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The Dunes Golf & Beach Club

Myrtle Beach, SC Private

Overview

Its ocean-side dunes are mostly covered with turfgrass and mature trees now, but when Robert Trent Jones built The Dunes back in the late 1940s, the property was primarily windswept sand dotted with lagoons. Those lakes come in prominently on many holes, particularly on the 11th through 13th, dubbed Alligator Alley. (The boomerang-shaped par-5 13th is called Waterloo.) The home hole, with a pond in front of the green, started as a gambling par 5 but today is a daunting par 4. The course has hosted three USGA championships, including the 1962 U.S. Women's Open and most recently, the 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball.

About

Holes 18
Length 7370
Slope 148
Facility Type Private
Designer Robert Trent Jones, Sr., ASGCA/(R) Rees Jones, ASGCA

Awards

100 Greatest
100 Greatest Public
Best Courses in Every State

Ranking history:

100 Greatest: Ranked from 1969-'86, 2003-'04.
Highest ranking: 78th, 2003-'04.

100 Greatest Public: Ranked since 2003.
Highest ranking: 15th, 2003-'04.

Previous ranking: 63rd.
2023-'24 ranking: 71st.

Best in State: Ranked inside the top 15, 2017-'18, 2021-'22. Ranked inside the top 20, 2011-'16, 2019-'20, 2023-'24.
2023-'24 ranking: 20th.

Golf Digest Logo Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

4.5

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
7.0547
Character
7.0566
Challenge
7.1724
Layout Variety
6.9934
Fun
7.0455
Aesthetics
6.9564
Conditioning
7.1761

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