pga tour myrtle beach tournament

Myrtle Beach Classic

Latest golf videos, everything that happened in a thrilling 2024 golf season.

• Terms of Use
• Privacy Policy
• Your US State Privacy Rights
• Children's Online Privacy Policy
• Interest-Based Ads
• About Nielsen Measurement
• Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
• Disney Ad Sales Site
• Work for ESPN
• Corrections

2024 Myrtle Beach Classic final results: Prize money payout, PGA Tour leaderboard and how much each golfer won

The 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic final leaderboard is headed by winner Chris Gotterup, who earns his first PGA Tour title with a win at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Gotterup won his first PGA Tour title in a runaway, winning by a half-dozen shots on 22-under 262 in the inaugural edition of the tournament.

Alistair Docherty and Davis Thompson finished joint runners-up this week, earning critical FedEx Cup points.

Gotterup won the $720,000 winner's share of the $4,000,000 purse.

Myrtle Beach Classic recap notes

Gotterup earned 25 Official World Golf Ranking points with the win in the 72-hole stroke-play championship, which helps his place in the world ranking.

Gotterup earned 300 FedEx Cup points, with the PGA Tour points offered at the opposite-field level for this event.

A total of 70 (of 132) players finished the tournament after a 36-hole cut was made in this event. One amateur, 16-year-old Blades Brown, made the cut and did not get paid for his finish.

The 2024 PGA Tour schedule continues next week with the 2024 PGA Championship .

2024 Myrtle Beach Classic final leaderboard, results and prize money payouts

Click header to sort; rotate mobile screens for details

About the author

Ryan Ballengee

Ryan Ballengee is founder and editor of Golf News Net. He has been writing and broadcasting about golf for nearly 20 years. Ballengee lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his family. He is currently a +2.6 USGA handicap, and he talks about golf on various social platforms:

X or Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanballengee Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanballengeegolf Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanballengee YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanballengeegolf

Ballengee can be reached by email at ryan[at]thegolfnewsnet.com

Ryan occasionally links to merchants of his choosing, and GNN may earn a commission from sales generated by those links. See more in GNN's affiliate disclosure.

Tour Championship

East Lake Golf Club

HOW SCOTTIE GOT SO GOOD

PGA Tour announces new event in Myrtle Beach

The Dunes and Beach Club will host a new PGA Tour event starting in 2024.

The PGA Tour announced Wednesday that a new tournament in Myrtle Beach has been added to the schedule.

The Myrtle Beach Classic will debut in 2024. The event is sponsored by Visit Myrtle Beach and will be played at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club.

“We are thrilled to announce the debut of the Myrtle Beach Classic, an exciting new playing opportunity for our members in one of our country’s most recognized and visited destinations,” said PGA Tour president Tyler Dennis. “With its incredible passion for golf, the Myrtle Beach community is a natural fit to bring this tournament to life.”

The Myrtle Beach Classic will be a part of the tour’s regular season schedule and marked as a full-field additional event, to be played in the same week as a designated event. The event will boast a purse of $3.9 million and award 300 FedEx Cup points to the winner.

The Dunes and Beach Club ranks 13th in Golf Digest’s latest rankings of the Best Courses in South Carolina. The course has previously hosted events on the PGA Tour Champions circuit and served as the site of the 1973 Q-School Finals, where Ben Crenshaw took medalist honors.

The Myrtle Beach Classic will be the second tour stop in South Carolina, following the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head. The tour had previously played events at Congaree the past two years in the Palmetto Championship and CJ Cup, although both events were considered one-offs.

The PGA Tour is expected to release its full schedule for 2024 within the next 30 to 60 days. Next season’s schedule will begin in January rather than a fall start. The fall series will now be used for players who finish outside the top 70 in this year’s FedEx Cup standings to solidify their tour cards for 2024.

More from Golf Digest

Trending now.

PGA TOUR releases tournament dates for Myrtle Beach Classic

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Golf fans in Myrtle Beach have a lot to look forward to.

The PGA Tour released its 2024 FedExCup Season schedule on Monday, and for the first time, it will be making a stop in the Grand Strand for the Myrtle Beach Classic.

According to the PGA, the Myrtle Beach Classic will take place May 9 through May 12 at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club.

RELATED COVERAGE | PGA TOUR announces Myrtle Beach Classic to debut in 2024

The Myrtle Beach Classic, which will be classified as a Full-Field event, will be part of the PGA TOUR’s 2024 FedEx Cup schedule that will have a $3.9 million purse with 300 FedEx Cup points awarded to the champion.

In total, the 2024 FedExCup Regular season will consist of 36 events that start in January of next year.

“We are excited about the roll-out of the PGA TOUR’s reimagined schedule and what the season will offer to our fans: a January start with stars competing head-to-head more often, alongside the weekly drama of life-altering moments and the emergence of new stars,” PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan said.

The Myrtle Beach Classic will also be the same weekend as the Wells Fargo Championship which takes place a the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte.

Click here for the entire schedule.

If you are interested in learning about volunteer opportunities for the Myrtle Beach Classic, click here.

Copyright 2023 WMBF. All rights reserved.

Myrtle Beach area restaurant reveals it’s officially closing

Coroner IDs man hit, killed by car in Carolina Forest

New SCHP report reveals contributing factor in deadly Horry County beach crash

Virginia State Police trooper accused of sexual assault in Myrtle Beach

Judge denies bond again for suspect in missing N.C. man’s murder

‘It could create a big issue’: Neighbors weigh in on proposed new 7-Eleven

Agencies send condolences for State Transport officer who died after training exercise

Father of Georgia school shooting suspect arrested on charges that include second-degree murder

Latest news.

‘They’re very engaged’: Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office sees positive results from inmate rehab program

Deputies investigating after body found on the side of the road in Lumberton area

Police: Masked men make off with cash after robbing Dollar General at gunpoint in Mullins

Myrtle Beach launching tool to help clean up problematic areas, homeless camps

FIRST ALERT: Soggy start to the weekend, cooler weather makes a return

SC schools superintendent addresses concerns about cellphone ban in emergencies

Get Tickets

May 8-11, 2025.

Be the first to know when 2025 tournament tickets go on sale.

Stay up-to-date on 2025 ticket sales date and other special promotions by joining our mailing list below.

SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER

Follow the PGA TOUR on the new PGA TOUR app , PGATOUR.COM , and on social media.

Dates for 2025 Myrtle Beach Classic Have Been Set

The dates for the PGA TOUR’s Myrtle Beach Classic are set for 2025. The event returns to The Dunes Golf & Beach Club May 8-11, 2025.

In 2024, the event drew more than 40,000 attendees and captivated the Grand Strand.

“Year one exceeded our expectations, and the community is eager to see what is in store for year two,” tournament director Darren Nelson said in a statement. “With the backing of our title sponsor Visit Myrtle Beach and the support from our business community and public, Myrtle Beach has proven to be a great home for a PGA TOUR event in just one year.”

Data from Zartico showed that 83 percent of the event’s attendees in 2024 were visitors to the Myrtle Beach area.

The layout of the course at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club will not change for 2025, but that “players may anticipate a golf course that will be a bit more challenging, without any major changes.”

“The players can expect that the golf course will be very similar to last year,” said Steve Hamilton, director of agronomy at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club. “There won’t be any major changes for 2025. This golf course now can be as challenging as the TOUR wants to set it up. I think you’ll see that the rough will be a little taller. It was at two inches this year. Maybe we will get it as high as three inches next year, depending on the weather.”

The winner of the Myrtle Beach Classic is once again expected to earn a spot in the PGA Championship, which will be held the following weekend at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte.

Tickets for the 2025 Myrtle Beach Classic go on sale this winter.

Latest Articles

The Week in Social Media: Aug. 30 – Sept. 5, 2024

Myrtle Beach Golf Report: From the Poker Table to the Golf Course

Current Playing Conditions at Heritage, Barefoot-Dye, Panther’s Run & Caledonia

SIGN UP TODAY! Bryan Bros Shootout Set for Nov. 2 at Tidewater Golf Club

Advertisement

2024 myrtle beach classic prize money payouts for each pga tour player, share this article.

Chris Gotterup’s career earnings on the PGA Tour through 26 events was $837,558.

He just about matched that by winning for the first time at the inaugural Myrtle Beach Classic.

Gotterup led by four after 54 holes and ended up winning by six at the third opposite-field event on the PGA Tour’s 2024 schedule, which was held at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club in South Carolina.

Full prize money and FedEx Cup points only follow victories in the non-additional events, but, a win is a win and Gotterup banked $720,000 for his victory. He also earned a spot in the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in five days.

Check out the 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic prize money payouts for each PGA Tour golfer.

Check out the best equipment you can buy: Best drivers for 2024 | Best irons for 2024 | Best putters for 2024 | Best golf balls for 2024

Most Popular

These liv golf players are in danger of being relegated with one regular-season event left, which 10 golf courses have been tagged in the most instagram posts, dan pohl to cameron champ: longest drivers on pga tour since 1980, exclusive: rory mcilroy, scottie scheffler to face bryson dechambeau, brooks koepka in tv battle, five questions with jordan spieth, who dishes on his wrist surgery, justin thomas drops all-time response to presidents cup snub: he's becoming a dad in late november, golfweek's best 2024: top public-access golf courses in every state, ranked.

• August 26 - 30, 2024
• 1-800-833-8798

2024 World Amateur Prize Winners!

• Posted On August 31, 2024

We’re thrilled to announce the prize winners for the 2024 Myrtle Beach World Amateur! Each night, we’ll be revealing more lucky participants who have won exciting prizes throughout the week. Make sure to check the table below daily to see if your name has been added to the list of winners. To claim your prize, simply bring your ID to the prize claim booth at the 19th Hole. Congratulations to all of our winners so far, and remember to keep checking back as more prizes will be announced each evening. Good luck!

List is updated as of 8/29/24

List of Winners

World Champion: Upendra Modak interview

After 72 holes of stroke play competition, we crowned our 2024 World Champion on a beautiful Friday afternoon at the Grande Dunes Resort Course. Meet the winner of the 2024 World Amateur Handicap Championship.

We’re thrilled to announce the prize winners for the 2024 Myrtle Beach World Amateur! Each night, we’ll be revealing more lucky participants who have won

Meet Your 2024 World Champion!

LET YOUR GOLF DREAMS BECOME A REALITY

Take your game to the next level

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN (DON'T MISS OUT!) Register today for $729!

2024 PLAYER Count:

• What's Included
• Rules & Regulations
• What You Win
• Privacy Policy
• Terms & Conditions
• Bar Offerings
• Entertainment

Already Registered?

• Current Players
• More Ways to Play
• Referral Program
• Casa de Campo Pairs
• Travel Information
• Golf Courses
• Host Hotels
• Sightseeing Tours
• PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com
• PGA TOUR Superstore
• OnCore Golf
• Crown Royal
• Become a Sponsor

Copyright © 2024 Myrtle Beach World Amateur Handicap Championship

• SI SWIMSUIT
• SUBSCRIBE NOW

From a Mayor to Moving Day, Myrtle Beach World Am Delivers Another Memorable Experience

John schwarb | 3 hours ago.

David Deese answered sheepishly when asked what he did for a living while waiting on the tee.

“I’m a mechanic,” he said, followed by a long pause. “And a mayor.”

I didn’t have “politician” on my Myrtle Beach World Amateur bingo card for playing partners this year, but you never know who you’ll meet at golf’s biggest amateur tournament.

Last week I drove from my home in Indianapolis to the South Carolina golf mecca for the third consecutive summer, meaning at this point that the World Am is now my annual tradition. But I still have a long way to go to catch up to those who have come to Myrtle Beach one week before Labor Day many more times to tee it up with strangers in the closest thing most will ever get to tournament competition.

The third time was the charm for me with no rain, no hurricane watches and some decent scores, plus another group of unforgettable partners.

Swing … Repeat

Sometimes you get the vibe from a partner before you shake his hand, and that was the case with Kevin on the first day. The seven-time World Am participant, and my cart partner, wore a shirt with loud writing on the back:

HOW TO GOLF: SWING SWEAR FIND BALL REPEAT

Alrighty, then. I’ve never seen that much text on a golf shirt, much less on the back of one. But it was a collared shirt, keeping it classy.

No complaints about Kevin as a cart-ner though, he was a nice guy while taking one for his team. 

The World Am is a handicapped championship, with mostly net flights out of 63 total flights and 3,000 players. In my case, I was in the men’s 50-59 age group of 50 players with handicap indexes from 9.3-10.7 (middle-age moderate hacks). The format is four rounds of stroke play over four days and the winner of each flight comes back for a fifth day for a final round to determine an overall winner. My flight alone had players from 25 states and Canada—alas I didn’t play with the guy from Hawaii.

For friends of various ages and abilities who travel together, the World Am can be a logistical feat given that more than 50 courses are used from south of Myrtle Beach up into North Carolina. Either you juggle transportation or play in the same flights—which Kevin was doing as a 20 handicap. He recruited a friend to play for the first time this year and didn’t want to separate every day, so he played in his friend’s flight, as the higher handicap is required to do.

He wasn't going to come close to winning the flight, but Kevin played to his number while swinging, finding the ball and repeating. There may have also been some swearing but I can’t pin that all on him.

World of Equipment

Also in my Monday group was Chris, who had a unique addition to his golf bag—a secondary small stand bag that clipped to his main bag. After many tee shots he’d unclip his small bag, containing a couple short irons and a putter, and walk the rest of the hole.

I respected that as a frequent walker back home, but not sure I could do that for four rounds in the sweltering humidity of Myrtle Beach. The setup I saw in my second round was far better for the conditions.

Greg Hogsed (“call me Hoggie”) from Greer, S.C., rigged up a small battery-powered fan above the basket in his cart, just behind the seats, and ran a hose from the fan to a water bag to create a cool mist. He was in my group but alas not in my cart—his playing partner hit the jackpot.

And that wasn’t Hoggie’s only novelty, he shunned the driver in favor of stinger irons off the tee for the entire round. Late on the second nine, after watching another bullet, I asked what he was hitting. He smiled and showed me a PXG 2-iron.

In 3,000 golf bags at the World Am (3,001 counting Chris’s little-brother bag), I’d set the over/under on 2-irons at a dozen. Call it another feature of the game’s biggest tournament: seeing gear you might not find back home. 

One Round to Remember

The pressure is real at the World Am, unless you’re used to 72 holes of stroke play where you putt everything out and follow the rules to the letter. On my third go-round, I’m finally getting a little better at it—and this year had four rounds to show for it.

In my first year, 2022, torrential rains hit a couple holes into the first round and I went back to my hotel certain that play was done for the day. I was wrong, the rain stopped and everyone else in my flight slogged through to dreadful scores, which were still better than my no-card.

Last year, Hurricane Idalia skirted the area during tournament week and as a precaution, tournament organizers nixed one round.

But this year the four rounds went off perfectly with no rain, just some soft conditions in parts from the deluge of Hurricane Debby earlier in the month.

First-round butterflies are normal whether you’re in Myrtle Beach or the Masters, I shot a jittery 91 and was in the middle of the pack (the tournament updates leaderboards every evening and if you’re in the top 10, you can see your name on big screens at the convention center during the World’s Largest 19th Hole gathering).   

But things got better from there, culminating with a moving day 79 at Myrtle Beach National’s West course, a tamer layout ripe for a 10 handicap in need of a confidence boost. That moved me into a tie for 10th and a final-round 88 at tight and quirky Glen Dornoch, winding through the woods and alongside the Intracoastal Waterway, inched me up to solo 9th. The top five finishers earn PGA Tour Superstore gift cards. I’ll shoot for that next year.

The Pride of Ruby

Funny how you tend to play better with a good group, and the third round was my favorite. My cart driver was Dan from New Hampshire, James from a previous round had returned and the mayor was our fourth. 

Deese was a first-time World Am player, making me look like a veteran, traveling to town with his brother and son. 

His jurisdiction is Ruby, S.C., and when I asked him how big his town was he said “there’s more people on this golf course.”

Myrtle Beach National has 54 holes. The town of Ruby has 350 people. That’s not to say Deese doesn’t hear from a lot of his constituents; he laughed and said you’d be surprised. 

After a couple more minutes discussing small-town politics, we teed off on the 4th hole and returned to far more serious business. A memorable round in another unforgettable week.

JOHN SCHWARB

John Schwarb is a senior editor for Sports Illustrated covering golf. Prior to joining SI in March 2022, he worked for ESPN.com, PGATour.com, Tampa Bay Times and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He is the author of The Little 500: The Story of the World's Greatest College Weekend. A member of the Golf Writers Association of America, Schwarb has a bachelor's in journalism from Indiana University.

Follow johnschwarb

The Creator Classic captures attention at East Lake

Change Text Size

ATLANTA – Scottie Scheffer arrived to a crammed East Lake Golf Club practice green. On his right, Nick “Fat Perez” Stubbe of Bob Does Sports worked on his alignment. Tyler Toney of Dude Perfect stood to Scheffler's left, practicing his speed.

At least on this afternoon, they shared the spotlight.

Scheffler found an open hole at the back of the green and began a putting drill alongside his coach Phil Kenyon, finding a bit of calm amidst a frenetic scene as he prepped for the TOUR Championship. Soon after, Perez and Toney walked off heading for their tee time with camera crews behind them and a horde of shouting fans following.

Bryan Bros’ interview after regulation at Creator Classic

“The response from fans and from the content creators themselves has been overwhelming,” PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan said Wednesday.

It was a momentous day for YouTube golf, which has slowly begun to intertwine with the professional golf world. In March, a mix of YouTube creators and pro golfers competed in “The Q at Myrtle Beach,” an 18-hole qualifying event that awarded an exemption for the PGA TOUR’s Myrtle Beach Classic. It was won by Matt Atkins, a former PGA TOUR player who has made cameos on the Bryans’ channel. TOUR pros make regular guest appearances for creators, who morphed into friends. The Bryan brothers and fellow content creator Grant Horvat hosted an alternative ESPN+ stream on Thursday and Friday of the FedEx St. Jude Championship, with Horvat calling the golf on-site at TPC Southwind.

Wednesday’s event was perhaps the most unprecedented, as the creators were the first to play the renovated East Lake on television, less than 24 hours before the first round of the TOUR Championship was scheduled to begin.

It caught the attention of plenty pros. Joel Dahmen provided on-course commentary for the broadcast, caddies Austin Kaiser and John Ellis watched Perez tee off and Akshay Bhatia watched from his rental home that backed up to the course.

Fat Perez’s interview during playoff at Creator Classic

The event mirrored the competitive, but zany YouTube scene that many of the creators occupy. The event began with ceremonial tee shots from Barstool's Fore Play members Riggs, Trent and Frankie. Left-handed Mac Boucher, a Canadian trick-shot artist, flipped a right-handed driver upright and smacked his opening tee shot 285 yards. Mason Nutt, of BustaJack Golf, hit driver off the deck. Garrett Clark, of Good Good, made a quintuple bogey on the par-4 12th. Steele, who hosts Callaway’s Range Talk, uncorked a 346-yard drive on the 10th, touching 195 mph ball speed. The whole way, TV, Netflix and YouTube cameras documented the experience. Several hundred fans remained when play finished just before 8 p.m. ET.

The top-four finishers after eight holes of stroke play advanced to a one-hole sudden-death playoff. Bryan finished 2-under in the eight-hole stroke-play portion, while Steele, Walsh and Kwon carded 1-under. Kwon won with a birdie on the 18th hole, pouring in a 15-foot putt.

See the full leaderboard below.