Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort

What this room asks of a build

• Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort adds South Strand conference capacity for resort-style meetings, association retreats, and golf-adjacent corporate programs.
• The resort provides meeting rooms, golf course access, and beachfront resort amenities near Pawleys Island and Brookgreen Gardens.

Execution priorities

• Treat Litchfield as a standalone South Strand destination rather than an extension of an MBCC program.
• Time bookings against the spring and fall golf shoulder seasons, when regional golf tourism is heaviest.
• Scope meeting needs against a golf-resort floor plan, not an exhibit-hall layout.

Where Litchfield sits on the Grand Strand

Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort is in the Pawleys Island area, part of the South Strand and noticeably removed from the Myrtle Beach tourist core. The drive north to Myrtle Beach proper takes roughly 30 to 40 minutes.

That distance is a feature for groups seeking a quieter setting and a drawback for anything that needs to pair same-day with a Myrtle Beach Convention Center program.

Villa-style lodging here is spread across the resort property rather than stacked into a single hotel tower, which changes how a room block gets organized compared to a standard hotel booking.

A golf-resort community, not a convention property

The resort's identity centers on its golf courses and residential-style villa lodging, not ballrooms or exhibit floors. Meeting space exists but is modest, suited to a retreat agenda rather than a full conference program.

Groups coming here are typically choosing the golf and the setting first, with the meeting agenda set around that experience.

Program fit

Corporate retreats, incentive trips, and small partner gatherings tied to a round of golf are the clearest match, particularly during the spring and fall shoulder seasons when the region's golf tourism calendar peaks.

A citywide trade show or large exhibit program does not belong here. That scale of event needs MBCC's exhibit hall and the lodging density closer to central Myrtle Beach.

Attendees traveling with family sometimes extend a Litchfield stay beyond the meeting dates specifically for the golf and the quieter setting, which is uncommon for a program anchored at MBCC.

Meeting rooms here should be reserved well ahead of a golf-season date, since the resort's own guest demand for both lodging and its golf courses rises sharply during the spring and fall windows.

Deciding whether to pair it with a Myrtle Beach program

Because of the 30 to 40 minute drive, Litchfield generally works best as its own destination trip rather than a satellite event tacked onto an MBCC show happening the same week.

Myrtle Beach International Airport is the closest airport, roughly 30 to 35 minutes away, similar to the drive time into central Myrtle Beach.

A single tee time can typically be arranged even outside a full retreat package, which is worth asking about for a smaller group that still wants a round built into the schedule.

Pawleys Island's own character

Pawleys Island is one of the oldest resort communities on the East Coast and is known for a slower, more understated pace than central Myrtle Beach, along with a long tradition of hand-woven rope hammocks associated with the area.

That history is part of the draw for groups who choose Litchfield deliberately: they're often looking for a setting that feels distinct from the high-rise tourist core to the north, not a convenient extension of it.

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