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<p><em>Story By Chris King and Ian Guerin</em></p>
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<p>Finding the right two courses for a 36-hole day along South Carolina’s Grand Strand isn’t as easy as opening the web sites and booking.</p>
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<p>Proximity between the two and playability are important factors to consider. Two of our local experts, Ian Guerin and Chris King, dove into this topic to discuss where and when to pull off the double-up, even providing a few tips to help make it a more memorable experience for you and your crew.</p>
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<p><strong>IAN GUERIN:</strong> Chris, I think when most outsiders plan on a 36-hole day in Myrtle Beach, their minds instantly gravitate toward some of our mega complexes. Myrtle Beach National, Legends Golf and Barefoot Resort, give players at least three tracks sharing a clubhouse. It takes any travel time between rounds out of the equation, sure. But I also don’t think players need to limit themselves to the bigger properties. For your money, which separate locales are you pairing?</p>
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<p><strong>CHRIS KING:</strong> Send me south to play <a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/river-club">River Club</a> <em>(top photo)</em>&nbsp;and <u><a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/willbrook-plantation">Willbrook</a></u>, two of my favorites and they are less than four miles apart. That&#8217;s 36 holes of great golf on two layouts that always deliver. I&#8217;ll enjoy the Lowcountry beauty of Willbrook in the morning and the par 5 18th at River Club is the perfect way to finish a day.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>IG:</strong> Every time we do one of these, I ask myself why I let you go first, and this is another prime example. On top of River Club and Willbrook being among my favorites individually, you hit the nail on the&nbsp;head&nbsp;when it comes to packaging them together. That type of proximity is huge, especially when you’re considering you’re going to need a food/beverage pit stop between rounds. But since you took the best on the south end, I’ll drop my favorite and arguably most playable inland duo. <u><a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/burning-ridge-golf-club">Burning Ridge Golf Club</a></u>&nbsp;<em>(pictured right)</em> as a morning round gets you stretched and ready, and then the short jump over to Myrtle Beach National’s <a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/myrtle-beach-national-southcreek">SouthCreek</a> gives you a different feel in the afternoon. And I’ll see your 4-mile distance and raise you a mere 3.3.</p>
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<p><strong>CK:</strong> Well, if you want to turn this into a distance measuring contest, I&#8217;m taking my group to <u><a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/pawleys-plantation">Pawley Plantation</a></u> &#8211; I love the back nine and the opportunity to play along the marsh &#8211; in the morning, and then I&#8217;ll make the 1.8-mile jaunt to <u><a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/founders-club">Founders Club</a></u> in the afternoon! The chances of shooting a career-best round on those two beasts is low, but both are outstanding. After finishing up, I&#8217;d go to <u><a href="https://www.rustictable.com/">Rustic Table</a></u> for dinner and a drink to soothe my likely battered ego.</p>
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<p><strong>IG:</strong> *whispers* Go with the Shrimp &amp; Grits.</p>
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<p><strong>CK:</strong> I&#8217;m shouting it from the mountain tops!</p>
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<p><strong>IG:</strong> I’ll readily admit I’m not a huge 36-hole guy. But on the rare instances when I do it, I actually have to load up before I tee off in the morning. So I’ll propose this trifecta: The Southern Skillet from <u><a href="https://blueberrysgrill.com/">Blueberry’s Grill</a></u> (7931 N Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach), then the 8-minute (4.3 miles) drive to the newly renovated <u><a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/arcadian-shores">Arcadian Shores Golf Club</a></u> for your first 18, then a quick 7-minute jaunt (3.4 miles back down to the <u><a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/grande-dunes">Grande Dunes Resort Course</a></u> &#8211; a course that also just improved itself with drool-worthy greens and bunker renovations &#8211; for the second 18. The response you&#8217;re looking for is &#8220;Ian, you are a genius.”</p>
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<p><strong>CK:</strong> Genius might be a touch strong, but I&#8217;m more than willing to join you for any day that includes Blueberry&#8217;s Grill &#8211; give me the Cheezo Rizo skillet &#8211; and golf at Grande Dunes and Arcadian Shores!</p>
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Experts Debate: Myrtle Beach’s Best 36-Hole Combos

Courses in this Article

Willbrook Plantation

River Club

Grande Dunes - Resort Golf Club

Founders Club

Burning Ridge Golf Course

Arcadian Shores Golf Club

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