The Grand Strand is the Oceanside Golf Capital

The Myrtle Beach area boasts more than 100 of the most unique, challenging and picturesque golf courses in the world, making it a premiere destination for golf enthusiasts and aficionados with more than four million rounds of golf played annually.

Pawleys Plantation

Golfers can experience the beauty of oceanfront holes or stand in the midst of giant live oaks draped in Spanish moss on the site of a colonial rice plantation. Course designers have taken great pains to protect the natural habitat and wildlife indigenous to the Grand Strand while creating courses that are technically challenging and beautiful. Among the world-renowned architects: Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Robert Trent Jones, Davis Love III, Tom Fazio, Greg Norman, Gary Player, and Pete and P.B. Dye. The majority of the Myrtle Beach area’s golf courses are open to the public. Many host professional and amateur tournaments including the PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship each fall, which is played out on more than 70 different courses throughout the destination.

Nearly one-third of the Myrtle Beach area’s golf courses are rated with four-stars or higher in Golf Digest’s “Places to Play” and seven courses are ranked among the “Top 100 Public Courses in America.” In 2002, the Myrtle Beach area was designated “Golf Destination of the Year” by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators, winning out over such hotspots as Palm Springs, Hilton Head, Northeast Florida, Scotland, Ireland, and previous winners including the Algarve in Portugal.

In 1967, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday was founded as a not-for-profit organization to promote golf vacations and golf events. Today, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday includes nearly 100 Grand Strand golf courses and resorts.

Following is a partial listing of the Myrtle Beach Area’s famed courses.

NORTH STRAND

Angels Trace Golf Links -  (910) 579-2277
Brunswick Plantation & Golf Resort –  (910) 845-6928
Carolina Shores Golf & Country Club –  (910) 579-2181
The Gauntlet, St. James Plantation –  (910) 247-4806
Glen Dornoch Waterway Golf Links –  (843) 249-2541
Heather Glen – (843) 249-9000
Lion’s Paw Golf Links – (910) 287-1717
The Long Bay Club – (843) 399-2222
Marsh Harbour – (843) 236-9318
Meadowloands – (910) 287-7529
Oyster Bay – (843) 236-9318
Panther’s Run Golf Links – (910) 287-1717
The Pearl Golf Links – (910) 579-8132
Possum Trot Golf Club – (843) 272-5341
River Hills Golf & Country Club – (843) 299-2100
Sandpiper Bay – (910) 579-9120
Sea Trail Plantation – (910) 287-1157
Surf Club –  (843) 249-1524
Thistle Golf Club – (910) 575-8700
Tidewater Golf Club & Plantation – (843) 249-3829

MYRTLE BEACH

Arcadian Shores Golf Club – (843) 449-5217
Arrowhead Country Club – (843) 236-3243
Belle Terre Golf Course – (843) 236-8888
The Dunes Golf and Beach Club – (843) 449-5914
The Legends Complex – (843) 236-9318
Man O’War – (843) 236-8000
Myrtle Beach National – (843) 448-2308
Pine Lakes International Golf Club – (843) 449-6459
River Oaks Golf Plantation – (843) 236-2222
Waterway Hills – (843) 449-6488
Wild Wing Plantation – (843) 347-9464
The Wizard –  (843) 236-9393

SOUTH STRAND

Blackmoor – (866) 952-5555
Caledonia Golf & Fish Club – (843) 237-3675
Deer Track Golf Resort – (843) 650-2146
The Heritage Club – (843) 237-3424
Litchfield Country Club – (843) 237-3411
Pawleys Plantation – (843) 237-6200
Prestwick Country Club – (843) 293-4100
TPC Myrtle Beach – (843) 357-3399
The Tradition Club – (843) 237-5041
True Blue Golf Club – (843) 235-0900
Wachesaw Plantation East – (843) 357-2090
Wedgefield Plantation – (843) 546-8587
Wicked Stick – (843) 215-2500
Willbrook Plantation Golf Club – (843) 237-4900