16 courses
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Central Myrtle
Arcadian Shores Golf Club
Public course
A classic Rees Jones design from 1974 in the heart of Myrtle Beach, with a low-country feel of live oaks and well-placed lakes. Elevated greens are guarded by large bunkers, and about 6,800 yards from the back tees will test low handicappers while staying enjoyable from the forward tees.
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North Myrtle Beach
Barefoot Resort – Dye Course
Resort course
Pete Dye's par-72 course at Barefoot Resort is the most challenging of the resort's four, with pitfall bunkers, water hazards and intimidating tee shots that reward smart target choices. Choose the right tees and any level can play. It borders the Carolina Bays and hosts a charity tournament each year the Monday after the Masters.
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North Myrtle Beach
Barefoot Resort – Fazio Course
Resort course
Tom Fazio's par-71 course winds past live oaks, longleaf pines, wetlands and lakes, with dramatic elevation changes, steep-faced bunkers and big waste areas. The routing doesn't return to the clubhouse after the ninth, a European-inspired touch, and multiple tee options make it work for every level.
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North Myrtle Beach
Barefoot Resort – Love Course
Resort course
Davis Love III's par-72 layout is the most balanced of Barefoot Resort's four courses, with generous fairways and sculpted, undulating greens that reward accurate approach shots. The design draws inspiration from Pinehurst No. 2 and stretches just over 7,000 yards from the back tees. Golf Digest has ranked it among Myrtle Beach's best.
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North Myrtle Beach
Barefoot Resort – Norman Course
Resort course
The only public Greg Norman course on the Grand Strand, with seven holes along the Intracoastal Waterway. It is a par-72 layout of about 7,000 yards with generous fairways, open greens, sandy waste areas and bunkers with sloping white faces. It is described as the most golfer-friendly of Barefoot's four courses, so it suits many skill levels.
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Central Myrtle
Dunes Golf & Beach Club
Semi-private club
A Robert Trent Jones Sr. classic from the late 1940s that has hosted the U.S. Women's Open, the Senior PGA Tour Championship and the first PGA Tour event in Myrtle Beach. The semi-private club's original design is largely intact and regularly lands on top-100 course lists.
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Central Myrtle
Grande Dunes Golf Club
Resort course
A relaxed, links-style resort course with smooth ultradwarf greens and views over the Intracoastal Waterway. Designed by Roger Rulewich, it has five holes along the waterway, led by the par-3 14th, and wide fairways and large greens that reward strategy while staying friendly to higher handicappers. A 2022 renovation added new greens and rebuilt every bunker, and the clubhouse has a patio bar with waterway views.
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Central Myrtle
Legends Resort – Moorland Course
Resort course
A P.B. Dye layout known for daring elevation changes, deep pot bunkers, waste areas and bold green complexes. One of three championship courses at Legends Golf Resort, alongside Heathland and Parkland, with on-site lodging, the Ailsa Pub and a lighted 30-acre practice facility.
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North Myrtle Beach
Long Bay Golf Club
Public course
One of only two Jack Nicklaus designs in the Myrtle Beach market, opened in 1988 in Longs. Waste bunkers and mounding shape the strategy, and tree-lined fairways of pine, dogwood and maple are crossed by streams. Multiple tee boxes suit every skill level, and the greens were renovated in 2023.
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Central Myrtle
Myrtle Beach National – King's North
Resort course
An Arnold Palmer signature course, named one of America's Best New Courses when it opened in 1996 and later one of Golf Digest's 100 Greatest Public Courses.
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Murrells Inlet
Pawleys Plantation Golf Club
Resort course
A Jack Nicklaus signature design that opened in 1989, winding past moss-draped oaks and along tidal marsh. The front nine runs through a maritime forest and six back-nine holes play along the marsh. A full-service clubhouse with a restaurant and a marsh-view venue for weddings round out the club.
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Central Myrtle
Pine Lakes Country Club
Public course
Nicknamed "The Granddaddy," Pine Lakes opened in 1927 as the first golf course in Myrtle Beach. Robert White, the first president of the PGA of America, designed the par-70 layout on rolling land less than half a mile from the ocean. It's known for tough par 4s, and the club also hosts weddings and events.
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Surfside
Prestwick Country Club
Public course
A par-72 Pete and P.B. Dye design that plays over 7,000 yards from the back tees, with six sets of tees and deep bulkhead greens, natural water hazards and staggered bunkers. It has a private-club feel but is open to the public, with a restaurant and PGA instruction on site.
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Murrells Inlet
TPC Myrtle Beach
Public course
Play a real PGA Tour layout. TPC Myrtle Beach hosted the 2000 Senior PGA Tour Championship, won by Tom Watson, and welcomes golfers of every skill level.
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Murrells Inlet
True Blue Golf Club
Public course
Mike Strantz's Lowcountry design near Pawleys Island plays across rolling terrain with native vegetation, broad fairways and big elevation changes, among live oaks, pines, tidal creeks and salt marsh. It's part of the Waccamaw Golf Trail and ranked by Golf Digest as the top public course in the Myrtle Beach area.
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Murrells Inlet
Wachesaw East Golf Club
Public course
Clyde Johnston's Scottish-style layout sits amid a former rice plantation in Murrells Inlet, with rolling hills, old-growth forest and wetlands. Five sets of tees range from about 5,000 to 6,900 yards, the signature 18th plays around a pond, and the course once hosted an LPGA event.
No courses match all of those choices.