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Myrtlewood Golf Club - Palmetto Course

Traditional Myrtle Beach Public

Myrtlewood Golf Club - Palmetto Course

Palmetto is the older and longer Myrtlewood course, an Edmund Alt design from 1973 running to 7,015 yards by the Intracoastal Waterway. With 1,305 reviews behind it, few strand courses are played more.

4.2 from 1,289 golfer reviews

Designed by Edmund Ault

Par
72
Yards
7,015
Slope
133
Holes
18
Opened
1972
Greens
Sunday Bermuda

Why groups book it

What you are paying for at Myrtlewood Golf Club - Palmetto Course

The pedigree

Edmund Ault

A Traditional layout that opened in 1972 and plays to a par of 72 over 7,015 yards.

The test

Slope 133

7,015 yards and a slope of 133. Enough teeth to be worth the tee time, fair enough that the whole group finishes with a card worth signing.

The greens

Sunday Bermuda

Putting surfaces are Sunday Bermuda. The practice ground carries a chipping green, a driving range, a practice bunker and a putting green, so the speed is no surprise on the first green.

The verdict

4.2 out of 5

Across 1,289 reviews left by golfers who booked through us, 82% scored Myrtlewood Golf Club - Palmetto Course four stars or better. None of it is edited and none of it is paid for.

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The course

The golf at Myrtlewood Golf Club - Palmetto Course

Edmund Alt laid out Palmetto in 1973, making it the senior course at Myrtlewood and one of the older traditional designs still in heavy rotation in Myrtle Beach. It plays to a par of 72 over 7,015 yards with a slope of 133 and a medium difficulty rating, sharing the 48th Avenue North address and central location with its sister course Pine Hills. Greens are Sunday Bermuda, the practice area includes a chipping green, driving range, practice bunker and putting green, and Jay McAllister holds the record at 64 on both courses.

Difficulty
Medium
Access
Public
Style
Traditional
Course record
64 - Jay McAllister
Practice
Chipping Green, Driving Range, Practice Bunker, Putting Green
Address
1500 48th Avenue Ext N, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

What players describe is a course that is enjoyable rather than fearsome. One reviewer summed it up as very nice, not real difficult, with stunning views of the waterway and friendly staff. Another calls it their standing first course of the trip. The recurring praise is consistency, with more than one golfer noting that Palmetto is reliably in solid shape from tee to green. The rough gets thicker than you expect for a course of this profile, and one group reported four players searching for a ball they knew the location of, so the miss to avoid is the one that leaves the fairway sideways.

The volume of reviews makes the rating unusually trustworthy. The average is 4.16 across 1,305 ratings, with 542 four star and 530 five star scores. The tail is longer than at the top rated courses in this group, though: 164 threes, 45 twos and 24 ones. Green conditions are the most repeated complaint, described flatly as poor by multiple players including regulars who otherwise like the course, so this is worth asking about before booking. Slow play appears often in the review vocabulary, and a handful of golfers report staff being rude or pushy about pace. Friendly staff is praised just as often, so the experience varies by day and by crew. Rain checks come up more than once as well, which at least indicates the club handles washed out rounds without an argument.

The look

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Getting there

1500 48th Avenue Ext N, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

Course reviews

What golfers said about Myrtlewood Golf Club - Palmetto Course

Every one of these was left by a golfer who booked through us and played the course. Nothing is edited and nothing is paid for.

4.2 ★★★★ ★ 1,289 reviews since 2020
  • 5 star 41%
  • 4 star 41%
  • 3 star 12%
  • 2 star 3%
  • 1 star 2%
★★★★★ October 2026

Course was in great shape. Personnel we very nice.

Dwyer, Concord
★★★★★ October 2026

Very friendly staff.

Casto, Alliance
★★★★★ October 2026

This was my favorite course of the week. It plays more to the strengths of my game and was in amazing shape.

Stone, Sanford
★★ ★★★ October 2026

Wet. Cart path only

White , Dover
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★★★★★ September 2026

Super fun course to play Awesome fairways

Malarney, Jupiter
★★★★★ September 2026

Unexpected on the excellent conditions on the greens. Course itself was well maintained and very playable

Bauert, Tillsonburg
★★★★★ July 2026

The course was great! Had to get a rain check for 9 holes. The rainstorm ran us off.

Hudsom, Lynchburg
★★ ★★★ June 2026

Poor course conditions

St Jean, Bolton
★★★ ★★ June 2026

Greens were not in good shape at all, very rough.

Lamb, Franklin
★★★★ ★ June 2026

People were great and the course was ok.

Chris, New Rochelle
★★★★ ★ May 2026

Myrtlewood Palmetto is consistently in solid shape from tee to green and that was the case once more!

Richard, New Windsor
★★★★★ May 2026

Very nice track to play.

Jeffrey, Portsmouth
★★★★ ★ May 2026

Very nice course. Not real difficult and as stunning views Of the intercostal waterway. Very friendly staff and fun day all around.

Corey, Yardville
★★★★ ★ April 2026

Very good course design

Azlant, Stow
★★★ ★★ April 2026

Bit to long for senior players. Needs a combo set of tees.

Martin
★★★★★ April 2026

Always enjoyable as my "first" course to play here

Dave, Chicopee
★★★★★ March 2026

Lots of sand and very challenging course. Beautiful course.

Philip, Ligonier
★★★★★ March 2026

Gorgeous but also very playable

Craig, Owensboro
★★★★ ★ March 2026

Course was so busy they overbooked . Our play was delayed 8. -10 minutes for each of the front 9 and the back was slow- took 5. -3/4 hours to get 18 in and was nearly dark coming off

Eric, Medina
★★★ ★★ March 2026

an okay course, prefer other ones.

Warner, Willoughby
★★★★★ March 2026

Very nice course to finish the week

Mike, Hilliard
★★★★★ March 2026

Great shape. Staff excellent. Would return

Greg, Westfield
★★★★★ February 2026

Very nice course

Dino, Florissant
★★★★ ★ December 2025

Greens were so hard! Lol

Louis, MARSHFIELD
★★★★★ December 2025

Another good choice! Our first day that we didn’t have cartpath only. That stuff on old people ha ha ha.

Warren, Augusta
★★★★★ November 2025

Loved the layout

Bob, North Augusta
★★★★★ November 2025

My favorite of the three really enjoyed the golf course and a perfect day for Golf

Warren, Augusta
★★★★★ November 2025

Beautiful course. Very well maintained. The staff were excellent. We will be playing here again when we return to the area.

Samantha, Smithfield
★★★ ★★ November 2025

Really liked the course, but bad weather made some of the holes a little rough.

Jeff
★★★★ ★ October 2025

Too many people on course,,prefer the other courses still enjoyed this too

Sizemore, Vidalia
★★★ ★★ October 2025

Took a rain check

Boyce, La Plata
★★★★★ October 2025

Staff very helpful

Gordon, Clarksville Va
★★★★ ★ October 2025

Very friendly staff, inside and out. Palmetto was a perfect finish to our trip. Course was in good condition. Greens were a little slower but overall a great experience.

Ben, Warsaw
★★★★★ September 2025

Beautiful, great course!

Pam, The Villages
★★ ★★★ September 2025

Course was in pretty good shape,,rough was a little deep,,even when we knew about where the ball was still took 4 of us looking and almost stepping on it to find it,,got fussed at for slow play but we stayed up with the group ahead because they also were looking for balls in the rough,,,I mean just 2 or 3 feet off the faraway cut, has 16 golfers, got rained out after 13 holes,,no raincheck but understandable,,they even let us park in the cart barn until we were sure the course was closed,, nice folks

James A, Greenwood
★★★★ ★ September 2025

The course was in good shape we always play it on our last day.

Mike, Statham
★★★★ ★ September 2025

We did not use the course. I tried to call and cancel my reservation and no one returned my call.

Ruby, aiken
★★★★ ★ August 2025

Course was in great shape. Greens were nice & big. The fairways were a little wet, (Mother Nature) so we weren’t getting any roll. Ball was plugging or actually backing up sometimes, which made the course play very long. Overall, a good track. Couple of issues: Not enough water available on the course. The fountain water was warm & didn’t have enough pressure to even fill a bottle. Golfers should be allowed to bring their own water. You have to carry your clubs all the way out to the driving range, which is a hike from the bag drop and the bag assistants were bossy.

Jeff, Woodstock
★★★★ ★ July 2025

Greens under repair staff is awesome

Mark, Cartersville
★★★★ ★ June 2025

Great course it fit our needs because we we’re staying there but we liked it alot

Pat, York
★★ ★★★ June 2025

Very poor green conditions. Course layout was good.

Casey, Clayton
★★ ★★★ June 2025

Played this course on about every golf trip I’ve taken to Myrtle. Nice course. Greens were in poor shape.

Chuck, Mebane
★★★★ ★ June 2025

Very nice , wish I had played it twice, well worth it

Lori, ridgeland
★★★★★ June 2025

Beautiful course, long but beautiful course. The 8 of us really enjoyed this course.

Hildebrand , St. Thomas
★★★★★ May 2025

Course in great shape, group loved Myrtlewood

Tommy, Roanoke Rapids
★★★★ ★ May 2025

Conditions were not as “pristine” as last year.

Stephen, Whitby
★★★★ ★ May 2025

Course is nice but the overall condition in places was a bit rough. Tee boxes, couple of greens etc. may have been a late spring but overall it was nice.

Lee, Whitby
★★★★ ★ May 2025

Staff were great. Course was in good shape.

John, Oxford
★★★★★ May 2025

Unable to play it do it weather and received ZERO help from the website we booked through. However the staff at Myrtlewood Golf Club was very friendly and helpful.

Juli, Binghamton
★ ★★★★ May 2025

Course was great, staff was rude and pushy Never play there again They certainly take the FUN out of golf

Ronald, Palm Beach Gardens
★★★★ ★ May 2025

Nice course in good condition.

Ken, Salisbury
★★★★★ May 2025

well maintained and a good layout

Ted, Coventry
★★★★ ★ May 2025

Course was fun, layout was challenging enough. Myrtlewood clearly tries to squeeze every possible dime they can with way too many tee times with too short of space between. Our tee time was 8:15ish in the morning snd by the time we teed off it was about 8:35. How can you be backed up 20 minutes by 8:15 am! Round took 5.5 hours.

Nick, Prior Lake
★★★★ ★ May 2025

Great course but really slow and backed up

Barry, Myrtle Beach
★★ ★★★ May 2025

6 hour round is unacceptable. Staff was unconcerned and did nothing to speed the round up. Course was in average shape.

Marc, Cleveland
★★★★ ★ April 2025

the course is not well marked no signage between holes or at tee box

Michael, Freehold
★★★★ ★ April 2025

Updated golf carts with GPS tracking would be a great addition.

Stewart, Montvale
★★★★★ April 2025

Great course. Good shape. Staff was great. Super helpful.

Steve, Milford
★★★★ ★ April 2025

Always a great round at Mrytlewood.

Gerald, Medina
★ ★★★★ April 2025

I didn't not play the course

Joel , North Potomac
★ ★★★★ March 2025

We really likes the course and layout and greens were excellent

Christopher
★★★ ★★ March 2025

played like a back home course

joe, brewer Maine
★★★ ★★ March 2025

We were rained out on this course! Could not rate the course

Dan, Hamilton Square
★★★★★ March 2025

Great shape and friendly staff

Michael, Blaine
★★★★★ March 2025

Same comment as Pine Hills

Kenneth, Quarryville
★★★★★ March 2025

Greet golf course

Powell, Howard
★★★★★ March 2025

Played there 2 times. Staff was great. Conditions were very good a fair course for golfers of all abilities

Greg, Westfield
★★★★★ March 2025

Best course we played

Dino, Florissant
★★★★★ February 2025

(Winter golf) Course was in very good condition, staff was super helpful and friendly

DeVito, South Plainfield
★★★★★ November 2024

Liked it had fun

Kahler, Bath
★★★★ ★ November 2024

Fun place to play. Solid layout in pretty good condition.

Dave, Cambridge

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