-- How did a Black man in the 1940s Jim Crow South open a club where Black and White people danced side by side to the tunes of music's legendary entertainers? The answer lies in a story as unforgettable as the music that turned a nightclub into a place of unity.
Beginning Monday, July 21, 2025, CHARLIE'S PLACE, a new five-episode, documentary-style podcast series hosted by filmmaker Rhym Guissé, uncovers the unbelievable true story of a revolutionary Myrtle Beach juke joint that brought communities together through the power of music.
May 15, 2025 - The upcoming beach renourishment project along the Grand Strand is scheduled to begin late fall 2025, with completion anticipated by mid-summer 2026. With this schedule, the renourishment will avoid taking place during peak hurricane season and complete on schedule.
The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce & CVB wants to hear from residents in Horry and Georgetown counties! Our resident survey is now open for you to share your opinions.
Join us for this Special Thank You Event celebrating the Carolina Forest Wildfire 1st Responders on April 14, 2025 at Pelicans Stadium.
Fans can follow the PGA TOUR on the new PGA TOUR app and PGATOUR.COM, and on social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram (in Spanish, Korean and Japanese), LinkedIn, TikTok, X (in English and Spanish), WhatsApp (in English and Spanish), WeChat, Weibo, Toutiao, Douyin and LINE.
The PGA TOUR’S ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic will again be played in early May in 2026, with the competition dates set for May 7-10 at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club. The field size for the coming year will be slightly smaller, with 120 players competing, 12 fewer than in the past two years. Ryan Fox captured the 2025 Classic with a dramatic chip-in to win a three-way playoff over Harry Higgs and Mackenzie Hughes.
As summer heats up, so does Myrtle Beach’s reputation as a premier sports tourism destination. With a full calendar of sports events scheduled from June through Labor Day, local venues are geared up to welcome thousands of athletes, families and fans from across the country.
“From youth to amateur sports, the summer sports tourism season has arrived in the Myrtle Beach area, one of the country’s top destinations for athletic events,” said Jonathan Paris, Visit Myrtle Beach Executive Director of Sports Tourism.
2024 marked a year of resilience, creativity and meaningful progress as the Myrtle Beach area welcomed millions and reinforced that The Beach is for everyBODY.
From record-breaking economic impact to national recognition for accessibility, the Myrtle Beach area continued to build positive momentum in 2024 as a thriving and welcoming place to live, work and play.
The second annual ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic concluded on Mother’s Day, marking another milestone in Myrtle Beach’s reputation as a premier destination for world-class golf and entertainment. The PGA TOUR event sponsored by Visit Myrtle Beach and ONEflight International delivered an unforgettable week of competition, celebrity appearances and community engagement, that once again placed the “Golf Capital of the World” in the national spotlight.
Myrtle Beach, SC (May 5, 2025) – Nathan Franks, a senior on the South Carolina men’s golf team, captured the final spot in the 2025 ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic with his one-shot victory in The Q at Myrtle Beach, an innovative competition featuring eight aspiring professional golfers and eight influential golf content creators. The Q, which was presented by Play Golf Myrtle Beach and PGA TOUR Studios, was played on March 3, 2025, at TPC Myrtle Beach and can be seen on YouTube.
Myrtle Beach, S.C. (May 5, 2025) – The 2025 ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic is the first PGA TOUR event to be conducted in Myrtle Beach. However, the Dunes Golf and Beach Club has hosted six season-ending championships on the PGA TOUR Champions from 1994-1999. And 21 years earlier, the Dunes Club was the site of the PGA TOUR Qualifying School Finals (1973), with Ben Crenshaw taking medalist honors.
Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell, ambassadors of ONEflight International, a private aviation company based in Denver, are among the leading celebrities scheduled to play in the Wednesday Pro-Am (May 7) at the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic to be conducted at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club from May 8-11. In addition, North Myrtle Beach’s own Vanna White, who has been a fixture on Wheel of Fortune for more than 40 years, will again take part in the Wednesday Pro-Am.
ONEflight International has joined Visit Myrtle Beach as co-title sponsor of the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic, a 72-hole FedExCup Regular Season tournament to be held May 8-11, 2025, at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach. The announcement was made jointly by the PGA TOUR and Visit Myrtle Beach.
The PGA TOUR has recognized the Myrtle Beach Classic with the “Best-In-Class Element” award for its innovative and groundbreaking feature, The Q at Myrtle Beach. This accolade places the inaugural Classic among the standout events of the TOUR’s 2024 season, recognizing its exceptional creativity, audience engagement and impact on the game.
Tickets for the PGA TOUR’s upcoming Myrtle Beach Classic will be available for purchase at 9 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Tickets can be purchased by visiting myrtlebeachclassic.com.
