The November 2025 edition of The Traveling Golfer delivers a full-course feast of golf course renovations and culinary delights along the Myrtle Beach Golf Trail, spotlighting four standout properties that have undergone transformative upgrades.
I host the show enjoying and playing on the course upgrades and tasting what the Trail’s culinary upgrades.
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Prestwick Raising Everything
The episode tees off at Prestwick Country Club, where the once-problematic 17th hole has been elevated—literally and figuratively—into a signature par-5.
With improved drainage, reimagined bunkers, and refined bulkheads, Prestwick now plays as polished as it looks.
Plus, Prestwick’s head golf professional Ryan Wilkinson shows me how to play this renovated and tricky hole.
And we find out that Prestwick has been named the South Carolina Golf Course Owners Association’s 2025 Golf Course of the Year.
Sea Trail Getting A Little Pinehurst
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Next, along with Executive Producer Dustin Gilder, who controls the camera on the ground and in the air, we head to Sea Trail’s Maples Course.
This Dan Maples design has been tactically reimagined with new TifEagle greens, widened fairways, and all-weather drainage.
The par-5 8th hole steals the spotlight, offering a dramatic visual and strategic challenge.
Jimmy Biggs, the Director of Golf at Sea Trail, takes out to the hole to see the Pinehurst-like modifications.
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Blackmoor Draining Beautifully
Then we head to Blackmoor Golf Club, the only Gary Player design on the Trail.
Its million-dollar drainage overhaul has transformed the course from flood-prone to fast and firm.
We also get a lesson from Head Golf Professional Dean Halterman on how to play the quirky par-4 8th hole—complete with two distinct routes around and through trees to the green—before indulging in a lunch inspired by the Black Knight himself.
International Club Raising Levels On And Off The Course
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The episode wraps at International Club, where new ownership has elevated the experience with refined course conditions, a revamped clubhouse, and a culinary program that includes craft cocktails and drive-thru gourmet bites.
General Manager Corey Bowers gives us the inside scoop on the renovated Par-5 18th hole along with the sophisticated 19th, known as The Venue, with high-end dishes and cocktails for after the round.
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The show is another example of why Myrtle Beach is definitely the Golf Capital of America but it is becoming one of the top culinary spots throughout the country.
The Myrtle Beach Golf Trail is really hospitality at its finest. And we experienced it. You should too.
The November 2025 episode of The Traveling Golfer is available nationally on network television, cable, and streaming platforms reaching over 170 million subscribers. Viewers can also watch on-demand right here.
Real John Daly is Host and Producer for Traveling Golfer. He writes and produces for the TGD Newswire at www.thegolfdirector.com. He is a former player on the Celebrity Players Tour who still holds a single-digit handicap. He was the host of Real TV, the groundbreaking reality show in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He is currently the Co-Creator and Co-Host of Undercover Jetsetter with Susan Anzalone, a show on travel, food, wine, mixology and, of course, golf. They show you how to jet set the world and at home.
