Each year thousands of people travel from all over the country to golf on the lovely greens of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. “The Grand Strand” has been named ‘The Seaside Golf Capitol of the World’ with over 100 Championship courses along the small stretch of the East Coast.
What golfers don’t realize is… Each of these greens have a story of their own. Here are some extremely interesting facts about even the most popular of Myrtle Beach Golf Courses:
1) Wicked Stick: If you hit a ball into someones yard, the clubhouse will reimburse the balls lost; and they also offer coffee and tee all the time.
2) Oyster Bay: the only out of bounds on this green is the road on #18. On #17 (an island green) the oyster shells around the green are considered part of the water hazard.
3) Thistle: This is the only course in Myrtle Beach with 12 minute tee times. Most often tee times are seven, eight or nine minutes. Thistle will be opening one of the largest and most technologically sound clubhouse very soon. They also the average the largest greens at about 7,300 square feet.
4) World Tour: The largest green in Myrtle Beach. It is #9 on the Open 9 and a little over 18,000 square feet.
5) Grand Dunes: This is the longest course in Myrtle Beach, from the tips it reached seven thousand six hundred eighteen yards. Thats longer than the U.S. Open!!
6) Blackmoor: This course has a graveyard on #13 which rests a plantation family and their slaves!
7) Farmstead: This Golf Course is located right on the North Carolina / South Carolina border. 22% of the coarse is in South Carolina and the other 78% is in North Carolina; Therefore when you tee off on #10 you tee from NC into SC. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could hit it into Georgia?! ????
8) Heritage: This course has 2 graveyards. One is on #8 and rest slaves and on #4 is rested the bodies of settlers who once owned the land.
9) Bald Head Island (North Carolina): This course actually allows no cars (golf carts only). Although this is an island there are deer and other wildlife such as alligators inhabited here. How did they get on an island? During low tide wildlife can move easily from island to island.. this is the only explanation we have. The MOST Amazing fact about Bald Head is how it got it’s name. Bald Head Island got its name from the days of Blackbeard(Yes, the pirate!) You see, when low tide would come around, ships would consistently run aground. Blackbeard knew this happened often and the ships were there for the taking, word spread to “Beware of the Bald Head” as Blackbeard’s men would scalp stranded sailors when the raided the grounded ship; Hence the name, Bald Head Island.
10) Barefoot Resort and Golf: This as well as its sister greens called the “Dye Course” are my personal favorites. This course offers the most reasonable golfing price around for the amenities and service available in Myrtle Beach. Barefoot hosts the annual “Hootie and the Blowfish Festival“ each year after Monday after the Masters. In addition to these amazing accomplishments, Barefoot was recently chosen for the location of filming “The Big Break”.
WOW! That’s a lot of interesting information. Who knew Golf Courses have such stories to tell?
Golfing is a passion for many and when the Sun goes down… these greens turn into a miraculous sight of pure unwavering beauty!
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