Myrtle Beach golf in winter: cool, quiet and the cheapest rates of the year

Myrtle Beach golf in winter is cool, quiet and the cheapest of the year. From December to February normal highs sit in the mid-50s to about 59F, tee sheets are open and green fees run well below spring prices, at some courses little more than half. Expect frost delays on cold mornings and a mix of green overseeded courses and tan, dormant bermuda.

This guide covers what winter golf here is really like, the courses that stay green, and winter 2027 rates seen in November 2026.

Quick facts

• Normal highs: 59.3F in December, 55.7F in January, 58.2F in February (NOAA 1991-2020, North Myrtle Beach airport).
• Cheapest stretch: Thanksgiving to New Year's, outside the holiday weeks, and January to February.
• Lowest Barefoot rate: $98 any day, February 10-16, 2027.
• Green courses: the wall-to-wall overseeded group, including Pine Lakes and King's North in 2025-26.
• Watch for: frost delays, Christmas-New Year crowds, and senior leagues on weekday mornings.

Winter weather for golf

NOAA 1991-2020 normals from the North Myrtle Beach airport, with the ocean from National Weather Service readings at Springmaid Pier.

January is the coldest month. Inland at Conway, days run about 2F warmer and nights colder: the January normal is 58.1F by day and 35.2F at night. That is why frost delays are common, especially on the inland courses along US 501 and SC 22. Book mid-morning, and carry a hat, gloves and a wind layer. Our Myrtle Beach weather by month guide has the full year.

Green or tan: what the courses look like

Grand Strand fairways and tees are bermuda, which goes dormant and tan once soil temperatures fall below about 50F to 55F, usually from late November. Courses choose between two winter looks:

• Overseeded with rye. These stay green. A package seller named Pine Lakes, the Grande Dunes Resort Course, Arrowhead, King's North and Wild Wing Avocet as wall-to-wall overseeded, rough included, in winter 2025-26. The Dunes Club also appears on an undated wall-to-wall list. None had confirmed its 2026-27 plan.
• Dormant bermuda. Tan but playable, and some operators argue it plays firmer and faster. Overseeded courses look better and may charge more in winter.

Bentgrass greens stay green all year; Leopard's Chase, just over the state line, has bentgrass greens. Overseeding itself happens in the fall: Tidewater overseeds around Thanksgiving and stays open, and Wild Wing's greens were regrassed to Tif3D bermuda in July 2026, so whether those new greens get overseeded is unknown. Our Myrtle Beach winter conditions guide goes deeper.

What Myrtle Beach golf in winter costs

Rates for winter 2027 dates, seen on November 1, 2026. Course online rates are from each course's own tee sheet; carts are included. Rates change.

For scale, Prestwick's sheet showed $180 to $192 for an April 15, 2027 morning, so the same course costs a little over half as much in mid-January. Barefoot's walk-on rates across the Love, Fazio, Norman and Dye courses run $129 on peak days from November 23, 2026 to January 3, 2027, then drop again in January.

Groups can do better still: an ASGA group outing at Burning Ridge on January 17, 2026 was $46 plus tax per player. For the cheapest rounds in any season, see cheap golf in Myrtle Beach.

Lodging in winter

Rooms follow the golf rates down. HotelPlanner's guest-reported average at the Hampton Inn Broadway at the Beach was $118.56 a night in January 2026 against $262.78 in March 2026. Those are averages of verified stays, not quotes.

For a month or more, the oceanfront resorts publish snowbird rates. For 2026-27 (rates seen November 1, 2026), the Caravelle Resort lists $675 a month for a tower studio in November and December, and the Sea Watch Resort $905 for an oceanfront studio in the same months, both before tax and fees and both with a 55-plus age rule. See Myrtle Beach snowbird rentals and the Myrtle Beach winter golf for snowbirds guide.

Winter dates to know

• Thanksgiving: November 26, 2026. Family rentals are busier that week; otherwise this is the cheapest golf of the year.
• Christmas-New Year week: busier and dearer for rentals.
• Snowbird season: roughly December to March. Monthly oceanfront condo and RV demand peaks, and local courses and senior leagues are busier on weekday mornings, so book a mid-morning or afternoon time if you want a quieter sheet.
• Late February: golf demand starts climbing as spring packages begin.
• Dunes Club: closes on Mondays for maintenance in winter.

Winter golf tips

1. Ask about overseed before you book. Several courses overseeded wall to wall in 2025-26, but none had confirmed its 2026-27 plan.
2. Take the afternoon rate. Prestwick's January 14, 2027 sheet dropped from $103 at 8 a.m. to $77 after noon, and later starts also avoid frost delays.
3. Avoid Monday at the Dunes Club. It closes Mondays for maintenance in winter, and it never takes unaccompanied guests on Fridays, Saturdays or holiday weekends.
4. Expect busier weekday mornings. Local courses and senior leagues are busier on weekday mornings from December to March.
5. Time it for Super Bowl week. Barefoot's $98 any-day rate runs February 10-16, 2027.
6. Watch Thanksgiving week at Tidewater. It overseeds around Thanksgiving and stays open, with temporary conditions for a couple of weeks.

Which courses to play in winter

Pick overseeded courses if the look matters to you, and value courses if it does not. Pine Lakes, the 1927 "Granddaddy," overseeded wall to wall in 2025-26 and sits about 10 minutes from the SkyWheel; see the Pine Lakes course guide. On the south end, International Club and Blackmoor are good-value full-length rounds on the January sheets above; see the International Club course guide and the Blackmoor course guide.

Coming from the fall? Our Myrtle Beach golf in fall guide covers the peak before winter, and best time to golf in Myrtle Beach compares every month. For a warmer Gulf Coast winter, compare Destin golf in winter.

Plan it on the map

Open the Myrtle Beach golf map to see every course and stay along the Grand Strand. The plan builds a winter trip day by day, or a whole winter stay of 2 to 12 weeks with a weekly course rotation from a condo or RV base.