Legends-Moorland
1500 Legends Road, Myrtle Beach, SC
6.5
The Moorland Course at Legends Golf and Resort is a P.B. Dye designed course, which was officially opened in 1990 amid much anticipation. Originally named one of the “Top 10 New Courses of 1990” and “America’s 50 Toughest Golf Courses” by Golf Digest, it also received 4.5 stars from the publication in 2007 and 2009 and has twice been named one of “America’s Top Golf Courses” by Zagat (2003, 2009). Updated TifEagle Bermuda grass was implemented on the greens not too long ago, and some of the undulations around the back end of every hole were slightly leveled as to improve playability for the average player. Still, few are going to mistake this course for being flat.
That is part of the test. Many of the holes bring blind shots into the equation. Add in waste bunkers, a bit of water and the aforementioned elevation changes, and the challenge is readily available for even some of the lowest-handicap players. Take the par-5, 537-yard No. 2, for instance. The hole tempts players to go for the big hit on the second shot hitting into the green, while those playing it safer opt for an elevated fairway just short and to the left of the green. No. 5, a 175-yard par 3, then tempts players to shoot for the pin. What many don’t know is an extreme slope from left to right will take most of those right off the edge of the green and into a waste bunker. The 245-yard Par 4 No. 16 is as potentially dangerous as any. The relatively short hole is protected by six bunkers, some of which can be described as severe.
The course is located just off U.S. 501, a major thoroughfare in and out of the heart of Myrtle Beach.
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Lawrence (Columbus, OH), 85 handicap, 05/20/2013
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Didn't care for it. Took to long to play the back nine. Played Heathland a few years ago and enjoyed it.
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Claudio (Avon, IN), 70 handicap, 05/15/2013
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Timothy, 05/13/2013
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Craig (Dallas, TX), 8.0 handicap, 05/09/2013
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The course may be worth playing once just to see how a difficult, Pete Dye course is laid out. And yes, it is difficult. Lot's of opportunities to have some bad holes. Overall I was disappointed in the condition of the course...tees, fairways, greens, bunkers. The driving range had nice weeds. Slow play made for a 5 hour round and replays were not available. I'm afraid this course will not be on my future lists.
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Charles (Rockland, MA), 98 handicap, 05/07/2013
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Steve (Canton, MA), 7.9 handicap, 05/06/2013
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Gary (Burlington, ON), 05/03/2013
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Stephen (Walpole, MA), 04/29/2013
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I played with my wife. Men's tee boxes in very good shape. Woman's tee boxes not as nice - one or two were on the fairway, some very small and not very level. Felt more emphasis put on men tees vs. woman's tees. This was for the three Legends courses. We played 5 courses all together. Heritage and Oyster Bay were the other two. General sense was that OB and Heritage were better aligned for woman's tee boxes. Everything else from all 5 courses rated superior to us. If we had to choose a favorite, it was Heritage. We really appreciate all the hospitality offered by this group of courses...we'll be back.
Steve and Margaret McCarthy
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Stan (Oshawa, ON), 22 handicap, 04/24/2013
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It was 30 to 40 minutes behind tee-off times---very poorly run.The course was very good but for three holes that were tricked up---short drive to blind hole VERY deep bunkers.
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Steve, 04/23/2013
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For your information
Just got back from a 4 night / 3 day golf trip to Myrtle Beach. My foursome played the legends moorland course on Thursday, the Barefoot Fazio course on Friday and legends Oyster bay course on Saturday. I thought you might be interested in how all this played out. Of course, you might not care at all. BUT….
Playing at the moorlands was an out and out disaster. Double teeing all three courses was a golfing fiasco. Practice range was closed until 11 am ( my t-time was 12:12 ) so when it opened – seemed like a million golfers tried to hit practice balls with no space available for ½ of them. Man, were they upset.
The free lunch provided seemed like a great idea except there were not enough servers to handle everyone converging on the restaurant at the same exact time - so my group - and I am sure others - just said the heck with lunch – couldn’t even get a bottled water in the restaurant.
Since ¾ of the carts were out for the morning double tee – there were not enough carts to get to the practice range- so no one was allowed a cart at all - so again – hundreds of golfers were either caring their bags the 1,000 yards to the practice range or fighting one another to get on the one shuttle provided to mule us over to the range. It was utter chaos. Trying to get practice balls out of the machine was next to impossible.
The 5 ½ hour golf round could have been so nice - as the course was very nice - but waiting every hole and every shot produced a bad experience for everyone on the course - when it could have been so nice.
Next, playing the Fazio course was a breath of fresh air. The 4 ½ hour golfing experience was exceptional – the course in great shape – with great marshals and a very friendly atmosphere. Hoorah for the Barefoot people.
Next up – Oyster Bay. We played this course on Saturday with a t-time at 1:48 pm. There was a scramble tournament in front of us and that was okay. Generally, scramble teams play pretty quick but not this day.
Another 5 ½ hour round in 18 knot winds and 55 degree weather. It was dark by the time we got off the course. I spoke with the nice ranger as we played the first 3 holes in 58 minutes and he told me the course was only 10 minutes behind. He was a nice man that spent most of his time jotting down some numbers on a clipboard but he was no marshal.
He also said he had tried to get the group 6 holes ahead of us to play faster but he didn’t they were going to. My brother – who is a marshal at his course in Memphis came close to going ballistic – but we stayed calm and quite.
At one point – as we were waiting on a t-box – there was one group on the green, one group in the fairway – we were waiting on the t-box – and two groups completely through with their holes were parked behind us waiting for us to hit.
Too bad - since the course was in good condition. Incidentally – so you might not think I am complaining because of the course being difficult or anything like that – I shot a 77. A 77 or no 77 – this golfing experience was absolutely intolerable.
In closing, I want you to know – I am sending this letter to golf digest, Myrtle Beach golf association, the golf pass, the local discount golf vendors, your home office and trip advisor.com and anyone else I can scream to how awful the management is at your participating courses. I am glad I did not try to play the Heritage or any of the other Legends courses.
I know that spring is a big time money maker for Myrtle Beach and I hope you made some money for this week but you should be ashamed as to what you put these golfers through to play a simple round of golf.
Thanks you for your time and attention to this matter
Dr. Steven A. Jaworski
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