Heritage Club near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. -- Located just south of Myrtle Beach, the Heritage Club has a Tara feel to it, from the massive pillared clubhouse to bunkers at depths that equal the height of the Spanish-moss covered live oaks nearby. It is set on an old rice plantation, so there is a lot of water on the golf course, much of it lily pad covered, giving the course a sense of wilderness.

Designed by Larry Young in 1986, the Heritage Club is a slice of the Old South, from the bricked back patio overlooking what once was a rice plantation to the many magnolias and live oaks.

Heritage Club golf course

Even the ponds are colorful at the Heritage Club.

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Heritage Club - No. 14 bunker

The bunker next to the par-4 14th hole is the least of your problems at the Heritage Club.

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Heritage Club - No. 14 green

Huge mounds are common features on many of the greens at the Heritage Club.

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Heritage Club - No. 16 approach

Water bisects the fairway on the Heritage Club's par-4 16th hole.

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Heritage Club - No. 18

The 18th hole at the Heritage Club is a short par 5 with a cutable corner, but the approach is a bit nerve wracking.

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Heritage Club - No. 4

Described as the prettiest hole on the golf course, No. 4 at the Heritage Club is a live oak-lined dogleg left with plenty of elevation changes.

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Heritage Club - No. 4 bunker

If you stray too far right, it's an obstacle course to the green on the par-4 fourth hole at the Heritage Club.

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Heritage Club - No. 5 green

If the pin is on the left, getting to it on the fifth green at the Heritage Club requires a carefully calibrated aerial approach.

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