The Myrtle Beach Classic is a
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
tournament on the
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also k ...
. It is played at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club in the
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach is a resort city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is located in the center of a long and continuous stretch of beach known as "The Grand Strand" in the northeastern part of the state. Its y ...
It was first played in
2024
Predicted and scheduled events
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History
On May 10, 2023, the PGA Tour announced a four-year agreement with the Dunes Golf and Beach Club to debut the Myrtle Beach Classic in 2024.
On February 16, 2024, the PGA Tour announced that a select few golf YouTubers would be invited to play for a unrestricted sponsor exemption into the Myrtle Beach Classic. "The Q at Myrtle Beach" was held on March 4, 2024, at TPC Myrtle Beach and pitted 16 YouTubers against each other for a single spot.
Matt Atkins
Matthew David Atkins (born December 13, 1990) is an American professional golfer.
Atkins was born in Aston, Pennsylvania. He played college golf at Henderson State University for one year before transferring to the University of South Carolina Ai ...
won and was therefore invited to play in the Myrtle Beach Classic.
Thorbjørn Olesen
Jacob Thorbjørn Olesen (born 21 December 1989) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, where he has won six times including the 2016 Turkish Airlines Open and the 2018 Italian Open. He has also won two important pairs ev ...
broke the course record during the fourth round of the 2024 tournament with a score of 61 (−10).
Winners
References
External links
Official siteCoverage on the PGA Tour's official site
PGA Tour events
Recurring sporting events established in 2024
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