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<p><em>Story by Chris King</em></p>
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<p>Players with an even passing familiarity with the Myrtle Beach golf scene are aware of the beauty courses like <a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/pawleys-plantation">Pawleys Plantation</a>, <a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/tidewater-golf-club-plantation">Tidewater</a> and <a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/river-edge">Rivers Edge</a> provide, but there are a host of layouts that offer similar views with much less fanfare.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>If your group prioritizes scenery and value, here are five under the radar beauties that leave golfers reaching for the camera.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>– Golfers rave about the Lowcountry beauty of Pawleys Island. The live oak trees draped in Spanish moss and marshy waters are a primary reason players flock to courses like Caledonia and Heritage, but don’t sleep on <a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/willbrook-plantation">Willbrook Plantation</a>. The Dan Maples design plays through a similar type of land, showcasing the area’s Lowcountry beauty in a way that helps make Willbrook <em>(top photo)</em> one of the area’s most popular layouts.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>– <a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/the-pearl-west-golf-links">The Pearl</a>, now a 27-hole facility, quietly delivers one of the area&#8217;s most scenic rounds of golf. With six of 27 holes bringing the Calabash River into play, the Pearl offers plenty of beauty but attracts far too little attention. The East and West nines heavily feature the Calabash River, including the monster 604-yard, par 5 seventh on the West. The Pearl is one of the area’s most underrated courses and the holes along the river are a primary reason why.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>– Fred Couples is one of golf’s most popular figures, so there isn’t much he does that flies under the radar, but his course at <a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/carolina-national">Carolina National</a> gets overlooked. This 27-hole beauty plays among 100 acres of&nbsp;wetlands and along the Lockwood Folly River, a beautiful backdrop for a layout that is worth the drive to play.</p>
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<p>– One of the first Myrtle Beach layouts to take full advantage of the area’s coastal beauty (and the work of the Army Corps of Engineers) was the <a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/myrtlewood-golf-club-palmetto">Palmetto Course at Myrtlewood</a>, hence its place on our list. In&nbsp;addition to enjoying a near perfect location in the heart of town and being in prime shape following a 2019 renovation, the Palmetto Course <em>(pictured right)</em> finishes along the Intracoastal Waterway, a stunning conclusion to an enjoyable round.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>– It’s debatable whether <a href="https://www.mbn.com/courses/glen-dornoch-golf-club">Glen Dornoch</a> qualifies as “under the radar” but we are including the Clyde Johnston design. Featuring a total of five holes that play along the Intracoastal, including the finish to each nine, Glen Dornoch is on the short list of the area’s prettiest courses. There are few views better than the one enjoyed from the clubhouse deck overlooking the waterway and the double green the ninth and 18th holes share.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Myrtle Beach is fortunate to enjoy a coastal landscape and golfers are the beneficiaries.&nbsp;</p>
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Myrtle Beach’s 5 Prettiest Under The Radar Courses

Courses in this Article

Glen Dornoch Waterway Golf Links

Myrtlewood Golf Club - Palmetto Course

Willbrook Plantation

Pearl West Course - The Pearl Golf Links

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