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Driving or flying to Myrtle Beach: What's the better road trip?

Monday December 11, 2006 | 03:08:23 281 words, 2663 views
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Spend any time in Myrtle Beach and you’ll run across tons of golfers who’ve driven in from up and down the East Coast.

From Washington D.C.. From New York City. Heck, I ran into one group of golfers who drove in from Boston in a beaten up Camry.

That’s a 15-hour, four-minute, 899-mile haul by the hardly always reliable calculations of Maquest. Of course if you watched the Patriots get mauled by the Dolphins Sunday, you may have wished you hit the endless open road too.

With plane fares to Myrtle Beach still relatively cheap, it is something of a mystery why so many golfers drive in. Until you consider the price that many rental car companies are asking for these days (three days in a rental car can often be more than your whole roundtrip airfare). Then, it’s suddenly a whole lot clearer. Especially if you have a group of about four golfers and plenty of hands to share the wheel.

Add in the fact that Myrtle Beach is just a straight shot for anyone along 95 and the convenience of a flight (especially with some of the airport screening today) isn’t such a landslide. Hooters Air probably should have thought of this.

This brings up another concept though: The romance of the road trip.

Is there just something about driving somewhere that makes the journey filled with more excitement than a quick flight in?

Have your favorite golf trips been by air or pedal to the ground?

TravelGolf.com’s Tim McDonald often drives through the swamps of the South. But then his Hybrid breaks down or gets blown off the road and someone has to go pick him up.

Comments:

Comment from: Joachim [Visitor] Email · http://www.snigles.de
I have never been on a golf trip. Maybe I will have one next year! Thanks you for your blog!
Regards
Joe
Permalink 2006-12-11 @ 03:39
Comment from: Shanks [Member] Email · http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/shanks
Made the 8 hour drive from Wash DC many, many times. You're absolutely right about the car rental factor. And considering the time involved in the whole airport experience nowadays, I'd save only a few hours each way. But anymore, my guys prefer to hit the Pinehurst area. Besides the phenomenal golf (not just the Pinehurst resort either) it's 2.5 hours closer, making it easier to drive and play on the arrival and departure days.
Permalink 2006-12-11 @ 15:22

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