Grande Dunes Resort Club
About
Golf at Grande Dunes and Beach Club in North Myrtle Beach is played on a grand scale. The course is set high on a bluff overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway, with panoramic views of the waterway and maritime forest. It's 7,618 yards, with a very difficult slope rating of 141. Five holes play along the waterway. The greens are grand, averaging 10,000 square feet with eight rotating pin placements, ensuring the course changes significantly from day to day. There is plenty of water, to be sure: the par-5 17th hole has water running down the entire left side and a moat fronting the green, for example. There are also some nice elevation changes; the par-3 14th hole has about a 65-foot drop, with the green jutting out over the waterway.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Gold | 72 | 7618 yards | 77.3 | 142 |
Black | 72 | 7195 yards | 74.9 | 137 |
Blue | 72 | 6737 yards | 72.3 | 131 |
White | 72 | 6272 yards | 70.0 | 126 |
Silver (W) | 72 | 5900 yards | 68.3 | 123 |
Red (W) | 72 | 5353 yards | 71.2 | 123 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Gold M: 76.9/145 | 452 | 209 | 475 | 566 | 454 | 365 | 571 | 241 | 469 | 3802 | 449 | 190 | 449 | 576 | 244 | 468 | 420 | 578 | 442 | 3816 | 7618 |
Black M: 75.1/141 | 450 | 187 | 446 | 546 | 420 | 353 | 542 | 217 | 444 | 3605 | 428 | 174 | 411 | 553 | 216 | 445 | 410 | 539 | 414 | 3590 | 7195 |
Blue M: 73.0/138 | 419 | 163 | 411 | 525 | 398 | 330 | 519 | 179 | 420 | 3364 | 406 | 150 | 382 | 536 | 189 | 423 | 381 | 512 | 394 | 3373 | 6737 |
White M: 70.9/132 | 396 | 137 | 378 | 506 | 383 | 305 | 495 | 155 | 386 | 3141 | 385 | 124 | 350 | 499 | 158 | 400 | 365 | 477 | 373 | 3131 | 6272 |
Silver M: 69.2/128 W: 74.1/132 | 365 | 142 | 360 | 491 | 355 | 271 | 476 | 129 | 359 | 2948 | 349 | 110 | 333 | 479 | 152 | 378 | 350 | 444 | 357 | 2952 | 5900 |
Red W: 70.9/122 | 331 | 121 | 346 | 448 | 297 | 254 | 444 | 110 | 325 | 2676 | 330 | 95 | 315 | 441 | 122 | 355 | 326 | 374 | 319 | 2677 | 5353 |
Handicap | 10 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 9 | |||
Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Handicap (W) | 10 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 |
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Grande Dunes Resort Club, hole 4 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 08/24/2023
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Grande Dunes Resort Club, hole 8 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 08/24/2023
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Grande Dunes Resort Club, hole 14 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 08/24/2023
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Grande Dunes Resort Club, hole 18 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 08/24/2023
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Photo submitted by dahlryan on 08/11/2021
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Photo submitted by dahlryan on 08/11/2021
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The par-3 14th at Grande Dunes, pictured in March 2013, plays along the Intracoastal Waterway. Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 11/07/2018
Great place to paly!
This golf course is beautiful, the staff was great, the price totally fair. Highly recommended.
Great course
Had a fantastic time playing, actually coming back in several months to come play again! Highly recommend
Slowest PACE of PLAY
Take your pillow with you as the pace of play is the worst. The staff doesn’t care to do anything about the pace. Their response when I requested one of the useless starters/rangers to help was “we are about booking as many rounds as possible, daily”.
Good course but not what I've heard
Nothing bad about course. Staff super friendly. Greens were just ok. Course played a lot easier than I expected. Just for the money I was expecting more.
Great Sunday morning
Grande Dunes did not disappoint. Everyone was friendly, and I felt as they wanted me there. The fairways are pretty forgiving off the tee. Trouble starts on the approach shots. The bunkers were in great shape. At times it was hard to concentrate, beautiful views everywhere. As a 15 handicap, my only advice would be to play the appropriate tees, the course plays long and the wind blows pretty hard. Great round!
Worth the money
Beautiful course that is challenging on every hole. From distance, shot decisions, pin placements with no flat surfaces in sight on a green, the average golfer will be in for a surprise. For some pleasant, others not so much. The course rewards well placed shots with great opportunities into the green at and at the hole to score, but the opposite can be the said as well. Had aerated 2 weeks prior but had already return to a playable condition. Will be back to play the course in ripe conditions and maybe not when the rain traps us for an hour under cover 11 holes in.
Challenging But Fair
This was my first time playing Grande Dunes. I found the course to have a challenging yet accommodating design for all skill levels. Fairways are wider than I expected, bunkers are designed to be provide difficulty without ruining a round, and hole layouts that provide variety between holes. This is a well designed golf course that I look forward to visit again. With this said, the greens are still recovering from recent aeration. They are still rather slow and sandy; however, the maintenance staff seems to be doing an excellent job recovering them. This isn’t a dealbreaker for me, but it’s disappointing this wasn’t communicated until I checked in for my tee time.
Very Nice, enjoyed it
Course was in great shape, we played on a Monday, so there was a little maintenance action going on, but did not hinder our good time. Pace of play did get a bit slow during the round, and ranger didn't seem to care. We did play in just over 4.5 Hours so not the worst I have seen. Saw the beverage cart just one time, and you don't go back by the clubhouse when you make the turn, so got a little thirsty out there. Course it self is very nice, and I would play it again. Greens were in great shape, and ran pretty fast, loved it.
Avoid. Extremely slow pace of play
Pace of play extremely slow even after reporting to staff who did nothing to help nor express concern. Five excruciating hours waiting on EVERY shot for 18 holes. Will not return!
Must Play
I have played about 12 courses in Myrtle, and this right at the top of the list. Greens were great, fun layout. Not crazy long from the middle tees, exactly what we needed.
Wrong deacription
Greens are rock hard, brown, and bermuda. Not bent as in the description.
Rock Hard Brown Greens
Highly over rated. Nice layout. Greens are a disaster. Rock hard. Impossible to hold a shot. Brown. Dry. Extremely Fast. Not worth the green fee. Many better courses in MB for much less money. First time playing and will be the last. Something must be wrong that they have left their greens get so bad.
Looking good since its 2022 renovation
A lot can happen in 20 years. Grande Dunes opened at the height of pre-Recession golf mania, when the majority of courses were built to be big and extroverted. Last year, after years of typical course evolution, its large, jagged-edged bunkers and huge, amoeba greens were restored, with some reductions in sand square-footage as a sop to playability. The project was a success, and now Grande Dunes is ready to continue to stand as something of a museum-piece of a bygone era in course development, and one of the top options in Myrtle Beach’s central district. The newly-renovated clubhouse restaurant, Terrazza19, is one of the beach’s best, too.
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Grande Dunes Resort Club, hole 4 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 08/24/2023
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Grande Dunes Resort Club, hole 8 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 08/24/2023
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Grande Dunes Resort Club, hole 14 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 08/24/2023
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Grande Dunes Resort Club, hole 18 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 08/24/2023
Greens were a bit sandy, but were smooth and rolling nicely
New sand in bunkers made for exceptional bunker play. The course has great large greens with lots of undulations. Tee boxes are also large and well maintained. The fairways were also large and wide on most holes. Several holes are right along the intercostal waterway which makes for some wonderful viewing. I played the white tees. Next time I will probably move back to the blue tees. This course would be a monster if played from the tips. As one example, #8 is a par 3 that plays towards a green right on the canal. Yardage from the back tee box…241. Yeah. Going to need a golf shot to hit the green.