12 Grand Strand Courses Among Golfweek’s 2026 “Best You Can Play” in the Carolinas
Twelve Myrtle Beach-area designs have once more been named among Golfweek’s “Best Courses You Can Play” in the Carolinas as Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, The Dunes Golf & Beach Club, True Blue Golf Club, and TPC Myrtle Beach earned four of South Carolina’s top 10 selections and Thistle Golf Club returned with high honors in North Carolina.
Tidewater Golf Club, Grande Dunes Resort Course, The Moorland Course at Legends Golf Resort, Heritage Club, The Dye Course at Barefoot Resort, Prestwick Country Club, and The Heathland Course at Legends Golf Resort rounded out the Grand Strand inclusions in the South Carolina rankings for 2026.
The total South Carolina list appears below, with Myrtle Beach-area courses in bold and underscore and last year’s rankings position in parentheses:
1. Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort
2. Harbour Town Golf Links at Sea Pines Resort
3. Broomsedge
4. Caledonia Golf & Fish Club (4)
5. The Dunes Golf & Beach Club (3)
6. True Blue Golf Club (5)
7. Atlantic Dunes at Sea Pines Resort
8. Heron Point at Sea Pines Resort
9. Osprey Point at Kiawah Island Golf Resort
10. TPC Myrtle Beach (8)
T11. Tidewater Golf Club (9)
T11. Grande Dunes Resort Course (NR)
T11. Moorland Course at Legends Golf Resort (12)
14. Cougar Point at Kiawah Island Golf Resort
T15. Heritage Club (16)
T15. The Dye Course at Barefoot Resort & Golf (15)
T17. Prestwick Country Club (11)
T17. Heathland Course at Legends Golf Resort (13)
T19. Turtle Point at Kiawah Island Golf Resort
T19. Robert Trent Jones Course at Palmetto Dunes
Thistle returns to a North Carolina list once more dominated by Pinehurst Resort’s six entries among the state’s top 20 selections. The complete rankings for the Tar Heel State include:
1. Pinehurst Resort (No. 2)
2. Pinehurst Resort (No. 10)
3. Pinehurst Resort (No. 4)
4. Mid Pines
5. Pine Needles
6. High Hampton
7. Tot Hill Farm
8. Tobacco Road
9. Pinehurst Resort (No. 8)
10. Southern Pines Golf Club
11. Woodlake
12. Bald Head Island Club
13. Thistle Golf Club (11)
14. Waynesville Inn & Golf Club
15. Duke University Golf Course
T16. UNC Finley Golf Course
T16. Talamore (Mid South)
18. Currituck Club
19. Pinehurst Resort (No. 7)
20. Pinehurst Resort (No. 9)
