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Dan Maples overshadows bigger name golf architects along the Myrtle Beach Grand Strand
Casual golfers might not recognize the name Dan Maples, but savvy golfers know the underrated architect belongs to a respected family in golf. Maples courses have become synonymous with playable, commonsense golf without gimmicks. Golf Digest ranks seven Dan Maples courses among its top 60 along the Grand Strand, which is more than any other architect.
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Go old school at the Surf Golf & Beach Club in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Surf Golf & Beach Club remains one of the few Myrtle Beach golf courses sticking with bentgrass greens. Most have converted to mini-verde Bermuda grass to combat the scorching summers. Fast-rolling greens, especially on delicate downhill putts, are the course's main defense. Water guards three of the four par 3s. A peculiar quirk -- all the par 5s dogleg left and all the par 4s dogleg right -– would seem to add up to a boring, predictable round. That's hardly true.
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Get swept away by the beauty of Tidewater Golf Club & Plantation in North Myrtle Beach
When the tide is out, the marshes of the Tidewater Golf Club & Plantation look like a graveyard for golf balls. It's the best looking cemetery a golfer will ever see. The stirring views of the Intracoastal Waterway and the inlet leading to the ocean set Tidewater apart from its competition along the Grand Strand.
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Let The Witch Golf Club cast its spell in Conway, just northwest of Myrtle Beach
The Witch Golf Club casts its spell on golfers with a secluded, natural setting without a single home or condo in sight. Architect Dan Maples used 500 acres halfway between Myrtle Beach and Conway to craft something special. It might be priced like a middle-tier course along the Grand Strand, but The Witch looks and plays like one of the big boys.
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Stars, PGA Tour pros rock Barefoot's Dye Club for the 2013 Hootie & The Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am
A tradition unlike any other: The Hootie & The Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am is possibly the antithesis of Augusta National. More than 6,000 fans partied hard like only Myrtle Beach can at the Dye Club at Barefoot Resort & Golf during the 19th annual Monday after The Masters April 15. Veteran golf writer Jason Scott Deegan was there.
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Follow the scenic Colleton River at Crescent Pointe Golf Club in Bluffton, South Carolina
Playing Crescent Pointe Golf Club in Bluffton, S.C. never gets old. With three holes flirting with the scenic Colleton River, this 6,773-yard par-71 Arnold Palmer design both delights the senses and creates thrilling theater. Water lurks around every twist of the fairway, adding strategy and drama on nearly every shot.
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Grip it and rip it at Eagle's Pointe Golf Club in Bluffton, South Carolina
While Eagle's Pointe Golf Club is among the most player-friendly golf courses in the Hilton Head area, don't call it easy. But feel free to swing away on this Davis Love III design that serves as the perfect complement to its sister course, Arnold Palmer's Crescent Pointe G.C.
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Avoid the hazards -- and the gators -- on the scenic Sanctuary Golf Club at Cat Island in Beaufort
Sanctuary Golf Club at Cat Island is what its name implies: a peaceful, serene layout where only a few houses spoil the beauty of the South Carolina Lowcountry. A renovation in 2009 by Jeff Brauer made the course more playable, improving all the bunkers (while removing some and adding others) and increasing the size of most greens by 20 percent.
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Davis Love III's course at Barefoot Resort & Golf in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. is filled with Lowcountry character
You'll find wide-open fairways and generous landing areas when you tee it up on the Love Course at Barefoot Resort & Golf. But don't fall into a false sense of security. The closer you get to the holes, the greater the challenges. Davis Love III designed the 7,047-yard layout, which incorporates recreated ruins of an old plantation home on some of the holes on the front nine, adding to a golf course that's filled with Lowcountry character.
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Caledonia Golf & Fish Club: A secluded retreat on the south end of the Myrtle Beach Grand Strand
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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