Real Estate Competes with Myrtle Beach Golf Courses

Myrtle Beach golf courses are not seeing the same high numbers of golfers or profits they have in the past. With sagging sales of tee times, some golf course owners are finding it hard to ignore real estate developers knocking at their front doors.

Belle Terre Golf Course just announced its closure. At least two layouts at Bay Tree are closing. Raccoon Run just closed its doors along with Ocean Isle Beach Golf Club and Calabash Golf Links. Over all the number of Myrtle Beach golf courses has dropped from 117 public golf courses down to 110.

The zoning of many golf courses are a perfect fit for housing development plans. Most property is zoned Resort Commercial and Highway Commercial (RC/HC) which allows resort-related commercial uses, several residential uses including multi-family condos and single-family homes, low-scale businesses such as offices, restaurants, grocery stores, etc., that might comprise a town center.

It is difficult to say when or if this trend will end. Golfers shouldn’t be too worried however. Myrtle Beach will continue to be the “Golf Mecca� for many years to come.

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