The weather has changed, and so have the courses in Myrtle Beach!  The recent fall weather has brought with it opportunities to play courses that have been closed for periods of the summer or over the past year.  Don’t miss a great opportunity to play a newly restored course.  If you are booking an outing or a Myrtle Beach Golf Package in the near future, you should definitely be aware of some of the changes and re-openings that are taking place in the community.

Many of the courses that were closed for periods during the summer or over the past year have reopened or are set to reopen shortly.  Brick Landing in Ocean Isle Beach, NC is set to reopen at the end of October after having a 22 month closing, and Quail Creek Golf Club of Coastal Carolina University reopened Monday, October 3 just to name a few.  These openings create two great opportunities to hit the links on some well-known courses that have been out of commission for some time.

The renovations to Quail Creek Golf Club provide a unique opportunity for you to enjoy a Myrtle Beach golf course that has just replaced all 18 greens with the popular “Mini Verde.”   Much of the summer heat has forced course managers and maintenance personnel to reevaluate their strategies when it comes to maintaining courses throughout the year.    You can find out more about “Mini Verde” by visiting the following site: http://www.miniverdegreens.com/.  This grass is meant to have an excellent feel, and require minimal maintenance in comparison to its counterparts.  It also has a good reputation form retaining its color throughout the cooler seasons.   A recent column in the Sun News highlights many of the updates and re-openings taking place in Myrtle Beach.   You can follow the link below to read more:

http://www.thesunnews.com/2011/10/03/2424279/renovations-wrapping-up-on-strand.html – storylink=misearch

So, if you are planning a Myrtle Beach golf outing in the near future be sure to check out the above article and try a newly renovated course!  If you are seeking additional information on Myrtle Beach Golf, and trying to find just the right course then contact us.  We will help you plan and book a great Myrtle Beach Golf vacation. It is a fabulous time to enjoy Myrtle Beach Golf, and we are available to find you places to stay, build your itenerary, and book your tee times so all you have to worry about is your swing.

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We can across this anonymous poem and found it a rather fitting way to describe the game we know and love. Keep this in mind next time and it could be all the much better while playing golf in Myrtle Beach.

In My Hand I Hold A Ball,

White And Dimpled, And Rather Small.

Oh How Bland It Does Appear,

This Harmless Looking Little Sphere.

By Its Size I Could Not Guess,

Of The Awesome Strength It Does Possess.

But Since I Fell Beneath Its Spell,

I’ve Wandered Through The Fires Of Hell.

My Life Has Not Been Quite The Same,

Since I Chose To Play This Stupid Game.

It Rules My Mind For Hours On End,

A Fortune It Has Made Me Spend.

It Has Made Me Curse And Made Me Cry,

And Hate Myself And Want To Die.

It Promises Me A Thing Called Par,

If I Hit It Straight And Far.

To Master Such A Tiny Ball,

Should Not Be Very Hard At All.

But My Desires The Ball Refuses,

And Does Exactly As It Chooses.

It Hooks And Slices, Dribbles And Dies,

And Disappears Before My Eyes.

Often It Will Have A Whim,

To Hit A Tree Or Take A Swim.

With Miles Of Grass On Which To Land,

It Finds A Tiny Patch Of Sand.

Then Has Me Offering Up My Soul,

If Only It Would Find The Hole.

It’s Made Me Whimper Like A Pup,

And Swear That I Will Give It Up.

And Take To Drink To Ease My Sorrow,

But The Ball Knows … I’ll Be Back Tomorrow.

Stand proud you noble swingers of club and losers of balls

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 feels like a hybrid.

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Calling all golfers in Canada. Book your next Myrtle Beach Golf Vacation and fly Porter Air.

“This is the ideal time for Canadians to take advantage of the warmer winter golf season and the peak of spring weather. The return of Porter Air truly benefits the area by bringing in much needed seasonal business with a direct flight from Toronto in plenty of time for the 50th Annual Can-Am Days Festival March 12-20,” Director of Airports Michael La Pier said in a press release.

For the full article click here

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Greetings Golfers,

Week 3 of our nine week giveaway begins today.

The correct answer to our week 2 giveaway was The Pearl. The winner of a free round for 4 goes to MARK GIESE. Congratulations to Mark. To claim your free round all you need to do is contact a Golfmaster at 800-394-3764 AND mention your win on your Facebook page.

Week Three’s first clues for a free round for 4 are:

• Extensive renovations were done to this 27 hole facility. Over 2 million was spent to restore / upgrade the golf course.
• Removed over 200 trees to make it more playable

To be eligible for this weeks random drawing simply comment on our Facebook page with your guess as to which course it is. Let us know your best score, favorite hole or whatever fun fact you have.

More clues will be released on our Facebook page on Wednesday and Friday with the winner announced on Monday, along with a new giveaway……

To book the perfect Myrtle Beach Golf Vacation Click Here

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Myrtle Beach Golf received some good news according to a recent report. A survey conducted by the National Golf Foundation ranks the Myrtle Beach-area number one for quality and value in its golf courses.

Barefoot Resort was called out in the article. The courses are improving after a few tough years according to several pros. Barefoot consists of 4 courses, each one having unique challenges with meticulously manicured fairways and greens making them very pleasant to play.

Very good news for Myrtle Beach Golf.

For the full article click here. To book your next Myrtle Beach Golf Vacation give us a call 800-394-3764 or click here to contact us.

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Greetings Golf Nuts,

Over the next Nine weeks we’ll be giving away **free rounds of Myrtle Beach Golf for you and 3 of your best golf buddies. Here’s how it works.  On Monday and Friday of each week we will post 3 different clues on our Facebook page for you to “guess the course.”

All you have to do is comment on our Facebook page with your guess as to which course we are giving away. We will select at random every Sunday and post the winner on our Facebook Page (correct guesses only will be eligible). On Monday it starts all over again with a new course.

Be creative with your comments. If you know it and played it, what was your best score? What is your favorite hole? Have any fun facts that some might not know?

** Rounds must be PLAYED by June 1, 2011

Don’t have a Facebook account? Set one up today and Like Us!

Click Here to find us on Facebook

This weeks first clues are:

• Nominated for best new public golf course when it opened
• Low country style golf couse
• Named after a famous Dye produced in South Carolina in the 1700′s and 1800′s

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• I will not throw my club at my partner when he misses a 2 footer to win the match.
• I will not throw my club at my partner when I miss a 2 footer to win the match.
• I will not 3 foot from 5 feet, nope not going to do it!
• I will not two putt from 1 foot, not any more!
• I will go over the sand traps, unless there is second one I didn’t see
• I will stay out of the woods., unless I have to pea
• I will punch out and play for boggy when I’m ten yards into the woods, unless I’m really sure I can get thru that 2-foot opening
• I will not make little whistling noises when my opponent is teeing off., as long as I’m ahead
• I will not make little puppet shadows when my opponent is putting
• I will not interpret  “roll it in the fairway” as “kick out of the rough”
• I will not interpret  “pick clean and place ” as  “pick clean and throw”
• I will not hit any golf balls at houses or people near their houses, unless they are my neighbors
• I will not hit any trees, tree stumps, ball washers, or golfers…. with the golf cart,
• I will only have two beers per nine, ok…. max 5 beers per nine

Have any of your own? Post a comment and let us know….

To book your next Myrtle Beach Golf Vacation check out our website at www.yourgolfpackage.com

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It goes without saying that when it comes to golfing with your buddies there are always side bets, games, and other shananigans that go on during the round. So to bring you into 2011 while your thinking about your next Myrtle Beach Golf Vacation, here are a couple ideas for games you may or may not have heard of.

SNAKE:

Snake is a putting game. It’s great when you have a foursome because while you may be playing twosomes against each other on another bet, this game is one for all and can really make the 18th hole interesting even if one pair is crushing the other. At the beginning of the round, all players in the foursome agree on the bet amount. Whoever three-putts first gets and keeps the ‘snake’ until someone else three-putts, then it changes owner to that golfer … and so on. Whoever is the last with the snake pays the other players in the foursome the agreed amount.

WOLF:

Wolf is good if most (probably all) golfers are on par with each other. It can suck if one in the foursome is significantly better than the other three but hey, it’s golf, we all suck at one time or another. It does make for a fun round if you can’t decide on teams or just feel like trying something different. The wolf rotates each hole. When the first golfer tees off, the wolf can decide whether or not to take that golfer as their partner for the hole. When the second golfer tees off, the wolf can no longer pick the first golfer and decides if the second golfer is their partner. So one for the third. The wolf makes a decision at this point whether to pick the third person as their partner or to go it alone as the lone wolf.

The wolf tees off last. If the wolf picks a partner, the wolf and the partner must beat the other two players to win the hole otherwise the other pair win the hole. Tie and the wolf loses. If the wolf decides to be the lone wolf, the wolf’s score must beat, no ties, all the other players to win the hole, otherwise the other three win the hole.

Keep track of the winner(s) on each hole and add up at the points at the end. The player with the most points is the Lone Wolf winner.

BARKIES:

Barkies are paid automatically to any player who makes par on a hole on which he hit a tree. The value of a Barkie is determined before the round.

GRUESOMES:

Gruesomes is a betting game that pits 2-person teams against each other. Both team members tee off, then the other teams gets to choose which of the drives your side has to play. Obviously, they’ll choose the worst – or most gruesome – of the two drives. Bet per hole.

There are hundreds more and we would love to hear what you find to be most entertaining. Drop a comment and let us know. Spring is right around the corner and a Myrtle Beach Golf Vacation awaits your next choice on a game for the course.

Have a safe and Happy New Year from all of us at Golf Trek. We look forward to a great golfing year in 2011.

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**CALABASH, NC – The 18^th hole at Farmstead Golf Links has been selected by Golf Digest in its dream design “Top 18 Most Fun Holes in America” as published on line and in the magazine’s print edition for December 2010. Farmstead joined some of the country’s top ranking courses in being selected for the honor.  The field included two courses ranked in the country’s top 10 by Golf Digest, three ranked in the top 25, two best new courses, two top 10 hardest and one designated by the magazine as the best new course for the 21^st century. While most of the honored courses were in the western part of the country, one Sanford NC course joined Farmstead.
Farmstead’s signature hole #18 is a par six, 767 yard hole that tees off in South Carolina and finishes in North Carolina alongside the course’s grand 8,000sf Georgian style clubhouse. The course’s total yardage is 7242. It has a slope of 135 and rating of 74.5.

Farmstead was a finalist for Best New Golf Course in North Carolina in 2002. It was designed by Willard Byrd and David Johnson and is managed by Burroughs and Chapin Golf Management. Its sister course, Meadowlands Golf Club, opened in 1997 and was named to the Top 100 Golf Courses for Women by Golf for Women Magazine.

**By Golf Digest Magazine

For more information on Farmstead or to book a Myrtle Beach Golf Vacation contact us at 800-394-3764 or online at www.yourgolfpackage.com

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This picture was not taken in Myrtle Beach, however Horry County (Myrtle Beach Metro Area) does have the largest Brown Bear Population in the state. Not that any of your golfmasters have seen a bear on the golf course.  We do have a golf course by the name Black Bear here in Myrtle Beach.

Unfortunately the guy forgot to mark his golf ball. What was he thinking?

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