Upon opening in 1990, P.B. Dye's Moorland Course was rated as one of the "Top Five New Public Courses in America" by Golf Digest. Much like P.B.'s father's design at PGA West, the target-style course features deep bunkers, multi-level greens, and Dye-signature bulkheads. This challenging design will confound and delight even the best of pl... More

The Parkland, a Legends Group design, was inspired by the "early American courses" like Augusta National (by Alister MacKenzie) and Riviera (by George Thomas). Wetlands, deep-faced bunkers, large greens and minimal rough make this an exciting course to play. It's truly a shotmaker's course with strategy the key to good scoring. You'll need to thin... More

The pros at Black Bear invite you to "take a walk on the wild side." The beautiful Tom Jackson parkland-style design was sculpted out of a dense land full of hardwoods and pines. There are no homes on the property, providing a pure golf experience without any outside distractions. With top notch course conditions, a popular grillroom, and great cus... More

Prestwick Country Club is classic in design and offers players incomparable looks and challenges. Many consider this Pete and P.B. Dye masterpiece to be one of the finest golf courses on the Grand Strand. It is no wonder Golf Digest chose Prestwick as one of their five best kept secret golf courses in America in 2004. The infamous seventeent... More

You must play The Witch, which was rated 4 1/2 stars by Golf Digest's "Best Places to Play." Course designer Dan Maples built 4,000 feet of bridges just to connect all the holes. The front side plays through the majority of these natural hazards while the back moves over more rolling, wooded terrain. The entire setting is removed from the di... More

In his typical fashion, John Daly invites you to tee it high and let it fly at Wicked Stick. Daly worked with well-known course architect Clyde Johnston to create a Scottish links that players of all abilities can enjoy. The layout provides generous landing areas throughout; however, large "dunes-like" mounds, pot bunkers, waste areas, and water ha... More

Just over the North Carolina border you'll find Meadowlands, one of Willard Byrd's best designs. The world-class layout flows through a peaceful setting of meadows, wetlands, and hardwoods. The course itself features well-defined hazards, beautiful fairways, and large contoured greens. One particularly attractive hole is the 432-yard par-four sixth... More

Both of the Dan Maples' designs at The Pearl Golf Links offer something different for the traveling golfer. The East is carved out of a beautiful forest and has a traditional feel to it. The final holes are particularly exciting as the course finishes out along the Calabash River. It's slightly shorter than Pearl West, but no less demanding. Maples... More

Slightly longer than its sister course (Pearl East), Pearl West is more of a links-style design complete with pampas grass and a number of open tee shots. This is one of those layouts that gets better as you make your way from one hole to the next. The final three holes are particularly good with a spectacular 18th hole along the bluffs of the Cala... More

A longtime favorite of Myrtle Beach visitors, Oyster Bay is one of Dan Maples' most celebrated golf course designs. Along with developer Larry Young, Maples set out to create a course "where variety and innovation are the name of the game." The course features severe marsh-oriented holes, two island green par threes, beautiful fresh water lakes, an... More