| This is the season for golf in Myrtle Beach. Mild, | | | | the game of golf. |
| warm spring weather, cool ocean breezes and a | | | | Myrtle Beach SC always has several courses |
| diverse array of golf courses continue to keep | | | | listed in Golf Digests Top 100 Public Courses. In |
| Myrtle Beach one of the most popular golf | | | | 2007 there were ten listed as follows: |
| destinations in the world. From the finely crafted | | | | No. 28 The Dunes Golf and Beach Club, Myrtle |
| courses of North Myrtle Beach to the naturally | | | | Beach |
| beautiful and scenic courses of the southern | | | | No. 41 Tidewater Golf Course and Plantation, NMB |
| portion of the Grand Strand there is something | | | | No. 46 Heritage Club, Pawleys Island |
| for every golfer of every skill level. | | | | No. 53 Barefoot Resort Love Course, NMB |
| Myrtle Beach is located on the Atlantic shoreline in | | | | No. 62 Rivers Edge Golf Club, Shalotte, NC |
| South Carolina approximately thirty miles from | | | | No. 73 Tiger's Eye Golf Links, Sunset Beach, NC |
| the North Carolina and South Carolina border. It is | | | | No. 76 Myrtle Beach National's King's North Course, |
| at the center of what is known as the Grand | | | | MB |
| Strand. There are some one hundred plus, golf | | | | No. 86 Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, Pawleys Island |
| courses scattered throughout the Grand Strand | | | | No. 87 True Blue Plantation, Pawleys Island |
| which starts in Georgetown South Carolina and | | | | No. 92 Barefoot Resort Fazio Course, NMB |
| stretches through Pawleys Island, Litchfield, | | | | Myrtle Beach is home to many major golf |
| Murrells Inlet, Garden City, Surfside Beach, Myrtle | | | | tournaments annually. One is the World Amateur |
| Beach, North Myrtle Beach and continues to the | | | | Handicap Championship. The tournament is the |
| North and South Carolina border. | | | | world's larges amateur golf tournament with more |
| The golf courses in the southern portion of the | | | | than 5000 players and played on more than sixty |
| Grand Strand and into Myrtle Beach are known | | | | of the area's courses. |
| for their historical value. Many are built on what | | | | Although Myrtle Beach has no public transportation |
| were once rice plantations in the heart of the old | | | | interstate highways and air travel can easily |
| south and offer the experience of enjoying | | | | access it. US Airway, Delta/Comer, Delta/ASA, |
| resting in restored Southern Plantation homes | | | | Continental, Spirit Airlines, Air Tran and Pan Am |
| between rounds. The courses have wide | | | | are some of the carriers that fly into the Myrtle |
| fairways, and are beautifully landscaped with huge | | | | Beach Airport from all over the world. |
| oak trees hung with Spanish moss, giant azaleas, | | | | Most golfers who come to Myrtle Beach take |
| magnolias and are in themselves a step back into | | | | advantage of economical Golf Vacation Packages |
| time. | | | | that also include accommodations. There many |
| There are newer courses to the North most | | | | different types of accommodation available from |
| notably in Barefoot Landing. These courses were | | | | motel rooms to affordable privately owned |
| designed by some of the well-known greats such | | | | condos and luxury oceanfront penthouses all along |
| as Tom Fazio and Greg Norman. These | | | | the Grand Strand. |
| Challenging courses provide a finely tuned edge to | | | | |