Finding the Right Rhythm: The Perfect Four-Round Myrtle Beach Golf Lineup
When packaging rounds together for a golf trip to Myrtle Beach, the amount of time you spend researching courses, and specifically what order you’d like to play, has to matter.
Included in that second part is the “Why” attached to those tracks.
Over the years, we’ve come up with several strategies for helping you choose. You can take into account skill set and difficulty of the layout, proximity to your temporary lodging, price and another other number of factors. Rhythm has to count, too.
We’re going to make a presumption – maybe even a plea – that everyone in your group needs to be playing from the proper tees in order to make this particular strategy work. Do that, and this plan will expose you to a perfect four-round plan for your foursome.
ROUND 1: Myrtle Beach National, West Course
While West isn’t considered an extremely difficult layout by most standards, we’re going to reiterate that even if you’ve got a member of your group who tends to
crush everyone else, this is a great starter round.
Regardless of the tees, Arnold Palmer’s design is free of housing and keeps irrelevant distractions to a minimum. You can rediscover your swing if you haven’t played in a while without fear of starting off your four-pack with a bad taste in your mouth. (West Course 15th pictured right)
Get your confidence and get ready for round two.
ROUND 2: River Club
From the western edge of the hub that is the Grand Strand, we’re going to march you down south to Pawleys Island so you can experience River Club. While this isn’t
a gimme layout by any means, it’s still more than manageable, even for those who have never played here before.
What everyone will find is a Tom Jackson layout that is a near-perfect mesh between the existing terrain and other aspects he added. The overall picture includes a nifty dogleg (No. 4), creative bunkering (No. 9), an island green (No. 14) and a super original finisher worthy of all the praise it’s gotten over the years.
We want you to get into a thinker’s mindset for a reason. (River Club pictured right)
ROUND 3: TPC Myrtle Beach
If you’ve got four rounds, at least one of those has to be a doozy.
Welcome to TPC.
Tom Fazio was asked to design a course capable of handling professional players, and he didn’t disappoint. Every blade of grass is in place here, and that’s because you’re going to have enough excuses as it is. TPC tends to bite extra hard for the types of players who use a gung-ho approach to the round.
Instead, take some of the pop off your driver, instead focusing on ball placement and staying away from the trouble that will be apparent once you tee off on No. 1. (TPC Myrtle Beach 18th top photo)
ROUND 4: Grand Dunes Resort Course
Now that we’ve kicked your butt a little, it’s time to let the proverbial belt out a little.
Grande Dunes is not only one of the most beautiful settings of the 90 or so courses along the Grand Strand, it’s also surprisingly forgiving save for a few spots. Super-wide fairways are the name of the game. That means you can wrap up your final round here with the type of freedom to blow off that last little bit of steam.
Approach lines are similarly forgiving, meaning at least two of Par 5s are reachable in two (if you can hit it straight). That type of scoring possibility isn’t necessarily the norm, but it’s not not the norm, either. After rounds at West, River Club and TPC, you should be more than ready to attack your last few hours on our course in style. (Grande Dunes 8th pictured left)
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