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Myrtle Beach Golf Courses Begin Reopening After Hurricane Florence

At Least 69 Courses To Be Open For Weekend Play

By Brian Weis

Great news from our friends at Myrtle Beach, many of the courses are re-opening.

Myrtle Beach golf courses, spared the worst of Hurricane Florence's wrath, are welcoming players back to the game's most popular destination. As of Wednesday morning, 45 area courses were open and that number will rise to 69 by Friday.

"We are obviously excited to have golfers playing again in Myrtle Beach, and they can expect to see sunny skies and quality course conditions," said Bill Golden, CEO of Golf Tourism Solutions, the agency responsible for promoting the area as a destination. "The Myrtle Beach golf community was very fortunate, but even as we begin looking forward to the fall golf season, our thoughts are with those who bore the brunt of Hurricane Florence in North and South Carolina. The impact of the storm for many of our neighbors was tragic, and we wish them a complete recovery."

Florence's impact varied along the Grand Strand, a 60-mile stretch of Carolinas coastline that runs from Pawleys Island, S.C. into Brunswick County, N.C., but area golf courses avoided major structural damage.

The majority of the post-storm work has involved debris cleanup and waiting for courses to dry, issues that won't impact the area's peak fall golf season.
October is the second busiest golf month of the year in Myrtle Beach as players flock to the area to enjoy beautiful weather - the average high temperature is 77 with almost no humidity - great courses and the value-packed Myrtle Beach golf packages the area is renowned for.

For up-to-the-minute news on golf courses re-openings - visit https://www.myrtlebeachgolfholiday.com/hurricane-florence-myrtle-beach-golf-course-updates-september-2018/

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.