1. Aberdeen Country Club will take you into the game of golf in the true Scottish tradition. All three nines are reminiscent of those early days of golf with the "Meadows," "Highlands" and "Woodlands" nines. Tucked among towering hardwoods and the Waccamaw River, features extensive mounding, wide landing areas, and lush bermuda greens.
18 holes, 6,850 yards,
par 72, 742.9 rating, slope 138
Designed by: Tom Jackson
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2. Blackmoor Golf Club is a vintage Gary Player Design. It is the only golf course in the Myrtle Beach area designed by world-renowned golf course architect and the winner of the career Grand Slam. Blackmoor is a fun course because it offers golfers of all ages and abilities a friendly but true test of their game.
18 holes, 6,614 yards,
par 72, 71.1 rating, slope 126
Designed by: Gary Player
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3. Litchfield Country Club developed on what was part of Litchfield Plantation, one of the largest plantations on the Waccamaw Neck. Today the golf course and stately Clubhouse are nestled among giant live oaks that date back to the early 18th Century. It's among the oldest, and remains one of the most prestigious clubs on the Grand Strand.
18 holes, 6,692 yards,
par 72, 72.9 rating, slope 132
Designed by: Willard Byrd
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4. Long Bay Club is a Jack Nicklaus "signature course," it is far better than many of his higher-priced spreads. It features deep pot bunkers, vast waste areas, extensive mounding, tight fairways, fast greens and a great little par-3 (No. 13). Their 10th hole has become one of the most recognized in Myrtle Beach golf.
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18 holes, 7,025 yards,
par 72, 74.6 rating, slope 141
Designed by: Jack Nicklaus
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5. Myrtle Beach National - Kings North was named "South Carolina's Course of the Year for 1996" and in 1997 Golf Digest ranked it among the "Top 10 New Upscale Public Courses in America." There are lakes, ponds, and marshes coming into play on sixteen holes. This track is certainly one of Arnie's best, and is also one of the best tracks in the area.
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18 holes, 7,017 yards,
par 72, 72.6 rating, slope 136
Designed by:
Arnold Palmer/Francis Duane
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5. Myrtle Beach National - SouthCreek is the easier of the three MBN courses. Water comes into play on only six holes, and the well-guarded greens are relatively small. Winding through wetlands and hardwood forests, it's a pretty flat tract, but uneven lies are common because of some of the mounding, and their new MiniVerde Ultradwarf Bermuda greens are a big plus.
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18 holes, 6,416 yards,
par 72, 70.5 rating, slope 123
Designed by:
Arnold Palmer/Francis Duane
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5. Myrtle Beach National - West features wide fairways, numerous doglegs, fairway bunkers, natural hazards and large well-bunkered greens. Winding through a pine forest, wayward shots can easily find trees blocking your next shot. They virtually rebuilt this course in 2003, and conditions have been consistent ever since.
18 holes, 6,866 yards,
par 72, 73.0 rating, slope 119
Designed by:
Arnold Palmer/Francis Duane
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6. Pawleys Plantation is a classic Lowcountry design that you can play many times and never have the same shot twice. With subtle greens enveloped by sand bunkers, challenging fairways dotted with water and unique obstacles evident on every hole, this is a player's course that demands strategy, ingenuity and concentration.
18 holes, 7,026 yards,
par 72, 74.8 rating, slope 140
Designed by: Jack Nicklaus
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7. River Club was one of the first "plantation" golf courses. It features wide-open fairways and large greens with some elevations and undulations. There is water in play on 15 holes here, and over 100 bunkers await errant shots. Their signature hole, the 518-yard, par 5, 18th was rated as one of the best finishing holes in the area.
18 holes, 6,677 yards,
par 72, 72.2 rating, slope 125
Designed by: Tom Jackson
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8. Tournament Players Club is currently ranked No. 8 in South Carolina on GolfWeek's Best Courses You Can Play. Dubbed "The Pinehurst No. 2 of Myrtle Beach," features narrow, wind-swept fairways combined with water features and wetlands that come into play on 11 holes - spread throughout the tract. The PGA Tour's long-knocker, Dustin Johnson, can often be found launching missiles here.
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18 holes, 6,950 yards,
par 72, 74.0 rating, slope 145
Designed by:
Tom Fazio/Lanny Wadkins
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9. Tradition Golf Club, like the name says, this is a traditional-style layout in the land of plantation-style courses. It features wide fairways, lots of sand, water in play on ten holes, seven holes in the marshes, large, undulating greens, and two island greens one of them is a par 4.
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18 holes, 6,875 yards,
par 72, 72.6 rating, slope 132
Designed by: Ron Garl
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10. Wachesaw Plantation East overlooking the Waccamaw River, is one of only a handful of private, member-owned golf clubs on the Grand Strand. It features generous rolling fairways, buff-colored bunkers, lots of Love grass covered mounds and some exceptional multi-level, elevated greens.
18 holes, 6,933 yards,
par 72, 74.1 rating, slope 135
Designed by:Clyde Johnston
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11. Waterway Hills Golf Club located on Restaurant Row, has three nines, the Lakes, Oaks and Ravine. The Ravine is shortest of the three, and gets its name from a 70-yard wide chasm. You can only get to this facility via the most unique mode of transportation in the world of golf, an aerial tramway across the Intracoastal Waterway.
18 holes, 6,461 yards,
par 72, 71.0 rating, slope 119
Designed by:
Robert Trent Jones/Rees Jones
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12. Wild Wing Plantation – Avocet features multiple and elevated tees, wide landing areas, contoured fairways, double fairways, grass bunkers, moderate amount of sand, strategically placed water, fast, elevated greens. Named in 1994 as one of "The Top 10 Best New Resort Courses in America," and in 1997 named the 14th hole as one of "The Best 18 Holes You Can Play."
18 holes, 7,127 yards,
par 72, 74.2 rating, slope 129
Designed by:
Larry Nelson/Jeff Brauer
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13. Willbrook Plantation Golf Club is built on the site of two rice plantations, and is a mix between plantation and traditional styles. It features lakes, old oaks, wildlife, waterways, numerous traps, waste bunkers, wetlands and average size, but tough, greens. Their 1st and 15th holes have received some local renown. They completely restored their greens to their original size with hearty Champions Bermuda.
18 holes, 6,722 yards,
par 72, 72.6 rating, slope 133
Designed by: Dan Maples
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