The Heritage Club in Pawleys Island, South Carolina

The Heritage Club golf course, located south of Myrtle Beach in Pawleys Island, is one of the real gems of the Waccamaw Golf Trail. The golf course is filled with old, mossy oaks, Waccamaw River and former rice plantation scenery, making it one of the top resort plays for anyone on a Myrtle Beach golf vacation.

The golf course borders fellow gems Caledonia Golf & Fish Club and True Blue, but Heritage holds its own among America's Top 100 Public Courses according to Golf Digest, thanks to a stunning back nine and dramatic, par-5 18th hole. This is a shotmaker's course, and low-handicappers will appreciate the shot-shaping and ball placement required to score well here. The Heritage Club also features some of the area's largest and most undulating greens, featuring multiple levels and heavy slopes.

The Heritage Club plays a brawny 7,118 yards from the championship tees and a par 71.

The Heritage Club golf course in Pawleys Island

The Heritage Club is one of the standout plantation golf courses in Pawleys Island, south of Myrtle Beach.

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Heritage Club golf course in Pawleys Island - hole 10

The par-5 10th hole is a snaking, double-dogleg hole at the Heritage Club.

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Heritage Club golf course in Pawleys Island - hole 18

The par-5 18th hole at the Heritage Club features a carry over water on the approach shot.

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Heritage Club golf course in Pawleys Island - hole 13

The par-3 13th hole at the Heritage Club plays entirely over water up to 235 yards from the championship tees.

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Heritage Club GC in Pawleys Island, S.C.

The Heritage Club's back nine snakes around water and features some of the area's finest holes.

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Heritage Club golf course in Pawleys Island - hole 14

The par-4 14th hole at the Heritage Club wraps around water to an elevated green.

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The Heritage Club south of Myrtle Beach

The Heritage Club is south of Myrtle Beach on Pawleys Island.

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The Heritage Club in Pawleys Island, S.C.

The Heritage Club is south of Myrtle Beach on Pawleys Island.

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Heritage Club G.C. in Pawleys Island - hole 2

The par-5 second hole at the Heritage Club has a double-fairway.

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Heritage Club south of Myrtle Beach in Pawleys Island

The Heritage Club features countless mature, mossy oaks lining its fairways.

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The Heritage Club near Myrtle Beach, S.C.

The Heritage Club golf course is south of Myrtle Beach on Pawleys Island, S.C.

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Heritage Club golf course in Pawleys Island - hole 8

The par-3 eighth hole at the Heritage Club plays over water.

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Heritage Club golf course in Pawleys Island - hole

The Heritage Club's ninth hole plays along the Waccamaw River.

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Heritage Club

Heritage Club is a tribute to the rice culture that also revered the land centuries ago. Over 600 acres of giant magnolias, 300-year old oaks, fresh water lakes and marshes have been transformed into a unique golfing community to rival the finest in the world. Built on the site of True Blue and Midway Plantations, located in Pawleys Island,SC., Heritage Plantation reflects a history of gracious living.

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