Editing Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (section)

===Golf===
The area is home to numerous golf courses and mini-golf courses along the Grand Strand and further inland. Myrtle Beach has been called the "Golf Capital of the World"<ref name=Vern>{{Cite web |last=Howen |first=Vern L. W. |title=Golf Capital of the World<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=http://www.travelworldmagazine.com/contributors/detail.php?ArticleID=607 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217164916/http://travelworldmagazine.com/contributors/detail.php?ArticleID=607 |archive-date=17 February 2009 |access-date=2 January 2018 |website=Travelworldmagazine.com}}</ref> because of the roughly 100 golf courses there, the record 4.2&nbsp;million rounds played, and many miniature golf courses.<ref name=Vern/> 3.2&nbsp;million total rounds of golf were played in 2017, down a "few hundred rounds" from a decade earlier. The number of golf courses more than doubled to over 120 over a 20-year period before declining late in the first decade of the 21st century. [[Tiger Woods]] declared Myrtle Beach "the mecca of golf" when visiting in 1997.<ref name="bestler">{{Cite news |last=Bestler |first=Bob |date=13 July 2018 |title=With Woods, economy back, is that a good sign for MB area golf courses? Let's hope so |work=The Sun News |url=https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/bob-bestler/article214845760.html |access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref> The majority of the area's golf courses are public. The Grand Strand is home of "[[Hootie and the Blowfish]] Day After the Masters Tournament". Extensive Chinese investment to the Myrtle Beach area golf market has resulted in a significant surge of Chinese tourists to the area and also resulted in 25+ golf courses being owned and/or operated by Chinese nationals.

Some of the notable golf courses and/or resorts include [[Barefoot Resort]] & Golf and [[TPC of Myrtle Beach]].