Long Bay Club

Rained night before and courses on Rt 9 don’t drain well That being said the course was in good shape and the greens were fine

Played Thanksgiving day. Course had taken a lot of rain but held up well. Golf shop staff was exceptional.

First let me say the course is fine.
Some of the other reviews led me to believe this was going to be spectacular. It’s in a neighborhood and looks like most other suburb golf course.
Spoiler alert,…..the signature hole you see in the pictures is not surrounded by bunkers. Those bunkers are some sort of “hard pan” that you can hit out of easily and even drive through/on them. But there are plenty of well-placed bunkers around the course.
The conditions were plush tee to green. The fairways were green with plenty of grass and the Bermuda rough was starting to green up. The greens had some inconsistencies, but rolled pretty true.
The greens are tiny. From the back tees this would make for a long day because most of the tiny greens are surrounded by bunkers.
I don’t care about some things that other people write about….so I won’t mention the condition of the cart paths and the long line at the grill. But there was a beverage cart that came around at least three times in 4.5 hours.
Fortunately, there had been no rain so the course was fairly firm.
I will say this……he members run around the course and do all of the things the starter tells the out-of-towners we cannot do drive close to the green, drive close to the tee boxes, etc….
I think for the money, and for the drive from where I was staying, I would skip this next time. There are nicer, less expensive course to play. But it was great playing a new course, and thanks to the overall conditions, I played pretty well.

Keep in mind this was a late December round. Some positives - the staff was very friendly, took great care of me. In fact, they allowed me to play very early as a single, so my pace of play was FLYING. Obviously during peak season there's no way that could happen...however in this case it did, so full marks. Clubhouse/grill staff was also very friendly/engaging. The greens were in excellent condition (especially considering the previous week we had record low temps in the Southeast). Fairways and rough are dormant at this time of year. Bunkers had sand and were raked (and plenty of rakes around them - not always the case at many courses. So again. Very positive experience all around. I will absolutely play again, but please do keep in mind I didn't play at a peak time of year - I'd imagine in April or October you're going to be looking at more people on the course - but also much more lush conditions.

Waiting from the first hole until the last one
5 hours too slow for us.4 1/2 hours should be the maximum and it is slow at this pace
Unfortunately i will not go back

nice course, but if you don't like sand, stay away. There's bunkers everywhere. Not for the beginner.

Played this course many years ago. Forgot how good the layout was. Will definitely play again when visiting Myrtle Beach.

I’ve played this course numerous times and love the layout, but haven’t played it in a number of years. Unfortunately, this time, it was disappointing on a number of levels.. Starter said the greens has been sanded but ran true. And, the practice green wasn’t bad, but the actual greens were running about a 5 and showed signs of severe damage and did not run true at all. I honestly wondered if they had been lost. Starter also said they would be monitoring pace, yet we had a 5 hour round. Cart paths, railroad ties, are all in need of replacement. Waste areas are hard, not maintained and just not what they were. The positive was that the bunkers were raked and had good sand in them, but, unfortunately, that’s about my only positive take away. I don’t know if the issues are still related to COViD, or if there has been a change or ownership or simply poor management. I have always enjoyed this course and don’t like giving this course a poor review, but, the conditions don’t warrant anything else.

I found the course to be different than many of the other courses in the area. It is setup to allow more drivers and had many more bunkers in play which I liked. The course was recently aerated and approach shots landed very soft as a result. It also rained a ton the night before which possibly took away slightly from the experience. I would like to play it again in better conditions. It felt pricey considering it was aerated.