Barefoot Resort and Golf, Myrtle Beach
Posted by Harold Heredia on June 16th, 2008
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Subscribe Today!Situated in Myrtle Beach, Barefoot Resort and Golf is rated as one of Golf Digest’s Best Places to Play.
The course is reasonably playable if you rein in your ego and choose the right tees, but who does that anymore?
Seven holes along the Intracoastal Waterway highlight Greg Norman’s newest design at Barefoot Resort. Combined with open green complexes and fairways running up to the sand, the Norman course presents a stunning challenge for any golfer.
Tees and Fairway consist of GN-1, which is a hybrid turf developed by Greg Norman Turf.
The Love Course at Barefoot Resort is a traditional course with a Lowcountry character and incorporates Davis Love, III’s Carolina golfing experiences in the design. This visually striking course features course generous landing areas and greens complexes similar to those found at the 1999 U.S. Open.
The Love Course is a Par 72 and plays over 7,000 yards.
The approach areas consist of Tif-sport Bermuda grass.
Like many European courses, the course does not return to the clubhouse after nine holes. It is not a British linksland course, but rather a classic Lowcountry course, filled with live oaks, pines, sand, natural areas and native grasses.
Oh yeah, the club-twisting rough and the slick greens don’t make life any easier.
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