Myrtle Beach golf course to be replaced by hundreds of new homes. Here’s when development starts
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An 18-hole Myrtle Beach golf course set to be replaced by single-family housing units will close for good this fall. The development is part of a larger plan to build nearly 600 housing lots.
The River Oaks Golf Club, which is operated and managed through a lease by investors under the name River Oaks Golf Club LLC, will permanently close after its lease ends on Oct. 31, On the Green Magazine reported Tuesday.
Chris Manning of Chris Manning Communities, which owns the land, told the magazine he expects to obtain permits to break ground on the development of 370 lots this fall.
Because the golf course is zoned as single and mixed residential land, developments on it don’t require rezoning approval by Horry County Council.
The Bear, the Fox and the Otter
Built in 1987, River Oaks Golf Club used to be a 27-hole club with three portions: the Bear, the Fox and the Otter.
Chris Manning Communities bought the Bear course in 2021 for $3 million and sold the land to Mungo Homes for $9.5 million.
In February 2024, Chris Manning Communities bought the remaining 18 holes — the Fox and Otter portions of the golf club. In a Facebook post at the time, River Oaks Golf Club said it hoped to remain open for a few more years.
Manning told On the Green that 220 lots will be built on the Bear land. Combined with the 370 lots on the Fox and Otter portions of the land, 590 housing units will be built on the River Oaks Golf Club.
The Sun News was unable to obtain comment from River Oaks Golf Club or Chris Manning Communities before publication.