Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club

The golf

The defining feature reviewers keep returning to is the raised greens. The advice repeated in the comments is to take an extra club into every approach, and players who work that out early tend to enjoy the round considerably more than those who do not. That single adjustment separates the reviews that call it a great scoring course from the ones that read as frustrated. Dustin Johnson holds the course record here at 62, which gives some sense of how low the layout can go when it is understood.

Across 933 reviews the average is 4.11, built on 392 five star and 342 four star ratings with 136 threes and 63 ratings at two stars or below. That is a solid record without being unanimous. Conditioning praise is frequent and specific, with repeated mentions of the course being in great shape and the fairways and greens holding up. The counterweight comes from two recurring gripes. The first is cart policy: several reviewers were held to the 90 degree rule on days they considered the course dry, and they were not quiet about it. The second is green speed, with multiple accounts of greens not cut or rolled and putting slowly as a result. A smaller group of reviewers simply did not warm to the layout, describing it as unimpressive and mentioning long sand trails as an unusual feature they did not enjoy.

Staff draw consistent praise, though one reviewer distinguished sharply between excellent outside staff and a less welcoming experience inside. The facility includes a driving range, putting green and a golf school, which makes it a reasonable place to start a trip if anyone in the group wants a lesson. It also plays shorter than most of the courses in the area, and one reviewer specifically chose it as the last day round for that reason. Alligators are a regular sighting on the property. Several reviewers call it their go to course in Myrtle Beach.