The dawn of the new year means the unveiling of “Golfweek’s Best 2025: Top 200 resort golf courses in the U.S.,” and the Myrtle Beach area was well represented on the annual list.

Golfweek ranked six Grand Strand area courses among the nation’s top 200 resort courses, and the contingent was led by a pair of familiar names. Leading the Myrtle Beach area courses was Dunes Golf & Beach Club, which checked in at No. 50. The Dunes Club was followed by No. 55 Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, No. 93 True Blue Golf Club, No. 116 Bald Head Island Club, No. 185 Moorland Course at Legends Resort, and No. 198 the Dye Course at Barefoot Resort.

It’s no surprise that the Dunes Club was the area’s top-ranked course. The Robert Trent Jones Sr. design is a perennial top 100 public course, and the classic layout starred as the host of the inaugural Myrtle Beach Classic in May of 2024, drawing rave reviews from PGA Tour players.

Caledonia, legendary architect Mike Strantz’s first solo design, is also a regular on the game’s various top 100 lists. The combination of a stunning piece of lowcountry property and Strantz’s architectural genius have long made Caledonia a favorite of Myrtle Beach golfers.

True Blue, Caledonia’s sister course, offers a contrasting yet no less enjoyable experience. Featuring wide fairways and sprawling waste bunkers, True Blue offers the type of bold design Strantz is known for.

Bald Head offers a unique experience and a quality layout that was significantly enhanced by Tim Cate’s 2007 renovation. You will have to take a 20-minute ferry ride to the course, but when you arrive, you will be treated to a layout that offers views of the Atlantic Ocean.

Moorland, a P.B. Dye design, is one of three courses at Legends Resort. Once known primarily for its challenge, golfers and raters have come to appreciate the significant quality of its design. No matter how you play, the 223-yard (white tees) par- 4 16th hole will be a post round talking point. Known as “Hell’s Half-Acre,” No. 16 offers an unforgettable challenge where everything from eagle to complete disaster are in play.

Barefoot’s Dye Course, the long-time host of the Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am, is hall of famer Pete Dye’s only solo Grand Strand design. The Dye Course, which features expansive waste bunkers and the railroad ties Dye is known for, is one of four courses at Barefoot.

With so much depth, Myrtle Beach could easily have placed even more courses on Golfweek’s list – further proof of why it remains one of the nation’s premier golf destinations

(Top photo Dunes Golf & Beach Club courtesy of Golf Tourism Solutions)