Golf in the South Strand - Pawley's Island

Further south still is Pawley's Island home to 3 of the Top Players Choice Awards
Courses as ranked by the Myrtle Beach Golf Association. These are Caledonia Golf and Fish Club, Heritage Club and True Blue Plantation.

Caledonia Golf and Fish Club was designed by Mike Strantz and was one of his first designs after honing his craft under the tutorage of Tom Fazio. Set on a historic rice plantation Caledonia is not the typical plantation style course design. "What they wanted to do was preserve as much natural beauty as possible and move very little dirt," Seganti (Caledonia Golf Pro) says. "That was the only instruction they gave Mike." "Caledonia is the lone exception to Srantz's in-your-face design philosophy."

Heritage Club is a magnificent course covered with over 600 acres of giant magnolias, 300 year old oaks and fresh water lakes and marshes, which have been transformed into a course to rival the finest in the world. Golf Digest ranked Heritage among the "50 best courses in America" and spacious fairways, large greens along with the surrounding stands of crepe myrtle, camellias and azaleas make it one of the most beautiful. "Heavily landscaped areas of wildflowers and flowering shrubs will maintain the beauty of this historical setting for generations to come."

True Blue opened in 1998 and is more of a challenge than the smaller Caledonia course. It has gone through several makeovers in recent years and toned down to be enjoyable to the more average golfer. Golf Digest rated True Blue #13 in 2001 as one of the 25 top courses in South Carolina.