I started coming to Myrtle Beach in 1975 when I was on the team at what is now Bloomsburg University (Bloomsburg State College). Historically, I have played a real mix of courses. Into the 80's we regularly played Seagull (defunct), Myrtlewood, Skyway(defunct), Possom Trot and the two new ones at that time Oyster Bay and Marsh Harbor(defunct). The last two were the premium courses. I now have a home in Southport and regularly play Meadowlands, River's Edge, Farmstead(defunct) which I will miss, Thistle, Sandpiper Bay and occasionally Tidewater, Glen Dornoch and The Pearl. I hold both the Myrtle Beach Golf Trail card and the Myrtle Beach Golf Passport. I play premium courses when I can "chase" a lower rate with one of the cards. I am a big Stranz fan so I play True Blue and Caledonia Fish and Game a couple times a year, usually in the dead of summer in the afternoon. Seriously hot but worth the trouble at a more reasonable rate. In the end, I believe I am like a lot of golfers. I look for the best value and splurge on occasion.
Commuter between North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Like you i am a big fan of the Strantz golf courses. Have you play the Parkland Course at the Legends? During the building of this course, Strantz has made the bunkers. Now, most of them has been reshaped and the heritage of Strantz has gone. I deplore this fact, Strantz was an artist and great golf architect.
''It's just golf, let's have fun''
@s333h For whatever reason, after all these years, I have not played the Legends courses. As a golf course is an ever evolving, living thing, changes will happen. The destruction of great designs by well intended individuals to keep up with the natural changes during the life of a golf course is fairly common. It is the reason the Donald Ross Society formed. It is a shame about the Stranz bunkers, but it is kind of the way of the world in golf. We may never see an artist like him again in our life time. A true restoration is so very rare, I am hard pressed to think of one. I recently played Bald Head Island, Wilmington Municipal and Cape Fear Country Club. Wonderful fairly recently renovated products one and all, but I would not use the word "restoration" on any one of them. The routing is pretty much the same, the end result is very different from the original designs.
Commuter between North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
