Myrtle Beach scored an ace in golf tourism with the Myrtle Beach Classic, the beach’s first-ever PGA TOUR event and the first major professional golf tournament in the past 24 years in its first year. The inaugural tournament, hosted by Dunes Golf and Beach Club, debuted May 9-12, 2024 and reinstated Myrtle Beach as the “Golf Capital of the World.”
A field of 132 players will compete in the 2025 ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic to be held May 8-11, one of 36 events on the FedEx Cup regular season schedule this year, for a purse of $4 million and 300 FedEx Cup points, with $225,000 in proceeds from the tournament being donated to nine local nonprofit organizations: Blue Star Mothers of Coastal Carolina University, Boys & Girls Club of the Grand Strand, Champion Autism Network, Children’s Recovery Center, Classy Smiles, Help for Kids, Helping Hand of Myrtle Beach, Project Golf, and SOS Care.
Last year’s event drew in more than 40,000 spectators and the same (or more) are expected to descend on The Dunes Club over the four-day event. The 18-hole championship golf course is renowned for its beauty and ocean views and is consistently ranked among the Top 100 courses in the country. The private club, founded in 1948 and designed by Robert Trent Jones, has been the site of high-profile golf events, but the Myrtle Beach Classic will be the biggest one yet.
In addition to the Myrtle Beach Classic, there will be a pro-am event on May 6 that will feature celebrities. There will be a free concert on Thursday in the Fan Zone featuring Chairman of the Board and Saturday’s free concert will feature Tyler Hubbard from Florida/Georgia Line. Daily grounds access tickets range from $30 to $60, weekly grounds access tickets are $220 each, daily shared hospitality passes on the 17th hole are $325 and include beer, wine, soda, water, and lunch, daily shared hospitality passes on the 18th hole are $350, and children 15 and under admitted free of charge.
By: Ashley Daniels
