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Myrtle Beach Golf Courses
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 If a player can tame The Long Bay
Club,
they may feel confident enough to take
on the Golden Bear. The Jack Nicklaus
designed course is considered one of the
most difficult on the Grand Strand.
Rightfully so. Long Bay's formidable
features include: A demanding 137 slope
from the championship tees to a
difficult 127 for the ladies. Countless
large man-made mounds. They're
particularly lethal near the green,
creating a new approach (so to speak) to
your wedge game. Handsome but deadly par-
3s, especially No. 13, a mid-iron test
to an island green. Many bottomless
bunkers surrounding Long Bay's small
Bermuda landing surfaces. And a striking
horseshoe waste bunker on the courses
signature hole, the 353-yard
(championship tees) No. 10 has become
one of the most recognized in golf. Long
Bay's par-3s are attractive, but they
can be cruel to the scorecard. The best
of the four is No. 13 and it's wide
island green. Not a long test, this par-
3 teases players with various pin
placements. The hole plays a club less
if the pin is on the left. Ten yards too
much and players likely will visit the
drop area. Golfers likely will remember
Nos. 4 and 18 (par-4s) and Nos. 11 and
15 (par 5s). No. 4 is rated the courses
most difficult hole. At 472 yards from
the back tees, it features a narrow
fairway guarded by waste areas on both
sides. The homeward bound hole demands a
left-to-right tee shot to trim off the
distance to the green. Both par-5s on
the back nine-547 yards and 492 yards-
provide different looks. No.11 is a
dogleg left design to a small green
protected by a horseshoe bunker. No. 15
veers to the right. Players must carry a
meandering creek on their second shot
and avoid a water hazard that runs by
the right side of the green. "Most of
the time when players walk off the
course," Roger Batton said, "they're not
frustrated but they're coming back
because of the challenge of it".
For course driving directions Click Here.
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Architect
Jack Nicklaus
Greens
Bent
Slope/Rating
140/74.3
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