GOLF DESTINATIONS

Central Strand

Includes: Surfside Beach, Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, and Little River.

Flavor: Classic small beach town in Surfside, complete with circus pier atmosphere and plenty of great beach bars. Myrtle and North Myrtle Beaches lean towards gaudy, high-rise condo filled blocks and plenty of tourist traps.

Best Courses You Can Play: The Dunes Golf and Beach Club – Classic Robert Trent Jones course has hosted the Senior Tour Championship and is one of the beach's oldest, most respected courses. Prestwick – Designed by the Dye's and considered one of the toughest tests in town. Grande Dunes – Best new golf course in the Strand is also one of the area's most ambitious real estate projects. Barefoot Resort – Fazio, Love, Norman and Dye courses, all in great condition. Tidewater – Historically, one of the Strand's best courses with a slew of holes that play out along the Intracoastal.

Best of the Rest: Surf Club, Pine Lakes, Waterway Hills, Myrtlewood, Glen Dornoch, Heather Glenn.

Also Playing: Whispering Pines, Arcadian Shores, Robbers Roost, Possum Trot, Beachwood, Bay Tree, Aberdeen, Colonial Charters, Eagle Nest, River Hills.

Best Eats: Seafood – restaurant row in North Myrtle Beach and Crab Catchers in Little River, Hamburger – the original Shucker's in Myrtle Beach, Italian – Angelo's in Myrtle Beach.