Myrtle Beach’s Best in a Baker’s Dozen: 13 Grand Strand Designs Honored Among Golfweek’s 2023 “Best You Can Play”
Thirteen Myrtle Beach-area designs have been named among Golfweek’s 2023 “Best Courses You Can Play” in their respective states, with The Dunes Golf & Beach Club, Caledonia Golf & Fish Club and True Blue Golf Club earning three of South Carolina’s top five selections and Thistle Golf Club earning a top 10 nod in North Carolina.
Tidewater Golf Club, the Moorland Course at Legends Golf Resort and TPC Myrtle Beach joined the aforementioned Palmetto State designs to give the Grand Strand six of South Carolina’s top 10 selections. King’s North at Myrtle Beach National, The Heritage Club and the Dye Course at Barefoot Resort rounded out Golfweek’s top 20 honorees from 2022 returning to this year’s list, with Grande Dunes Resort Course, the Heathland Course at Legends Golf Resort and the Fazio Course at Barefoot Resort making strong returns to the Golfweek statewide rankings after absences of seven, 11 and eight years, respectively.
The total South Carolina list appears below, with Myrtle Beach-area courses in bold and last year’s rankings position in parentheses:
#1 – The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Resort
#2 – Harbour Town Golf Links at Sea Pines Resort
#3 – The Dunes Golf & Beach Club (4)
#4 – Caledonia Golf & Fish Club (5)
#5 – True Blue Golf Club (6)
#6 – Atlantic Dunes at Sea Pines Resort
#7 – Tidewater Golf Club (7)
#8 – Heron Point at Sea Pines Resort
#9 – Legends Golf Resort-Moorland Course (10)
#10 – TPC Myrtle Beach (12)
#11(T) – King’s North at Myrtle Beach National (11)
#11(T) – Osprey Point at Sea Pines Resort
#13 – The Heritage Club (13)
#14 – Barefoot Resort-Dye Course (15)
#15 – Grande Dunes Resort Course (NR; last appeared in 2016)
#16(T) – Legends Golf Resort-Heathland Course (NR; last appeared in 2012)
#16(T) – Aiken Golf Club
#18 – Barefoot Resort-Fazio Course (NR; last appeared in 2015)
#19 – Palmetto Dunes-Robert Trent Jones Course
#20 – Cougar Point at Kiawah Island Resort
Thistle returns to a North Carolina ranking 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 No. 2
#2 – Pinehurst No. 4
#3 – Mid Pines
#4 – Pine Needles
#5 – Linville Golf Club
#6 – Tobacco Road
#7 – Pinehurst No. 8
#8 – Bald Head Island Club
#9 – Southern Pines Golf Club
#10 – Thistle Golf Club (11)
#11 – Duke University Golf Club
#12 – Pinehurst No. 9
#13 – Talamore (Mid-South)
#14 – Pinehurst No. 7
#15 – UNC Finley Golf Club
#16 – Omni Grove Park Inn
#17(T) – Lonnie Poole Golf Club
#17(T) – Kilmarlic
#19 – Pinewild (Magnolia)
#20 – Pinehurst No. 6
