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Myrtle Beach, S.C. – The Dunes Golf and Beach Club was recently named to the “25 Best Courses You Can Play” rankings just announced by the South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel. The biennial list recognizes the state’s top resort, public access an daily-fee courses during odd-numbered years. The Dunes Club was also selected for the panel’s inaugural “Best Courses You Can Play” ranking in 2005.
“We are honored to be chosen one of the top 25 golf courses in the state of South Carolina,” said Dennis Nicholl, head golf professional at The Dunes Club. “We strive to provide a superior golfing experience to our members and guests of the club and this award confirms our success at creating this atmosphere.”
The Panel's 2007 list was again dominated by the Grand Strand, the home of more than half of the honored premier public access facilities. Charleston was second with five courses, Hilton Head came in third place with four courses and the Midlands and Upstate finished just behind with two and one courses, respectively. Other Myrtle Beach courses honored included Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, Grande Dunes Resort Course, The Heritage Club, King’s North at Myrtle Beach National, Legends Resort–Heathland Course, Pawleys Plantation, Prestwick Country Club, The Dye Club at Barefoot Resort, The Fazio Course at Barefoot Resort, The Love Course at Barefoot Resort, Tidewater Golf Club and True Blue Plantation.
About the South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel
The South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel membership is comprised of golf industry, former golfers and coaches, media and business and industry members that are charged with the identifying the best South Carolina golf courses. The Panel considers criteria such as course routing, course design balance, course management strategy, course equity to reward good shots while penalizing bad ones, course memorability, aesthetics of the course and surrounding area and the overall experience by the golfer from the pro shop to the course. The Ratings Panel releases three different ratings: The annual “New Course of the Year” list; the bi-annual “South Carolina’s 50 Best Courses” that identifies the best public or private courses during even-numbered years; and the “25 Best Courses that You Can Play” that lists the best non-private courses in the state in odd-numbered years.
About The Dunes Golf and Beach Club
On October 29, 1947, a group of prominent Myrtle Beach area business leaders met to discuss building the Grand Strand’s second golf course. Sixty years later, The Dunes Golf and Beach Club remains one of the area’s most exclusive golf clubs with the only view of the Atlantic Ocean from a Myrtle Beach golf course and a social and golf membership of more than 650. Tee times are reserved for members with the remaining times open to guests of the Club’s hotel and resort accommodation providers. The Dunes Club opened the first nine holes on October 22, 1948, followed by the second nine holes in December of 1950. The Dunes Club has been a consensus “Top 100 Course” selection, according to Golf Digest, GOLF Magazine and Golfweek. “Waterloo,” the famed 13th hole, was selected by Sports Illustrated as one of the “Best 18 Holes in America.”
The Dunes Club has hosted many professional and amateur golf tournaments during the last six decades. The Dunes Club played host to the finals of the 1973 PGA Tour Qualifying School, the 1962 USGA Women’s Open Championship, the 1960 Southern Golf Association Championship and Senior Championship, the 1957 South Carolina Women’s Amateur and the 1953 Carolinas Golf Association Championship. The PGA Senior Tour Championship began its six-year run at The Dunes Club in November of 1994. The first Golf Writers Association of America held its initial tournament at The Dunes Club in 1954 with the event held at the club each year through 2005. For 17 years, The Dunes Club has served as the host site of the championship round of the World Amateur Handicap Championship, the world’s largest amateur golf tournament. For more information, visit TheDunesClub.net.
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