Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Coastal Carolina alumnus and current PGA Tour member Dustin Johnson will be inducted into the Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the induction ceremony in the Hall of Fame Garden at the Pine Lakes Country Club.
 
Johnson and the band Hootie & the Blowfish, which holds an annual fundraising celebrity tournament and concert on the Grand Strand, are being honored this year.
 
A three-time All-American and NCAA Player of the Year finalist at Coastal from 2004-07, Johnson won seven collegiate tournaments and was the 2005 NCAA East Regional Champion. The three-time Big South Golfer of the Year (2005, 2006 and 2007), the Lexington, S.C. native led the Chanticleers to a fifth-place finish at the 2007 NCAA National Championship.
 
After turning pro, Johnson has won 20 PGA Tour events, including the 2016 U.S. Open and most recently the 2019 World Golf Championships – Mexico Championship just last weekend. He has won at least one event in each of his 12 years on the tour and has held the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking for a total of 81 weeks, including 64 consecutive weeks in 2017-18. Johnson has represented the United States in a combined seven Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup competitions.
 
Johnson has served as an ambassador for the Myrtle Beach golf industry through a multi-year contract with marketing cooperative Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday and remains tied to the area through his golf school, The Dustin Johnson Golf School, at the TPC Myrtle Beach in Murrells Inlet.
 
He also donates to causes including junior golf in the area through the Dustin Johnson Foundation and annually sponsors the Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship at the TPC, which features an international field and many of the top juniors in the country. It will be held for the fourth time this year March 1-3.
 
Johnson and the band will bring the Myrtle Beach Golf HOF membership to 27 at the invitation-only dinner and ceremony, which will benefit the Project Golf initiative.
 
Existing members are: General James Hackler, Cecil Brandon, Clay Brittain, Carolyn Cudone, Jimmy D'Angelo, Robert White, George 'Buster' Bryan, Charlie Byers, Paul Himmelsbach, Gary Schaal, J. Egerton Burroughs, J.Bryan Floyd, Edward Jerdon, Casper Leon Benton, George Hilliard, Critt Gore, Russell 'Doc' Burgess, Sandy Miles, Phillip Goings, Edward Burroughs, Kelly Tilghman, Vernon Brake, Bob LeComte, Ed Bullock and Larry Leagans.
 
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