Myrtle Beach Golf: 2026 Season Outlook
No place on earth does the buddies golf trip quite like the Grand Strand, where more than eighty courses, stay and play packages and a near year round climate have made Myrtle Beach the busiest golf destination in America. The 2026 season rewards the golfer who times it right. Here is the outlook, the courses and the windows worth booking.
The headline: pick your window
Myrtle Beach plays golf nearly twelve months a year, so the 2026 question is less whether you can play and more when you should. Spring, roughly March to May, is the headline season: crisp mornings, lush fairways and temperatures in the comfortable seventies and low eighties. It is also the busiest and priciest stretch, when tee sheets fill and the marquee courses book out weeks ahead. Fall, September to November, delivers a near identical climate with thinner crowds and a more relaxed rhythm, which makes it the connoisseur's choice for value and pace.
Summer is hot, humid and cheap, best played early before the afternoon heat, while the mild winters keep the Strand open and quiet for those chasing a January round. For a 2026 trip built around great conditions and reasonable cost, target April or October, when the weather is at its kindest and the golf is at its best.
The courses that anchor a trip
The standard bearer is The Dunes Golf and Beach Club, a Robert Trent Jones Sr. design and a longtime presence on America's top 100 lists, a strategic seaside test that has hosted PGA, Senior PGA and LPGA Tour events. It remains the round serious golfers build a Myrtle Beach trip around.
South toward Pawleys Island sit the two courses that golfers vote their favorites, both designed by the late Mike Strantz. Caledonia Golf and Fish Club threads through an old rice plantation in intimate, beautifully composed Lowcountry style, while its sister True Blue is bold, sprawling and dramatic on the same sandy land. Together with the dozens of well regarded resort courses up and down the Strand, they give a trip a clear top tier to anchor around and endless variety beneath it. Build a week around these three and fill in with the value rounds the packages make easy.
How to plan it for 2026
Myrtle Beach was practically invented for the golf package. Stay and play deals bundle rounds, lodging and carts into a single price, which is why a large group can play premium golf here for less per head than almost anywhere comparable. Base along the Grand Strand and almost every course is within a short drive, so a foursome can play a different track each morning and be on the beach or in a restaurant by evening.
The practical 2026 notes are simple. Book the marquee courses and the better packages early for spring, since the best April tee times and rates go first, and consider October if you want the same climate with more room. Green fees and package prices move sharply with the season and the day of the week, so treat any quoted figure as indicative for 2026 and confirm green fees and package terms directly before booking. Build a buffer round into the plan, because a passing coastal shower rarely lasts long here.
What it means for your trip, and our take
For a 2026 Myrtle Beach golf trip, aim at April or October, base centrally on the Strand, and build the week around The Dunes Club, Caledonia and True Blue with value rounds in between. Lock the package early and you get premium golf at a price few destinations can touch.
Our take is that Myrtle Beach is the most efficient golf trip in America: nowhere else delivers this much golf, this easily booked, at this price. It is not the place for a single bucket list round in solitude, and that is the point. It is the place for volume, camaraderie and sunbeatable value over four or five days. Pick the shoulder months, book the headliners first, and let the Strand handle the rest.
Plan your Myrtle Beach golf trip
From The Dunes Club to the Strantz masterpieces at Pawleys Island, tell us roughly when and who is travelling and one concierge builds and costs the trip, with no obligation.
Questions
When is the best time to play golf in Myrtle Beach?
Spring, roughly March to May, and fall, September to November, are the prime windows, with comfortable temperatures and strong course conditions. Spring is the busiest and priciest stretch, while fall offers a similar climate with thinner crowds. Summer is hot and humid but cheap, and mild winters keep the Grand Strand playable year round.
Which are the best golf courses in Myrtle Beach?
The Dunes Golf and Beach Club, a Robert Trent Jones Sr. design and longtime top 100 course, leads the Grand Strand. Caledonia Golf and Fish Club and its sister True Blue, both Mike Strantz designs near Pawleys Island, are the other consensus favorites among more than 80 courses.
How should I plan a Myrtle Beach golf trip?
Myrtle Beach is built for golf packages, with stay and play deals bundling rounds, lodging and carts. Base along the Grand Strand, target spring or fall, book early for the marquee courses and best rates, and confirm green fees and package terms directly before booking.
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Researched and written by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Season, course and access details verified June 2026 from club and golf travel sources; conditions and green fees change, so always confirm directly before booking. Last reviewed June 2026.