TPC Myrtle Beach

Play a Tour Caliber Course in Myrtle Beach

By Brian Weis

Looking for a top notch course to anchor your trip to the Grand Strand? Look no further than TPC Myrtle Beach. If you are snow birding or doing a buddy trip, this course is a must add to your itinerary.

TPC Myrtle Beach is the only course in the area to receive a 5 star rating by Golf Digest. Accolades aside, what makes this course so unique is it's serenity and setting. Tall mature pines guard the course from the surrounding swamps with virtually no development or homes. It truly is a unique Myrtle Beach golf experience.

Head Professional, Casey Cook, shared that the course is a one of a kind for the area. Each hole is a different look and test. While the back tees only plays from a tad under 7000 yards, you will need to play position golf for the four opening holes. After that opening stanza you will find some scoring holes like the drive-able par 4, 12th. The tee shot hides a swale that will swallow your ball if you take an aggressive line at the pin. Steer your shot to the right hand side and you might be faced with an eagle putt.

Casey warns to not be lulled to sleep on the middle holes, but rather to grab a few pars and birdies and get ready for four closing holes that will test your golf game.

Casey's favorite driving hole is the 15th that requires a carry over long grasses reaching above the marshy wetlands. An aggressive line will leave a short iron into an undulating green.

The 17th hole is the signature par 3 that will require you to hit a middle iron to a multi-tiered green over a massive pond. The mature southern pines frame the picture perfect hole. The hole had me grabbing for my camera before reaching for my seven iron.

Casey's favorite hole is the long par 5, 18th. When I asked him why, he stated, "do not start thinking about your cold beer yet. You need to play some target golf if you are going to card a par."

Faced with meandering streams, you need to pick your line carefully. Aim for the grand staircase on the majestic white club house. Hugging the right side will avoid the small creek not visible from the tee. Boom a drive and you are staring at a shot that can get you home in two but a huge pond guards the right and sand protects the right. The smart play is to layup and hit a middle iron to the front generous landing area. This will leave you with a soft wedge shot that will set up for a rewarding par.

A quick piece of history: the Fazio designed course opened in 1999 to host the Senior Tour Championship. While the course lost the event due to hurricane flooding and lack of sponsorship, it remains one of the best courses in Myrtle Beach.

After Your Round

The nineteenth hole is the award winning TPC Grille that features daily specials. Round out your experience with an Arnold Palmer and Turkey Club Wrap.

When to Play

Myrtle Beach is a year round golf destination with a peak season starting in May running through September. It is strongly recommended to call as far in advance as possible to book your tee time. In peak season to accommodate demand for prime tee times, TPC Myrtle Beach sends groups off the front and back simultaneously. The process is repeated in the morning and in the afternoon.

The Skinny

Five Tees: 6950, 6600, 6193, 5783 and 5118 yards
Slope/ Rating: 145/74.0
Rates: $43 - $134 depending on time and season.

More Information

TPC Myrtle Beach
1199 TPC Boulevard
Murrells Inlet, SC, 29576
843-357-3399
www.tpcmyrtlebeach.com
www.facebook.com/TPCMyrtleBeach

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.