Don’t look now, but the state known for its championship college football teams and a movie character named Forrest Gump has not-so-quietly become the golf capital of the Deep South, thanks to the famous Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, which now boasts 468 holes at 11 sites from the Gulf of Mexico to the Tennessee Read more…

In terms of craft beer the U.S. South was still so deep early in the 21st Century that it was submerged in a sea of Bud Light and other watery mass lagers. Remnants of Prohibition still clung to many southern states like moss on a live oak. But the times at last are a-changing, and Read more…

Not many golf resorts have one award-winning golf course, let alone two. But golfers coming to Reynolds Lake Oconee can challenge themselves as much as they want on two of America’s Top 100 courses as part of the “2017 Top 100 Golf Package.” The Jack Nicklaus Signature Course Great Waters and The Oconee, designed by Read more…

Founders Group International opened the Grande Dunes Golf Performance Center at Grande Dunes Resort Golf Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C. April 1. The elite facility is designed to fit golfers with the best equipment and improve their games with instruction using the latest technology found in few other places. During instruction and fitting, teachers will use Read more…

Using more than 10,000 user-submitted reviews, Golf Advisor compiled its list of the Top 50 Courses in the United States in 2016, and Thistle Golf Club, one of the Myrtle Beach area’s best layouts, was ranked 14th. “We work every day to make Thistle a premier golf experience,” said Jamie Roderick, the course’s general manager. Read more…