501 Corridor

Includes: East Conway, west Myrtle Beach.

Flavor: Congested, visually shocking traffic artery that feeds into Myrtle Beach. Mega golf complexes, outlet malls, and fast food joints mixed with strip clubs and golf stores.

Best Courses You Can Play: Wild Wing's Avocet Course – Funky Jeff Brauer, Larry Nelson track with lots of mounding, water, elevated tees and massive greens. King's North – Ed Seay remodel in 1996 made this one of the corridor's best courses, if you can get by the quirky "Gambler" hole. International World Tour – Strand's only replica facility is a little on the expensive side, but features 27 of the world's most famous holes. Legends Parkland Course – Clandestinely designed by Mike Strantz, and one of the area's unsung heroes.

Best of the Rest: Wild Wing Falcon, Hummingbird, and Wood Stork, Arrowhead, the Witch, the Wizard, Legends Moorland and Heathland, MBN South Creek and Belle Terre.

Also Playing: River Oaks, Burning Ridge, Quail Creek, and MBN West.

Best Eats: Seafood – Mrs. Fish in Myrtle Beach, Hamburger – Recovery Room in Medical Plaza next to Burning Ridge, Steak – Liberty Steakhouse at Broadway at the Beach.