Myrtle Beach Golf Courses and The Men Who Designed Them….

The Golf Capital of The World, also known as the Grand Strand, stretches from South of Wilmington North Carolina to Georgetown South Carolina. With over 90 courses, many of the designers followed the foot steps of family members and others started off winning Major Championships, PGA Tournaments and/or Senior Tour Championships.

Below is the list of the men who designed the golf courses in Myrtle Beach. Also listed are the Signature courses of players who helped design the courses at the Worlds Best Golf Destination

Arnold Palmer – MBN- King`s North, MBN- SouthCreek, MBN- West Course, Rivers Edge
Arthur Hills – Myrtlewood – Pine Hills
Baxter Spann – Whispering Pines
Ben Ward – Brierwood
Bill Mooney – Island Green
Clyde Johnston – Brunswick Plantation, Glen Dornoch, Heather Glen, Shaftsbury Glen, Wachesaw East, Wicked Stick
Dan Maples – Man O War, Oyster Bay, Pearl – East, Pearl- West, Sandpiper Bay, Sea Trail – Maples, Willbrook, Witch, Wizard
Davis Love III – Barefoot Resort – Love Course
Edmund Ault – Myrtlewood-Palmetto
Fred Couples – Carolina National
Gary Player – Blackmoor
Gene Hamm – Azalea Sands, Beachwood, Burning Ridge, Eagle Nest, Gen. Hackler Course @ CCU, Indian Wells, River Oaks
George Cobb – Bald Head Island, The Surf Club
Greg Norman – Barefoot Resort – Norman Course, The Reserve
Hale Irwin – St James – The Members Club, Tidewater
H.M. Brazeal – Brick Landing
Jack Nicklaus – Long Bay Club, Pawleys Plantation, St James – The Reserve Club
Jeff Bauer – Wild Wing – Avocet
John Daly – Wicked Stick
Ken Dye – Whispering Pines
Ken Tomlinson – Tidewater
Lanny Watkins – TPC of Myrtle Beach
Larry Nelson – Wild Wing – Avocet
Larry Young – Heritage Club, Legends – Parkland
Mel Graham – World Tour Golf Links
Mike Stranz – Caledonia, True Blue
Nick Price – Grande Dunes – Members Club
P.B. Dye – Legends – Moorland, Prestwick, St James- The Founders Club
Pete Dye – Barefoot Resort – Dye Club
Porter Gibson – Wedgefield
Ray Floyd – Arrowhead
Rees Jones – Arcadian Shores, Sea Trail- Jones
Rick Robbins – Crow Creek, Colonial Charters
Robbie Byers – Crown Park
Robert Trent Jones – The Dunes Club, Waterway Hills
Robert White – Pine Lakes
Roger Rulewich – Grande Dunes -Resort Course
Ron Garl – Tradition Club
Russell Breeden – Diamond Back, Possum Trot
Tom Doak – Legends – Heathland
Tom Jackson – Aberdeen, Arrowhead, Black Bear, Carolina Shores, Magnolia Greens, River Club, River Hills
Tom Walker – Founders Club @ Pawleys Island
Tim Cate – Cape Fear National, Leopards Chase, Panthers Run, St James- Players Club, Tigers Eye, Thistle: Redesign of Bald Head Island
Tom Fazio – Barefoot Resort – Fazio Course, TPC of Myrtle Beach, Wachesaw Plantation
Willard Byrd – Brunswick Plantation, Farmstead, Heron Point, Indigo Creek, International Club, Litchfield, Lockwood Folly, Lions Paw, Meadowlands, Sea Trail- Byrd