National
Prestwick Country Club
Love Course at Barefoot Landing

Top 5 Most Scenic Holes
#17 at TPC of Myrtle Beach
# 13 at Tidewater
#15 at Farmstead
#7 at the Fazio Course at Barefoot Landing
#13 at Pawleys Island

Top 5 Most Player Friendly Courses
Wicked Stick
Surf Club
Lion’s Paw-Ocean Ridge Plantation
Pinehills-Myrtlewood Golf Club
Lockwood Folly

Top 5 Tour Venues
TPC at Myrtle Beach
The Dunes Club
Wachesaw East
Parkland-Legends

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