Golf News

Six Grand Strand Courses Named as One of "America's Best Courses"

3/28/08

Six Grand Strand area golf courses have been honored in the 2008 Golfweek Magazine “America’s Best Courses” ranking. The annual Golfweek ranking is comprised of three separate lists that name the top 100 classic courses built before 1960; the top 100 modern courses built after 1960, and the state-by-state list of the top courses. The criteria used by Golfweek raters to evaluate golf courses included the ease and intimacy of routing, integrity of design, quality of feature shaping, natural setting and overall land planning among other categories.

Caledonia Golf & Fish Club was named to Golfweek’s “America’s 100 Best Modern Courses” ranking at No. 100, while The Dunes Golf and Beach Club was ranked 94th in Golfweek’s “America’s 100 Best Classic Courses” list. Both Caledonia and The Dunes Club have made the magazine’s annual rankings for the last 10 consecutive years.

Golfweek Magazine also recognized the top 10 golf courses in South Carolina with six Grand Strand area courses making the “Best State-by-State Public Access Courses” list. Caledonia led all Grand Strand courses in third place with The Dunes Club just behind in the fourth spot. Tidewater Golf Club and Plantation was ranked as the sixth-best course in the Palmetto State while True Blue Plantation was ranked seventh. The TPC at Myrtle Beach was recognized in eighth place while the Love Course at Barefoot Resort was ranked 10th.