It's the drive into Caledonia Golf & Fish Club that catches your attention. The road feels like a tunnel lined with towering old oaks draped with Spanish moss, leading to a Plantation-style clubhouse. It's this first impression that introduces guests to its special Lowcountry vibe on the southern end of the Grand Strand.
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True Blue Plantation opened in 1998 adjacent to the Caledonia Golf & Fish Club on the southern end of the Grand Strand in Pawleys Island, S.C. True Blue, a Mike Strantz design, has been rated among the top modern designs by Golfweek.
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The 2,300-acre Barefoot Resort & Golf in North Myrtle Beach is perhaps the most complete vacation destination on the Grand Strand, but the four golf courses -- from Davis Love III, Tom Fazio, Greg Norman and Pete Dye -- are what really stand out.
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With three golf courses located at the resort -- the Heathland, Moorland and Parkland -- the Scottish-inspired Legends is a Grand Strand vacation in and of itself. Legends' Heathland, designed by Tom Doak, mimics a links from the British Isles. P.B. Dye's Moorland has a great reputation as a tough East Coast play. And the Parkland offers the diversity and beauty of the natural Lowcountry terrain. Tree-lined fairways, multi-level greens and massive bunkers abound.
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Blackmoor Golf Club, a Gary Player signature course on the south end of the Grand Strand, is a string of surprises. The course, which features many daring doglegs that entice you to go for it, is not long, but it's in great shape, as Lisa Allen shows us in this photo gallery.
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Enjoy the straight, wide fairways at Azalea Sands Golf Club, located in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. But once you get to the greens, it's time to get serious because of the many bunkers around them. This Gene Hamm design offers a good mix of holes with all of the essentials.
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The River Club, on the south end of the Grand Strand in Pawleys Island, S.C., has been dishing out a buffet of creative golf for 25 years. The common theme on the Tom Jackson-designed course is sand, given its 50-plus bunkers, but there's far more to this course than white grains. Playing this Myrtle Beach-area course once only whets your appetite to try it again -- and again.
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From start to finish, Indian Wells Golf Club doesn't let up. The thought-provoking course, located just outside Myrtle Beach in Surfside Beach, was designed by Gene Hamm and features water on many holes and some big trees at inopportune times.
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Located south of Myrtle Beach in Murrells Inlet, S.C., Indigo Creek Golf Club gives you plenty of birdie opportunities, but dozens of bunkers, lots of water and plenty of out-of-bounds areas make accuracy a must. Driver isn't always the best option on this Willard Byrd design. Lisa Allen shows us more of this tight and fun golf course in a photo gallery.
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Just over a bridge from the south end of the Grand Strand, Wedgefield Plantation Golf Club in Georgetown has endured some rough times. But a new management group took over in 2010 and is making gains in restoring the course to its former glory. Golf Digest once listed it among the 15 best plays in South Carolina. As Wedgefield's Web site said, it's "an old course becoming new again."
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