That does not bode well, methinks. In most other countries, public sensitivity to smoking isn't as great as in the United States. International business hotels may be familiar with the concept of no-smoking rooms, but you may find them scarcer at the lower end of the budget scale. That would leave you with the task of finding another, similarly priced hotel that can guarantee nonsmoking rooms. England's crown system for grading hotels is described at the British Tourist Authority site.
Myrtle Beach has dozens of courses, and many of the resorts in the area offer packages.
You can get descriptions of them in a golf vacations planner available from Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday , a nonprofit association representing many of the golf courses. The guide has good descriptions of the properties and clubs, as well as photographs and airline information. There's a golf section on the Myrtle Beach official tourism site. In an earlier column, a reader asked about clean, inexpensive hotels in San Francisco. The Edward II Inn is very nice.