Myrtle Beach Golf Courses & Tee Times in North Carolina

Who runs public golf in Myrtle Beach

There is almost no city or county golf here. The courses are daily-fee and resort layouts, open to anyone with a tee time, and many are run by management groups; Founders Group International runs 22 of them, including Pine Lakes and TPC Myrtle Beach. Even the Dunes Club, a member club, takes package golfers as guests, and it has hosted the PGA Tour's Myrtle Beach Classic since the event started in 2024. Every late summer the World Am brings about 3,000 amateurs for 72 holes, flighted by age, gender and handicap, across dozens of area courses.

Public courses worth knowing in Myrtle Beach

• Pine Lakes Country Club: The Granddaddy: the area's first course, opened in 1927 as Ocean Forest and designed by Robert White. Sports Illustrated was planned here in 1954. Craig Schreiner renovated it in 2006 from 1937 aerial photos.
• Caledonia Golf & Fish Club: Mike Strantz's first solo design, opened in January 1994 on an old Pawleys Island rice plantation.
• TPC Myrtle Beach: Tom Fazio design in Murrells Inlet, opened in 1999, that hosted the Senior PGA Tour's season-ending Senior Tour Championship in 2000.
• Myrtle Beach National King's North: Arnold Palmer course known for the par-5 Gambler. A two-year renovation by Brandon Johnson finished when the back nine reopened in October 2025.
• Barefoot Resort - Dye: One of four Barefoot Resort courses in North Myrtle Beach, with the others by Greg Norman, Davis Love III and Tom Fazio.

Booking tee times in Myrtle Beach: the local rules

Most tee times here are sold with a room. Golf Holiday's original idea was to book the tee times when you book the hotel, and that is still how most trips come together. The busy months are March to May and September to November, when the weather is mild. In June through August, the Kids Play Free program covers kids 16 and under.

Why tee times in Myrtle Beach are hard to get

Spring and fall are peak season in Myrtle Beach. In summer the heat pushes everyone toward early morning, so the first few hours of the day fill before anything else.

Each course releases its tee times on its own schedule, commonly a week or two out, with residents of town and county courses often booking first. Leagues, outings and members claim chunks of the sheet in advance, and whatever prime weekend times are left tend to go on release day.

When tee time cancellations happen

A full tee sheet rarely stays full. Many courses let you cancel without a fee up to 24 or 48 hours before your time, so spots tend to reappear in the last couple of days. A bad forecast shakes more loose, and a foursome that drops to three opens a single. None of it is announced. The time just shows up again on the booking page, and whoever looks first gets it.

How to get a tee time in Myrtle Beach

Doing it by hand? Here's what works.

1. Know the booking window. Find out how many days ahead each course releases times, and whether residents get an earlier window. Be ready the morning it opens.
2. Look again 24 to 48 hours out. That's when most cancellation deadlines pass and spots come back.
3. Be flexible on group size. Singles and twosomes fit into gaps a foursome can't.
4. Try twilight and weekday afternoons. They're the last to fill and often cheaper.
5. Widen the map. If your first choice is full, check the next town over. Sunset Beach has 10 courses on Yoink and Calabash has 3.

Read the full guide to getting a tee time when everything's booked