Grande Dunes (Resort Club)

There are many golf courses to choose from in the Myrtle Beach area and not too many will be much longer than the Resort course at Grande Dunes. Roger Rulewich worked around the property’s residential areas in the creation of this 7,500-plus yard course for resort guests and the general public.

The course features water hazards on nearly every hole, but surely the most eye-catching will be the Intracoastal Waterway, which runs parallel to four holes along the Resort routing. Players will first encounter the waterway at Nos. 9 and 10, back-to-back par fours.

The water should not create a challenge unless you’re still going way left from the tee, but players may be surprised in the roll of the fairway during these holes; although some may scoff at the “Dunes” title, Rulewich moved enough earth to provide uncomfortable lies in a region where land tends to lie flat.

No. 14 will be the only place where the waterway will provide a true risk, as players will be asked to take a high fade (across another, separate pond) to a green that’s angled right toward the Intracoastal.