Courses and Travel

The Long Bay Club – A Tough Test in Myrtle Beach!

Bob Fagan

The picturesque par-four 10th is actually the shortest par-four at Long Bay and somewhat of a “breather” on a very... Read more »

Myrtle, I Miss You: A Recap

James A. Frank

Coming home is always good. But it was very difficult to put Myrtle Beach in my rear-view mirror. The GRWs... Read more »

How Golf Came To Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Bob Fagan

The Ocean Forest Hotel pictured in 1961. Did you know that in 1925 Myrtle Beach only had 200 year-round residents... Read more »

King’s North at Myrtle Beach National – Better The Second Time

Bob Fagan

All four of the par-threes at King’s North play over water though the longest is only 190 yards from the... Read more »

Day Five: The Granddaddy Of Them All

James A. Frank

Golfers contemplating a trip to Myrtle Beach today have a lot to consider. More than 100 courses; countless hotels, condos,... Read more »

What’s Wrong with this Picture?

Jeff Wallach

Here’s the five o’ clock view from the Golf Road Warriors fifth-floor five-bedroom suite at North Beach Plantation.  Girls are... Read more »

Pine Lakes: Granddaddy of Myrtle Beach

Jeff Wallach

Today the Golf Road Warriors moved off Bermuda grass and onto beloved paspalum– a newer grass that can be irrigated... Read more »

Pine Lakes Country Club, Myrtle Beach – Where Class Is Never Out of Style

Bob Fagan

A pond, waste-bunker, and trees set the tone to the short dogleg-right, par-four 15th at Pine Lakes.   I first... Read more »

To the Golfing Glory That is Greece

Tom Bedell

There is a statue in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens dated to about 510-500 B.C. At its base is... Read more »

Day Four: To School, To Shop, To Swing

James A. Frank

Hard as it is to believe, there are other things to do in Myrtle Beach besides play golf. However, most... Read more »

Myrtle Beach’s Grande Dunes Finishes Strong

Bob Fagan

  The 190-yard 11th is the shortest and easiest of the one-shotters at Grande Dunes, but is nonetheless a very... Read more »

San Diego Makes the Doozy Dozen

Tom Bedell

Here at The A Position we’re given a topic to address (or not) each month for The A List feature,... Read more »

Nicklaus Left Some Bear Tracks at Pawleys Plantation

Bob Fagan

    This is a view of the gorgeous par-four 5th hole at Pawleys Plantation looking back at the fairway... Read more »

Parkland Merges with Saltmarsh at Pawley’s Plantation

David Gould

A talked-about national trend at clubs and public-access courses, Tee it Forward, was on display this morning at Pawley’s Plantation.... Read more »

Day Three: Pawleys Plantation—All Jacked Up

James A. Frank

Almost from the moment that the Golf Road Warriors set foot in Myrtle Beach we’d been hearing that Pawleys Plantation... Read more »