Burning Ridge Golf Club in Conway, South Carolina

CONWAY, S.C. - Burning Ridge Golf Club near Myrtle Beach is a classic club, with a traditional course layout, good service and an excellent outdoor deck on which to regale your buddies about your great shots and gloss over the bad ones.

Designed by Gene Hamm in 1988, Burning Ridge has mounds and bunkers to add risk to doglegs, but it allows for a lot of rewards, too.

Burning Ridge Golf Club - No. 1

The first hole at Burning Ridge Golf Club, a par 5, has a shaved-sided ditch to imperil a miscalculated distance.

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Burning Ridge G.C. - No. 1 tee

From the first tee at Burning Ridge Golf Club, the pattern of a mound or bunker on the inside corner of a dogleg begins early.

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Burning Ridge Golf Club - No. 11

Trees press in tight on the par-4 11th hole at Burning Ridge Golf Club.

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Burning Ridge GC - No. 12

The par-3 12th at Burning Ridge Golf Club ranges from 108 to 247 yards, and it has a bailout left.

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Burning Ridge Golf Club - No. 13

Beware of the tree-bunker combo on the right side leading to the par-4 13th at Burning Ridge Golf Club.

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Burning Ridge Golf Club - No. 15 approach

The par-5 15th hole at Burning Ridge Golf Club has a brutal approach. Clear the water and the bunker front and center of the green.

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Burning Ridge golf course - No. 15 tee

The 15th hole at Burning Ridge Golf Club, a par 5, starts with a pinched landing area for your tee shot.

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Burning Ridge Golf Club - No. 17

Lots of trouble stands between you and the green on the par-3 17th at Burning Ridge Golf Club.

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Burning Ridge G.C. - No. 18

Rough and bunkers make the left a place to avoid on the final hole at Burning Ridge Golf Club.

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Burning Ridge Golf Club - No. 4 approach

The fourth hole at Burning Ridge Golf Club is challenging, with marsh all along the left to an offset, well guarded green.

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Burning Ridge Golf Club - No. 4 tee

Trees and marsh close in on the landing area for the par-4 fourth hole at Burning Ridge Golf Club.

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Burning Ridge GC - No. 9

The tee on No. 9 at Burning Ridge Golf Club is tight, with plenty of bunkers behind, left and right.

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