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OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic Promises $30M Economic Boost

5/6/2026

Summary

Visit Myrtle Beach Hosts

Visit Myrtle Beach is preparing to host the OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic.
Organizers say the tournament will generate $15.8 million in impact, bringing the total to over $30.2 million.
The event will draw golfers, celebrities and spectators from 12 countries, with attendance 45,000 in 2025 and 15,000 on a Saturday in 2024.
Golfers played 225,000 rounds in May, prompting Visit Myrtle Beach to book over 9,600 room nights across the Grand Strand in 2025.

Summary

Koepka Favored

The 2026 Myrtle Beach Classic opens Thursday at Dunes Golf and Beach Club as a 120-player opposite-field event.
Brooks Koepka, returning from LIV Golf, is the slight favorite at +1500 per FanDuel.
Davis Thompson is expected outside the top five at +1600 after only one solo top-10 this year.
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen is a top-3 contender at +2500 after six cuts in eight starts and a top-100 strokes-gained rank.

History

Historical Context

In 1994 the PGA Tour held the 21st Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass near Jacksonville, a flagship event with a $2.5 million purse won by Greg Norman. Its high profile and spectator draw demonstrated golf’s capacity to boost local economies, a pattern later echoed by newer tournaments such as South Carolina’s OneFlight Classic.

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Visit Myrtle Beach Hosts

Visit Myrtle Beach is preparing to host the OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic.
Organizers say the tournament will generate $15.8 million in impact, bringing the total to over $30.2 million.
The event will draw golfers, celebrities and spectators from 12 countries, with attendance 45,000 in 2025 and 15,000 on a Saturday in 2024.
Golfers played 225,000 rounds in May, prompting Visit Myrtle Beach to book over 9,600 room nights across the Grand Strand in 2025.

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