Myrtle Beach Course Reviews

Here's a breakdown of the courses we played, just so you know in case you ever get down there.

Wild Wing Plantation - 4 good courses - good rangers keep pace of play moving.
Avocet - best course at Wild Wing. over 7,100 from the tips (I played one tee up - 6,600 yards, which was more then enough for me). You leave this course knowing you just got more golf then you asked for. Great track!
Falcon - my Dad says it is just like golf in Ireland, which is saying something. Nice layout, good challenge, great condition.
Wood Stork - Very average track - comparatively speaking. Easiest course we played at Wild Wing. Very flat and straightforward on this one.
The only negative to Wild Wing is that they neglected to tell my Dad they had just aerated and topdressed the greens. So we putted on sand on all these courses. But even with that the Avocet was actually in pretty decent shape as far as that goes.

The Witch Golf Links - A group favorite. Shotmakers course. Target golf at it's best. Greens were REALLY fast, and if you miss the green you double bogey. Had to hit it straight as the fairways were very narrow and you either got a forest or water if you missed the fairway. You definitely need your "A" game when playing this one. Believe it or not, but I had my best round here, as I was consistently in the fairways. That was the key to taming this sucker.

Man O' War - Worst course and experience of the trip. 6 hour round, with no rangers, no starters or anyone resembling course staff checking on your round. We had to wait on every tee box behind the two groups in front of us. 3 hours of golf, and 3 hours watching the guys in front of us play. Layout was what I would consider a "hackers paradise". Wide open fairways, no rough, and the only danger is water on every hole. Several interesting holes though. A island green par 4, followed by a island green par 3. I'm not sure if I can even fairly assess this course though, as the conditions were pretty good. But I shot a 39 on the front, and then exploded on the back nine as I couldn't putt any of the greens. I ended up with 41 putts and shot an 87. The 18th hole was a perfect example for me. Ripped a drive to about 270. Then ripped a 3 wood onto the front of the green. Left my eagle putt about 10 feet short. Missed my birdie putt to 3 feet past the hole. Then missed the 3 footer for a 4 putt. And you better believe I never heard the end of that from my brothers the rest of the weekend. Not that I'm making excuses for putting so bad, but after waiting forever on that round (and the 2nd round of the day) I was probably mentally bankrupt, which was probably reason enough for my putting meltdown. And the greens were not that difficult at all.

Myrtle Beach National West Course - A Sunday morning yawn fest. Flat and straightforward golf course. Lots of retired local guys teeing it up here. Rangers and starters have a great system here, as they were teeing guys up on both nines simultaneously, but that works against them when guys are making the turn. We finished the front 9 (first group off in the morning) in 90 minutes, and then had to wait 30 minutes to tee off of the back nine as we had to wait for the rest of the scheduled tee times to go first. I would have preferred playing the King's North course, which is supposed to be the premier course here (Arnold Palmer course). I doubt I'd return here, as I think it's stupid to penalize someone for playing faster then their expected pace of play. But I will say this - we were done in 4 1/2 hours. It just seemed a lot slower as we were waiting on every shot on the back nine. This course reminded me a lot of the courses I played in South Florida. Flat with little danger, other then a lake or tree thrown in just for fun. And boy do I hate Bermuda greens!!!

Slicer had you checked Wild Wing web site it has all the dates for maitenence which they do twice a year.Sorry to hear you missed Hummingbird it is a shotmakers delight.