Meadowlands Brings Quiet Charm to a Golf Trip

The soothing tranquility and serene nature that run through Meadowlands Golf Club emulate the lifestyle associated with its Calabash, N.C., home.

Meadowlands Golf Club is home to a 7,054-yard course – from the challenging Raven tees – built by architect Willard Byrd in 1997. High-handicappers need not worry as the course, much like its staff, is friendly to all guests. Meadowlands’ design integrates five different teeing areas for all skill levels, as well as large greens and spacious fairways.

Players on a Myrtle Beach golf trip escape to Meadowlands and get lost in a good way, amid a parkland layout with tall Carolina Pines, few forced carries, ornamental grasses complemented by solid playing conditions, and a pleasant ocean breeze.

Meadowlands had been ranked among the Top 100 Courses for Women by Golf for Women Magazine. Following its opening, Meadowlands was selected by North Carolina Magazine as one of the state’s Top 10 New Courses.

The par-4 third is Meadowlands’ signature test and can be scaled back depending on the teeing areas one chooses. Twice players are required to hit over water, including an approach to a two-tiered green. The hole can play from a U.S. Open-like 480 yards to a more pedestrian 408, 351 or 298 yards.

Players can unwind on the back porch of Meadowlands’ large clubhouse modeled after an early 20th century farmhouse.

Byrd is one of the most recognized architects of Myrtle Beach golf courses. Among his Grand Strand designs are Heather Glen Golf Course, Farmstead Golf Links, the Byrd Course at Sea Trail Plantation, Heron Point Golf Club, Lion’s Paw at Ocean Ridge Plantation and Hummingbird at Wild Wing Plantation.  

Farmstead is a sister course to Meadowlands and the two layouts are located within a mile of each other. Farmstead is known for having the Grand Strand’s only par 6.