The summer is starting to roll, and it’s time to think about planning a golf trip. Myrtle Beach is the #1 golf destination in the U.S., offering more than eighty courses–along with great food, terrific nightlife, and gorgeous beaches for when you’re not on the course.
Many of the great modern architects are on display among the wide variety of courses in the Myrtle Beach area, including Tom Fazio (Barefoot Resort and TPC Myrtle Beach), Pete Dye (Barefoot and Prestwick), Rees Jones (Arcadian Shores), Tom Doak (Legends Resort) and Jack Nicklaus (Pawleys Plantation and Long Bay).
The Dunes Golf & Beach Club, perennially among the Golf Digest Top 100 public courses, was originally designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. in 1948, with Rees Jones providing updates and renovations in 2003, 2013 and 2018.
And then there are the two masterpieces left to us by Mike Strantz at Caledonia and True Blue. We’ve included the Top 5 Golf Resorts and the Top 30 Public Courses in the Myrtle Beach area on the basis of GolfDay Rating, but a complete list of MB public courses is also available by visiting the GolfDay Course Search Page.
If you are looking for deals and packages, check out the Myrtle Beach Golf Trail and Hammock Coast Golf Trail.
The GolfDay Rating is based on a variety of criteria, including the stature of the architect(s) who did the original design(s), updates that have been done on the course(s), USGA Course and Slope Ratings, current local and national rankings by Golf Digest and Golfweek, the quality and diversity of practice facilities, general course conditioning and current reviews.
The resort rating also includes a factor for the variety of courses located at the property as well as the quality of accommodations and level of service.
If you have yet to mark Myrtle Beach from your bucket list, now is the time. And even if you’ve made the trip many times before, MB never disappoints—so start getting a plan in motion.
Resorts (Top 5)
1. Barefoot Resort & Golf/North Myrtle Beach, SC
- Holes: 72 (4 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Greg Norman/Tad Burnett/Davis Love III/Tom Fazio/Pete Dye
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Norman: 74.2 Rating/141 Slope
- Love: 74.9 Rating/141 Slope
- Fazio: 73.4 Rating/144 Slope
- Dye: 76.0 Rating/143 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Lighted and Covered Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Dyer and Greg Norman Golf Academies.
- Course Descriptions
- Golf Academy
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 100.0
- Location
2. Legends Resort/Myrtle Beach, SC
- Holes: 54 (3 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Tom Doak/P.B. Dye
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Parkland: 74.3 Rating/144 Slope
- Moorland: 73.6 Rating/143 Slope
- Heathland: 73.3 Rating/143 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Lighted Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Golf Academy
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 94.8
- Location
3. Grande Dunes Resort Club/Myrtle Beach, SC
Marina Inn
- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Roger Rulewich/John Harvey
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.8 Rating/136 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens (2), Performance Center with Flighscope and Club Fitting.
- Photos/Video Tour
- Performance Center
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 92.1
- Location
4. Sea Trail Golf Club/Sunset Beach, NC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
- Holes: 54 (3 Eighteen Cole Courses)
- Course Architects: Francis Duane/Arnold Palmer/Victoria Martz
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Jones: 73.2 Rating/138 Slope
- Maples: 72.0 Rating/138 Slope
- Byrd: 72.6 Rating/129 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Course Descriptions
- Accommodations
- GolfDay Rating: 88.9
- Location
5. Wachesaw East/Myrtle Beach, SC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail/Hammock Coast Golf Trail
- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Clyde Johnson
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.0 Rating/146 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker
- Course Description
- Accommodations
- Photos
- GolfDay Rating: 85.3
- Location
Public Courses (Top 30)
1. The Dunes Golf & Beach Club/Myrtle Beach, SC
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Roger Rulewich/Rees Jones
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 76.3 Rating/149 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Course Description
- Junior Golf
- Accommodations/Golf Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 99.6
- Location
2. Prestwick Country Club/Myrtle Beach, SC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Pete Dye/P.B. Dye
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.9 Rating/140 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker
- Photos
- Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
- GolfDay Rating: 98.5
- Location
3. Caledonia Golf & Fish Club/Pawleys Island, SC
Hammock Coast Golf Trail
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Mike Strantz/Tyler Rae
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 71.4/144
- Practice Facilities: Wedge Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker (Full Grass Driving Range available at True Blue Course. Range Balls included with Greens Fee).
- Photos
- Golf Academy
- Golf Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 98.5
- Location
4. True Blue Golf Club/Pawleys Island, SC
Hammock Coast Golf Trail
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Mike Strantz/Tyler Rae
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.1/143
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers.
- Course Description/Video Tour
- Photos
- Golf Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 97.8
- Location
5. Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club/Pawleys Island, SC
Hammock Coast Golf Trail
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Jack Nicklaus/Rick Jacobson
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.2/150
- Practice Facilities: Driving Range with Targets (Mats Monday-Wednesday/Grass Thursday-Sunday), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Photos
- Accommodations
- GolfDay Rating: 97.3
- Location
6. Wild Wing Golf Course/Conway, SC
Founders Group International
- Holes: 27 (Eighteen Hole Regulation Course and Nine Hole Executive Course)
- Course Architects: William Byrd/Jeffrey Brauer/Larry Nelson
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.8/135
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens.
- Photos
- Golf Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 97.2
- Location
7. Tidewater Golf Club/North Myrtle Beach, SC
Kemper Sports
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Ken Tomlinson/Kris Spence
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.9 Rating/148 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Green.
- Course Description
- Golf School
- GolfDay Rating: 96.8
- Location
8. River Hills Golf & Country Club/Little River, SC
Founders Group International
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Tom Jackson
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.2 Rating/147 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Course Description
- Photos
- GolfDay Rating: 95.9
- Location
9. The Pearl Golf Links/Calabash, NC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
- Holes: 27 (3 Nine Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Dan Maples
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- East: 36.2 Rating/135 Slope
- West: 37.0 Rating/141 Slope
- North 35.9 Rating/127 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Green.
- Course Descriptions
- Golf Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 94.3
- Location
10. Thistle Golf Club/Sunset Beach, NC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
- Holes: 27 (3 Nine Hole Courses)
- Course Architect: Tim Cate
- USGA Course/Slope Ratings
- Cameron: 37.0/142
- MacKay: 37.4/140
- Stewart: 36.6/140
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Course Descriptions/Photos
- GolfDay Rating: 93.9
- Location
11. TPC Myrtle Beach/Myrtle Beach, SC
Hammock Coast Golf Trail/Founders Group International
- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Tom Fazio
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.2 Rating/146 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Dustin Johnson Golf School.
- Course Description
- Golf Academy
- GolfDay Rating: 93.7
- Location
12. Arcadian Shores Golf Club/Myrtle Beach, SC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Rees Jones
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.9 Rating/138 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker
- Photos
- GolfDay Rating: 93.5
- Location
13. Brunswick Golf Club/Calabash, NC
Heritage Golf Group
- Holes: 27 (3 Nine Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Willard Byrd/Clyde Johnston
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Magnolia: 36.4 Rating/133 Slope
- Dogwood: 36.8 Rating/137 Slope
- Azalea: 36.7 Rating/131 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Course Descriptions/Video Tour
- Golf Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 93.3
- Location
14. Tradition Golf Club/Pawleys Island, SC
Hammock Coast Golf Trail
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Ron Garl
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.5 Rating/147 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers.
- Photos
- Golf Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 92.8
- Location
15. Pine Lakes Country Club/Myrtle Beach, SC
Founders Group International
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Robert White/Craig Schreiner/Rick Robbins
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.5 Rating/135 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Putting and Chipping Greens (Myrtlewood Driving Range is available for Warm-up–2 miles away).
- Photos/Video Tour
- Golf Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 92.1
- Location
16. Sandpiper Bay Golf & Country Club/Sunset Beach, NC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
- Holes: 27 (3 Nine Hole Courses)
- Course Architect: Dan Maples
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Sand: 35.1 Rating/128 Slope
- Piper: 36.1 Rating/125 Slope
- Bay: 36.5 Rating/141 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Three Level Grass Driving Range with Target, Putting and Chipping Greens.
- Photos
- GolfDay Rating: 92.0
- Location
17. Heritage Club/Pawleys Island, SC
Hammock Coast Golf Trail/Legends Golf
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Dan Maples
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.3 Rating/140 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Green.
- Course Description/Photos
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 91.9
- Location
18. Glen Dornoch Waterway Golf Links/Little River, SC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail/The Glens Golf Group
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Clyde Johnston
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.7 Rating/151 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Green.
- Course Description
- Accommodations/Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 91.7
- Location
19. Man O’ War Golf Club/Myrtle Beach, SC
Mystical Golf/DG Golf Management
- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Dan Maples
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.2 Rating/141 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets and Bunker, Putting and Chipping Green.
- Photos
- Video Tour
- GolfDay Rating: 91.1
- Location
20. World Tour Golf Links/Myrtle Beach, SC
Founders Group International
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Mel Graham/Craig Schreiner
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 71.8 Rating/132 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker
- Photos
- Video Tour
- GolfDay Rating: 90.7
- Location
21. Lockwood Folly Country Club/Holden Beach, NC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: William Byrd
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.9 Rating/137 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Green.
- Course Description
- Photos
- GolfDay Rating: 90.6
- Location
22. Long Bay Club/Longs, SC
Founders Group International
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Jack Nicklaus/Craig Schreiner
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.4 Rating/146
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Photos
- Golf Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 90.5
- Location
23. River Club/Pawleys Island, SC
Hammock Coast Golf Trail/Founders Club International
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Tom Jackson
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.5 Rating/139 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Warm Up Bays with Net, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Photos
- Golf Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 90.4
- Location
24. Oak Island Golf Club/Caswell Beach, NC
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: George Cobb
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.1 Rating/139
- Practice Facilities: Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Course Description
- Photos
- GolfDay Rating: 90.3
- Location
25. Eagle Nest Golf Club/Little River, SC
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Gene Hamm
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 78.0 Rating/143 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Target Greens, Putting and Chipping Green with Bunker.
- Course Descriptions
- Layout/Photos
- GolfDay Rating: 89.5
- Location
26. Myrtlewood Golf Club/Myrtle Beach, SC
- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Edmund Ault/Tom Clark/Arthur Hills
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Palmetto: 73.6 Rating/137 Slope
- Pinehills: 72.1 Rating/134 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Photos
- Accommodations
- GolfDay Rating: 89.5
- Location
27. Founders Club at Pawleys Island/Pawleys Island, SC
Hammock Coast Golf Trail/Founders Group International
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Gene Hamm/Thomas Walker
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.5 Rating/148 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Warm Up Bays with Net, Expansive Putting and Chipping Green with Bunkers.
- Course Description
- Specials
- GolfDay Rating: 89.2
- Location
28. Carolina National Golf Club/Bolivia, NC
GeartLife Golf
- Holes: 27 (3 Nine Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Gene Bates/Fred Couples/Kipp Schulties
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Egret: 37.6 Rating/145 Slope
- Heron: 37.6 Rating/147 Slope
- North 37.0 Rating/144 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets and Bunker, Putting and Chipping Green.
- Course Descriptions
- Photos
- GolfDay Rating: 89.1
- Location
29. Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club/Conway, SC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail/The Glens Group
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Clyde Johnston
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.6 Rating/139 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Green with Bunker.
- Course Description/Photos
- Golf Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 89.0
- Location
30. Blackmoor Golf Club/Murrells Inlet, SC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail/Hammock Coast Golf Trail
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Gary Player
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 71.0 Rating/133 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Green with Bunker.
- Photos
- Layout
- GolfDay Rating: 88.7
- Location
