It's always been kind of amazing to me that Myrtle Beach can be the golf epicenter of the East Coast while being so difficult to get to.

It's an hour or more from Interstate-95, depending on traffic, and the area is very dependent on air travel.

That's why it was bad news when officials finally found out, a month after the fact according to the Sun News, that Delta subsidiary Comair has pulled its direct flights from New York and Boston, two of the Grand Strand's hotspots, citing declining passengers and high fuel costs.

Remember, Air Tran dropped its Atlanta service last year to Myrtle Beach.

Thank goodness for Spirit Air, the low-cost carrier that serves the Grand Strand. Still, with the loss of every flight, competition becomes less intense, which means fares tend to get more expensive.

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