Living in Myrtle Beach Year-Round: What Nobody Tells the Tourists

Aerial view of a dense coastal neighborhood of houses with varied roofs, interwoven canals and waterways, green marshland on the left, and tall beachfront high-rises on the right near the ocean.

Every year, 14 million people come to Myrtle Beach. They hardly ever see the town where we really reside. By October, the beach they are familiar with disappears, and a more sedate, unfamiliar, and fascinating location emerges. Tourists are outnumbered by golf carts. Locals reclaim their preferred parking spaces. Here, winter is anything but picture-perfect. … Read more

The Myrtle Beach World Amateur Championship: Your Complete 2026 Guide

golfer swinging on a driving range lined with international flags

Three thousand golfers, sixty-some courses, and one wildly ambitious week of amateur golf. That’s the World Amateur Championship in a nutshell, and it turns the entire Grand Strand into a golf carnival every late summer. Here’s everything you need to know before September rolls around, whether you’re teeing it up yourself or just want to … Read more