Myrtle Beach area dominates Golfweek magazine’s list of best South Carolina golf courses

It’s no secret that golf is popular in Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand area.

The area offers players over 90 courses.

And many of those have made the list of the best public golf courses in South Carolina.

Golfweek magazine released its list of best public courses by state recently. The Grand Strand was home to 12 of the 20 South Carolina locations selected.

Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach had seven of the 20, with The Dunes located at 9000 N. Ocean Blvd. ranked at No. 3.

Other local courses like Tidewater and the Dye course at Barefoot Resort & Golf in North Myrtle Beach, as well as Myrtle Beach National at King’s North and the Grand Dunes Resort Club, were in the top 15.

The rest of the Grand Strand also had several courses make the list. Pawleys Island had two courses selected in the top five with Caledonia Golf & Fish Club and True Blue being ranked third and fourth.

Here’s how SC golf courses were ranked by Golfweek

1. Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean), Kiawah Island
2. Sea Pines Resort (Harbour Town GL), Hilton Head Island
   
   
3. The Dunes Golf & Beach Club, 9000 N. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach
4. Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, 369 Caledonia Drive, Pawleys Island
5. True Blue, 900 Blue Stem Drive, Pawleys Island
6. Sea Pines Resort (Atlantic Dunes), Hilton Head Island
7. Tidewater Golf Club, 1400 Tidewater Drive, North Myrtle Beach
8. Sea Pines Resort (Heron Point), Hilton Head Island
9. Legends Golf Resort (Moorland), 1500 Legends Drive, Myrtle Beach
10. TPC Myrtle Beach, 1199 TPC Blvd., Murrells Inlet
11. Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Osprey Point), Kiawah Island
12. Tied for 11 is Myrtle Beach National (King’s North), 490 National Drive, Myrtle Beach
13. Heritage Club, 378 Heritage Drive, Pawleys Island
14. Barefoot Resort & Golf (Dye), 4980 Barefoot Resort Bridge Road, North Myrtle Beach
15. Grand Dunes Resort Club, 8700 Golf Village Lane, Myrtle Beach
16. Aiken GC, Aiken
17. Tied for 16 is Legends Golf Resort (Heathland), 1500 Legends Drive, Myrtle Beach
18. Barefoot Resort & Golf (Fazio), 4980 Barefoot Resort Bridge Road, North Myrtle Beach
19. Palmetto Dunes (Robert Trent Jones), Hilton Head Island
20. Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Cougar Point), Kiawah Island

This story was originally published June 25, 2023 at 6:00 AM.

Ben Morse

The Sun News

Ben Morse is the Retail and Leisure Reporter for The Sun News. Morse covers local business and Coastal Carolina University football and was awarded third place in the 2023 South Carolina Press Association News Contest for sports beat reporting and second place for sports video in the all-daily division. Morse previously worked for The Island Packet, covering local government. Morse graduated from American University in 2023 with a Bachelor’s Degree in journalism and economics and is originally from Prospect, Kentucky.