Where do Myrtle Beach golf courses rank among the best in South Carolina? Take a look here
A golf course ranking publication recently published its list of the best golf courses in South Carolina, and several from the Myrtle Beach area appeared on the list.
The golf traveler website Top 100 Golf Courses ranks them by state and country and released its ranking for South Carolina’s top 50 courses in December 2024. Eleven courses along the Grand Strand featured in the Top 50, with Caledonia Golf & Fish Club ranking highest at 15th. Here’s the list:
- Caledonia Golf & Fish Club on Pawleys Island ranked 15th.
- Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach ranked 22nd.
- True Blue on Pawleys Island ranked 32nd.
- Wachesaw Plantation Club in Murrells Inlet ranked 33rd.
- Tidewater Golf Club in North Myrtle Beach ranked 35th.
- DeBordieu Club in Georgetown ranked 41st.
- TPC Myrtle Beach in Murrells Inlet ranked 44th.
- Arcadian Shores Golf Club in Myrtle Beach ranked 45th.
- The Reserve Golf Club on Pawleys Island ranked 48th.
- The Grande Dunes Resort Course ranked 49th.
- The Fazio Course at Barefoot Resort ranked 50th.
Several courses on the list are well-known to Grand Strand golfers. Indeed, many of the same courses appeared on Golf Digest’s Top 100 South Carolina golf course list in 2023.
Sun News readers ranked Caledonia as the best Myrtle Beach area course in 2024. The Dunes Golf & Beach Club will host the second-ever Myrtle Beach Classic PGA Tour tournament in May 2025. National golf ownership and management group KemperSports bought Tidewater in 2023, and the course is undergoing an extensive renovation to its bunkers.
Myrtle Beach wasn’t the only area with several courses on the list.
Areas like Charleston and Hilton Head featured several courses on Top 100 Golf Courses’ list. The Kiawah Island Golf Resort Ocean Course ranked number one, and Yeamans Hall Club in Hanahan near Charleston ranked third. Meanwhile, Harbour Town Golf Links and Long Cove Club represented Hilton Head Island within the top 10 of Top 100 Golf Courses’ list.
This story was originally published December 19, 2024 at 5:00 AM.
