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We booked a tee time for the West Course. When we arrived, we saw how busy it was on West. The pro shop staff suggested we play South Creek, as it was not as busy at the time. This was a great decision!
The staff is friendly and helpful. Bags are unloaded from the car and placed on a cart for you by affable staff. A similar experience was had in the pro shop and with the starter. The restaurant / bar is very nice.
The course is the shortest of the three Arnold Palmer designed courses at MB National. Fairways are a little tighter and require smart club selection on the tee and well aimed hits to landing areas. Yardage markers are liberally placed on each hole, so there is no guessing about distances, necessary to select the right club. Holes are among houses, yet you don't feel crowded by them. There is some water (fairway edges marked by flags) and enough bunkers to make you play smart golf. (It is not a bomb it off the tee design.)
The course is in excellent shape. With a dry summer, it has been watered well; the Bermuda grass is in excellent late-summer shape. They were in the process of dressing the greens with sand; yet when they completed a green, it was very playable with minimal impact of the sand that had been worked into the green.
Pace of play was good. My wife is a slow player; we let several groups play through and no group had to wait for shots.
Of the courses we played during our week in Myrtle Beach, MB National South Creek was the most enjoyable by far.

Our experience began at the bag drop; our bags were unloaded from the car and put on a cart by a friendly gentleman. Entering the pro shop, we had the same kind of friendly, helpful staff get us started.
Each hole on the course is named for a country. At the tee, a plaque is placed with information about the country. Each hole seems to be in its own world, isolated from the other holes, yet easy found by following the cart path.
Holes are rather straight forward and reward good shots, while offering punishment for bad ones. There is some water in play, as well as bunkers, but not to a level of frustration, with five tee boxes from which to choose. As with all courses in the region, play in on Bermuda grass. In general, the fairways are generous enough to let you hit away on longer holes.
The region had a very hot summer with an extended period of drought. There was damage on the course - some greens had burned spots, approached to the greens were browned, and several tee boxes were damaged. In spite of this, we enjoyed playing International.
We played in the afternoon; it was very quiet and we were able to amble around the course. Oddly, when we returned to the club house, the bar / restaurant was closed. Still, International is a place to consider when playing when in Myrtle Beach.

We played in the afternoon, and it was very quiet. We had no one behind us, so we played at a leisurely pace.
The staff was friendly, thanking us for playing River Oaks. There are three nines to mix and match for play.
The course layout is such that holes are isolated from one another, buffered by trees. Fairways are generous enough o reward good shots. Of concern was how dry the course was. The heat and summer drought had an adverse effect on the course with a few greens having some damage and noticeable browning around the greens. Hopefully, with watering and some winter precipitation, the course can recover, as it is a pleasurable course to play.

After a major 2018 hurricane, 2019 tropical storm and an extremely hot summer, all golf courses in Myrtle Beach took some hits. At River Oaks, some of the greens and tee boxes had heat damage, and portions of fairways were browned. That aside, we enjoyed playing at the course. It starts with a staff that is friendly and helpful. At bag check, bags are unloaded form the car and put on carts that were cleaned, and included ball and club washers. In the pro shop, the staff was friendly. They even included a course book which we found invaluable, as we never played the course before. The course offered some challenges without beating you up. The Bermuda grasses were a new experience for us, as we come from New England. A few minutes on the practice green helped a lot. There are five tee boxes, so you can play the course as long, or short, as you wish.
Playing with my wife, we payed for nine holes. This course was one of the ones in Myrtle Beach that allowed nine hole play. And, the rates were very reasonable.