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Story by Ian Guerin
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. | The most difficult courses along the Grand Strand golfing mecca have built their reputations on the whole.
From start to finish, they’re gonna keep delivering body blows to those who don’t protect themselves &#8211; via smart play, solid shots or pure luck. But even the tougher tracks in Myrtle Beach golf are forgiving from time to time.
These five holes buck the trend that their home sites otherwise present.
<a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/glen-dornoch-golf-club">GLEN DORNOCH WATERWAY GOLF LINKS</a>, NO. 15 
Much of <a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/glen-dornoch-golf-club">Glen Dornoch</a> is an ode to marshland and native grasses. They each take turns slicing and dicing holes and altering player strategy. Not on 15, though. This 342-yard Par 4 has a sizable waste bunker some 210-280 yards from the various tees (minus the ladies’). Just about everyone can fly it safely on the second shot, however. Even if you’re short of the green, there is plenty of safe space to chip into the green in three. Not a bad back-up plan.
<a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/the-legends-moorland">LEGENDS GOLF &amp; RESORT MOORLAND COURSE</a> NO. 11 (pictured above) 
P.B. Dye was downright brutal at times with his <a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/the-legends-moorland">Moorland</a> design. And folks around here consider it one of the tougher mid-range rounds they’ll usually play. Yet, on the relatively short 11th hole, everyone gets a bit of a reprieve on one of the Par 5s. The 443-yarder is straight and devoid of hazards until two pot bunkers near the front of the elevated green. Reaching it in regulation is possible for everyone, regardless of early club selection off the tee.
<a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/myrtle-beach-national-kings-north">MYRTLE BEACH NATIONAL KING’S NORTH</a> NO. 5 (pictured right) 
Especially for anyone who has spent some time on the range warming up first, the fifth hole at <a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/myrtle-beach-national-kings-north">King’s North</a> is a birdie waiting to happen for those who can be smart about it. A Rorschach-looking bunker separates the huge hitters from the green off the tee. Most of them can already fly that, though. For the rest, a long iron into the fairway at or past that bunker to the right gives them a clean look at the green, as small as it may be.
<a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/pawleys-plantation">PAWLEYS PLANTATION GOLF &amp; COUNTRY CLUB</a>, NO. 7<img decoding="async" alt="Even Myrtle Beach’s Tougher Golf Courses Have Forgiving Holes-King's North Hole #5" src="/media/images/KN_5.jpg" style="width: 275px;height: 155px;float: right" /> 
You’re gonna think we’re crazy when you pull up to the tee box and see a waste bunker that has roughly as much square footage as the rest of the hole. This 126-yard Par 3 is really just a tricked up straightaway approach to the pin. The green itself is quite long, and the real trouble area is the bunker to the left of it. Short or long is not a deal breaker for par, though, so players can use the two swaths of sand to tune directly into the putting surface.
<a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/tournament-player-club">TPC OF MYRTLE BEACH</a>, NO. 8 
Wide landing zone off the tee? Check. Monster green that gives you all the room in the world to bypass three otherwise heckling bunkers? Huge check. At just 335 yards from the white tees, the next-to-last hole on the back nine is often mistaken for one where driver is the play early. Those who know better tend to score well here as anything put into the fairway on the back half of the hole has a directly line to the flag.
 
Ian Guerin is a DJ and freelance writer based in Myrtle Beach. You can follow him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/iguerin?lang=en">@iguerin</a> and Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/IanGuerinWriter/">facebook.com/IanGuerinWriter/</a>

Even Myrtle Beach’s Tougher Golf Courses Have Forgiving Holes

Courses in this Article

Glen Dornoch Waterway Golf Links

Legends Resort - The Moorland Course

King's North at Myrtle Beach National

Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club

TPC of Myrtle Beach

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