Back nine at the Barefoot Resort Norman Course.  This is a par 5 escape shot.  Todd being a 6 handicap makes it look easy.  He took our money all weekend.  He probably needed an adjustment on his handicap when he came out of the gate shooting back to back 74′s.

The norman course at Barefoot has some great holes playing along the inland waterway on the back nine.  We found the back nine to rival any of the other Barefoot courses, or any other Myrtle Beach Golf Course for that matter.  The elevation changes on the back side make it lots of fun.

Bent Grass greens were in perfect shape, and great to putt on this time of year as it prefers the cool weather.

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A recent study found the average golfer walks about 900 miles a year.

Another study found golfers drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year.
That means, on average, golfers get about 41 miles to the  gallon.
Kind of makes you proud. Almost feel like a hybrid.

Golf Golf Jokes?  Please share them for everyone’s enjoyment.

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Do not let “hear-say” steer you in the wrong direction. A Myrtle Beach golf vacation will contain a whole lot of options.  Myrtle Beach has around 100 golf courses and numerous quality lodgings options , so you have a lot of choices.

You may have heard about certain courses or packages  from a friend or a friend of a friend but is that really the best advise?  We, Golf Masters, are not necessarily masters at golf   but we are certainly experts when it come to the courses and on how to set up the appropriate golf package for your group.

Our web site http://www.yourgolfpackage.com is loaded with information and  we are happy to send out multiple e-mail quotes but one old fashion 10-15 minute phone conversation could go a very long way in a short time in determining what the best would be for your golf group.  We are NOT going to hard sell you but we will listen to your guidelines and help you pick the best courses and accommodations in your price range, that’s what makes us “Golf Masters”  so please do the fear the Golf Masters we are very friendly and love to talk about golf.

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The owner of a myrtle beach golf course was confused about
Paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his
Secretary for some mathematical help. He called
Her into his office and said, ‘You graduated from
The University of South Carolina and I need some help.
If I were to give you $20,000, minus 14%, how
Much would you take off?’  She replied:  “Everything but my ear rings!”

If you have other golf related jokes or stories that you find humorous, please share them with us so that all can enjoy.

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One of your Golfmasters came across this recently and we can’t help put laugh.  Reminds me of a couple of Myrtle Beach Golf Courses…as you can easily hit some houses on a few courses down here.

If there are any other funny golf course signs out there, we would love to share them with our golf nuts.  I’m sure there are hundreds…if you happen to see this, please comment and we can share them with the rest of the golf world.

Periodically we’ll share some of the best golf course signs in Myrtle Beach.

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The GOLFMASTERS traveled to the Oak Island Country Club on the scenic North Carolina coast today.   For November the 75 degree sunny day was welcome.

We all look forward to playing this superb track as it has topography that is not found at any other course on the Grand Strand.  The course as the name indicates is on an island…Oak Island.  From the mainland, you go over a long bridge over the intercoastal waterway onto Oak Island.  The course is on the blue Atlantic with the waterway 1 mile to the west and the Cape Fear River 1 mile to the north. Oak Island Country Club was built in 1962 by the renowned golf architect George Cobb, who remodeled Augusta National, and it winds through oak and pine forests. Some of the fairways seem to be three football fields wide, but it does not matter how wide the fairways are for your game…as you must play the shifting winds to make shots.

Truly, on many holes, it’s like playing a Scottish links course with the open topography and winds.  Coupled with huge undulating greens, many with multiple tiers, the course is a putters dream.

The clubhouse sits on a hill with panoramic views of the ocean from the second-story, glass-enclosed pub and restaurant. The 2^nd floor open-air deck provides excellent views of the 9^th and 18^th holes. The course is over-seeded from tree line to tree line with winter rye, making a pretty carpet of lush green grass for the winter months.

We played at TEXAS 2 ball regressive tee game today.  Captains choice for the first 2 shots on par 4′s & par 5′s and 1 shot on par 3′s.  If anyone made a birdie, the foursome had to go back one tee and stay on that tee until another birdie was made…then you went back another tee.  When you got to the tips, the next birdie put you on a forward tee.

It made for a real challenging match, especially for our senior GOLFMASTERS as they started on the senior tees at 5,973 yds. and then moved back to the tips at 6,720 yds. Boston native GOLFMASTER John called the match.  Par is a good score.

The Oak Island Country Club has superior food service; we had lunch in the pub. After the round we quenched our thirst with pitchers of Yeungling lager and watched the sunset.

Oak Island offers one of GOLF TREK’s best “stay ‘n play” packages. In addition to superlative golf, lodging is offered in condos on Oak Island or at nearby St. James Plantation.  This area of the beach has the finest array of courses including many 4.5 star gems, including the private, luxurious Bald Head Island Club. Oak Island is a must play in this package.  Many pro tournaments are played at the course, and it is a fixture of the mini pro tours.  A pro and GOLFMASTER Jim  hold the course records with a 63, the pro from the tips and Jim from the 6,400 yd. mens tees.  Ah, another great day of testing the product!

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This past weekend, I had my best childhood friends down from Boston for a golf bender. They left Boston on Spirit Air at the crack of dawn and were on the ground ready for some golf by 730 AM Friday morning. Now that is a flight that is tough to beat!

We stayed in fabulous brand new condos at Crow Creek Villas and were able to drop off our gear prior to our 1st round.

Here was the schedule for the weekend

Friday Aberdeen
Saturday AM Barefoot Fazio
Saturday PM Barefoot Norman
Sunday AM Sea Trail Maples
Sunday PM Sea Trail Byrd
Monday AM Pearl East
Monday PM Pearl West
Fly Home

What a weekend. While the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida challenged us the 1st two days, we were rewarded with mid 70′s and sunny for the last two days.

Here are some action videos from the weekend. You can beat the ease of getting to Myrtle Beach, the quality of the golf courses in myrtle beach, and the price.

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Shirt sleeve and shorts weather returned today the 16th of November with temps in the mid 70′s.  Bright blue skies, warm sun and a slight ocean breeze at the Pearl West today.  The Pearl is about 2 miles from the ocean and intercoastal waterway and you normally get a good breeze from the East.   The fairways and tees have been overseeded with light green winter rye.  The Pearl West has very good coverage throughout their 18 holes.  Some more oyster shells have been added to the dreaded oyster shell bunkers and the traps are full of fluffy white sand.   The greens were smooth and fast today while holding incoming shots well.

GOLFMASTER GARY chose for the group to play a TEXAS Lone Star tournament…. with each player deciding to either play their own ball down or with a Texas best drive and each player then playing their own ball in.  You could choose what was best for your game.   Afterward a Calloway adjustment was made for each player.  The Commissioner’s team (AKA Golfmaster Drew)had a net 65.3 and won todays tournament.  Pearl West has varied different holes with wide open Scottish links style holes,  rolling hills surrounded by deep pine forests and the tough 4 finishing holes on the salt marsh bay.  The par 5 sixteenth hole was the toughest of the day.  Measuring 578 yards into the wind from the mens tees, only 3 players got on in regulation.

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Myrtle Beach Golf Courses (Thistle) Par 5

The GOLFMASTERS  took on the challenge of The Thistle on Friday the 13th of November.   We were to play the toughest Scottish links course under Scottish conditions with wind chill in the low 40′s, a stiff 25 – 35 mph wind with mist, then drizzle and finally rain.  Truly miserable Scottish conditions at the beach.  Hurricane Ida had just cleared the area and was headed north.   6 inches of rain over the preceding 48 hours had us on the cart paths with lots of walking thru some unplayable lies.

The  Thistle is a 27 hole gem with lots of Scottish grasses, large waste bunkers, some pot bunkers and some huge undulating greens where you can easily have putts over 100 feet.  We started out in the Scottish pub with a roaring fireplace and a sumptuous lunch and brew.  We watched the plentiful large screen tv’s…looking for the weather channel updates.  Tee times are 12 minutes apart and you never see the group that teed off in front of you.  The large Scottish bar in the pub was brought over from the old country and is quite a sight.   To help with the rigid conditions we played a Texas 2 ball tournament with only one player beating par…GOLFMASTER JIM  with a 66.

The Thistle is a semi private club with the clubhouse being split in half for the members on one side and the resort players on the other.   You come thru a private gate to get into this prestigous neighborhood and the stone Scottish clubhouse.  The main hall has the history of Scottish golf with clubs and balls going back into the 1700′s… what a history lesson.  The day was finished off in front of a roaring fire on the veranda outside porch overlooking the finishing 18 th hole.  The story of the day was that we survived….

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Off the seventh tee in Myrtle Beach, Joe sliced his shot deep into a wooded ravine. He took His eight iron and clambered down the embankment in search of his lost ball.

After many long minutes of hacking at the underbrush, he spotted something Glistening in the leaves. As he drew nearer, he discovered that it was an Eight iron in the hands of a skeleton!

Joe immediately called out to his friend, “Jack, I’ve got trouble down here!”

“What’s the matter?” Jack asked from the edge of the ravine.

“Bring me my wedge,” Joe shouted. “You can’t get out of here with
An eight iron.

Which Myrtle Beach Golf Course could this be?

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