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The restoration of Pawleys Plantation Golf Club, a stunning Jack Nicklaus design that plays along a tidal marsh, continues to progress smoothly, and the layout’s plans for an October reopening are on schedule. Founders Group International, Pawleys’ parent company, closed the acclaimed design on May 22 for a comprehensive greens, bunkers and clu…

Get a first look at the changes to Pawleys Plantation’s par four 8th hole, which includes a larger fairway and an expanded green. Troy Vincent ASGCA, Nicklaus Design: I think eight has turned out real well. I know you guys have had an opportunity to go out and look at it. There was a big formal bunker beyond the second landing area along the wate…

Check out the new look of the par three 7th at Pawleys Plantation Golf Club. Troy Vincent ASGCA, Nicklaus Design: It’s a par three. We’ve increased the tee sizes, so we’re going to have some more distance, varying in distance. But as you know, with a par three, the tees typically get beat up pretty good, and so we felt it important to increase our …

Troy Vincent, ASGCA from Nicklaus Design, gives a first look at the changes coming to the par five 4th hole at Pawleys Plantation Golf Club Troy Vincent: Before, it originally had a huge waste bunker on the left side, a formal bunker that was maintained, and it was a very narrow area, especially for the second shot. So what we were able to do was e…

We are just past the quarter pole in a comprehensive greens, bunkers and clubhouse restoration project at Pawleys Plantation Golf Club, so we figured it was time to talk to architect Troy Vincent, a design associate for Nicklaus Design, about the progress that has been made at the storied course. First impression: Wow. Completing the restoration ef…

If you haven’t already planned your fall golf trip to Myrtle Beach, you need to get started. Tee times are quickly filling and there are four layouts poised to over deliver in terms of value and experience. As you put together your itinerary, target any or all of this quartet of courses in the fall of 2023. – Long Bay Club closed on May 17 for …

The Myrtle Beach golf scene is home to more than 1,000 holes, providing challenges that range from sub-100-yard par 3s to gargantuan par 5s, but which of those holes are most memorable? With so many choices, it’s not an easy question to answer but after consulting with numerous Myrtle Beach veterans, here is a list of the area’s 18 most iconic …

Golf’s national ratings panels annually have their say in ranking courses and we’ve even surveyed PGA Professionals, asking them to assess Myrtle Beach’s best layouts, but the time had come to let a far more important constituency voice their opinion. MyrtleBeachGolfTrips.com asked golfers from across America to rank their top 10 Grand Strand…

Myrtle Beach’s fall golf season offers a chance for players to enjoy the area’s idyllic 75-degree afternoons and a final buddies trip before winter sets in. While that’s always an attractive combination, several area courses will be fresh off renovations, providing more incentive to visit the Golf Capital of the World. If you want to play a l…

From the mountains to the midlands and a stunning coastline, South Carolina is arguably America’s most golf-rich state, but what region is home to the Palmetto State’s best courses? The South Carolina Golf Course Rating Panel recently released its list of the “Best You Can Play 2023” and 13 of the state’s top 30 public courses were locate…