Legends Golf Resort (Oyster Bay)

The Legends Golf Resort is one of the most-acclaimed golf destinations in the United States’s most golf-dense location, Myrtle Beach, including the Heathland, Moorland, and Heritage layouts. Owner Larry Young wouldn’t let his success be limited by state lines and so he expanded Legends reach to immediately across the North Carolina border, where Dan Maples (also the architect of the Heritage course) worked with Young to create the Oyster Bay course.

The Legends courses from Tom Doak (Heathland) and P.B. Dye (Moorland) show a relative conservatism for the Myrtle Beach scene, but the Oyster Bay layout will absolutely tickle the feet for those who come to the area seeking adrenaline-fueled golf.

A number of holes play along the Calabash River and the Intracoastal Waterway near the shore and, just in case one island green wasn’t enough for you, Oyster Bay features two. One is the penultimate hole, in true TPC Sawgrass tradition, but No. 15 will be the one that will truly buckle your knees. It measures more than 210 yards from the tips (and the full length of the longest tees is just 6,700 yards).