Golf

agle Nest Golf Club is renowned for having three of the toughest finishing holes on the Grand Strand. Holes 16 through 18 all require knee-knocking shots over water, making them ideal way to finish a round on your next Myrtle Beach golf trip. Player’s remember the 17th hole long after they’ve returned home. The penultimate hole at Eagle Nest –stretching 616 yards from the tips - is the third longest hole on the entire Myrtle Beach golf scene! The course opened in 1969, and a recent facelift ensures that the layout is more than able to withstand the advances of modern technology. Gene Hamm, the course’s original architect, handled the redesign and golfers are the unquestioned beneficiary.

The North Strand layout is home to the longest hole on the Myrtle Beach golf scene – the 767-yard, par 6 18th. Farmstead’s closing hole is so long it can’t be contained by state lines! The 18th holes tees off in South Carolina and concludes in North Carolina, making it one of several occasions golfers cross between the Carolinas while playing the layout. Farmstead’s 18th has also attracted national attention as “Golf Digest” named it one of the “Most 18 Fun Holes in America.” But Farmstead is much more than a one-hole wonder. Set on 480 acres, the links-style layout follows the lands natural contours. Fairways are framed by the area’s native grasses and pristine lakes, providing many memorable visuals and a course that allows golfers to use their creativity. The Willard Byrd design plays more than 7,200 yards from the tips – one of five sets of tees – and it has very generous fairways, contributing to its reputation as a player friendly layout.

Fazio has “perfected a certain formula for creating overwhelming, lovely holes that are meticulously manicured and pleasant to play.” Fazio’s course has attracted national acclaim. Off the tees, players will be greeted with stunning visuals and 18 distinct holes that will be remembered after every round. Practice at a 30-acre lighted practice facility complete with teaching school, New York-style pizzeria and deli sports bar. The Fazio Course at Barefoot has a long list of accolades from Golf Digest, GOLF Magazine and Golfweek.

The newest course on the Myrtle Beach Golf scene, Founders Club quickly carved out its niche on the South Strand. Architect Thomas Walker crafted a completely new layout that has been met with applause. Walker used elevated fairways and waste bunkers that run from tee to green in order to create contrast that appeals to the eye. The bunkers do more than serve as a method of framing the fairways and punishing golfers who hit wayward drives, however. The bunkers double as cart paths – the only pavement on the course surrounds the tees and greens – and combined with the elevated fairways, help provide Founders Club with excellent drainage. The result is carts riding the fairways 365 days per year.

Glen Dornoch rewards shot-making and creativity as opposed to raw power alone. Only three of the course’s 10 par 4s play more than 400 yards from the blue tees, and the first three holes all play under 350 yards. But don’t mistake “short” for easy. Glen Dornoch challenges throughout. “Golf Magazine” called Glen Dornoch a “Top 10 Golf Course in Myrtle Beach” and one trip around the property will make the reasons obvious. A 4-star course, according to “Golf Digest’s Best Places to Play” guide, Glen Dornoch brings golfers back year after year.

Golf at Grande Dunes feels at once completely natural yet effortlessly refined. The expansive Bermudagrass fairways ripple with subtle undulations onto large, modestly contoured Champion Ultradwarf greens. The superior links-style design unfolds itself in a relaxed, gracious manner enticing golfers with beauty while taunting them with danger . Fair but challenging, each golf hole presents a different problem to test the most confident scratch handicapper. What really sets Grande Dunes apart from other public courses is its "private club" atmosphere and amenities. Grande Dunes offers an impeccably groomed golf course with multiple teeing areas that provide a variety of driving situations and angles of approach. Nestled among old water oaks, tall pines and rolling landscape, this is truly a golfer's paradise, which is why Golf Magazine selected Grande Dunes as a “Top 10 You Can Play” list in 2002 and Golf Week not only rated it as one of America’s Best “Top 100 Residential Golf Courses” in 2005, but, most recently in 2007, recognized Grande Dunes as a “Best Course You Can Play”.

This par 72 golf course is operated by Coastal Carolina University’s Professional Golf Management program and the maintained by Horry Georgetown Technical College’s Sports Turf Management Program. The clubhouse has a fully stocked golf shop with officially licensed Chanticleer apparel and a grill with a wide variety of breakfast and lunch entrees. The Hackler Course’s practice facility offers an all grass driving range, practice bunker and a 3,000 square foot putting green to warm you up before your round. We have an excellent tournament program, and specialize in golf outings, corporate outings and clinics; no matter the size. Advance reservations are recommended (especially during the peak season-Mar. Apr. Sep. Oct.) but not always necessary.

This 400-acre historic-site masterpiece burst upon the golf scene in 1987, capturing Golf Digest’s “Best New Public Course in America” honors. Embraced by ancient oaks and pines, this awesome blend of designers Willard Byrd's and Clyde Johnston’s talents continues to garner major publications" applause...named to Golf Digest's "Top 50 Public Courses in America," "Top 5 in South Carolina," and Golf Digest's "Places to Play" 4.5 STARS-2002. And as telling a tribute to the course, is its players' devotion.

The par 71 Heathland course is one of designer Tom Doak’s earliest gems. It takes you back in time to when golf courses were created with an artistic touch and the natural contours of the land dictated the flow of the course.You’ll find holes reminiscent of familiar links, like St.Andrews, and lesser-known courses like Lahinch and Cruden Bay. Windswept hills and deep-faced bunkers are just a few of the challenges that await each player. Enjoy a taste of the old world in the new world. Golf Digest rated Heathland 4.5 STARS and Golf Magazine rated it in the “Top 10 New Resort Courses in the World".

Your day at the Heritage Club is a trip back in time. Built on two of South Carolina’s historic plantations along the scenic Waccamaw River, the Heritage Club is a traditional favorite of Grand Strand golfers. More than 600 acres of giant live oaks, freshwater lakes and marshes have been transformed into a golf course that rivals any course in the Southeast. Recently honored by Golf Digest as #46 in the “Top 100 Public Courses in America- 2007-2008” and rated 4.5 STARS in “Places to Play,” the Heritage Club, a par 71, is a mixture of pure Southern charm and hospitality. It is a “must play” on your next trip.