Pine Lakes Country Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

There is nothing subtle about a $15 million renovation of the oldest golf course in Myrtle Beach, Pine Lakes Country Club. It's a brand new golf course with some notable throwbacks to the past.

Overall, the major overhaul of the golf course makes it more open, a little less challenging and fast-moving. A four-hour round will be typical. That's good, because it gives golfers more time for lunch, which is something they shouldn't pass up.

Pine Lakes Country Club in Myrtle Beach - hole 1

The first hole at Pine Lakes Country Club in Myrtle Beach forces shots between trees and bunkers.

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Pine Lakes C.C. - hole 11

The 11th hole at Pine Lakes Country Club in Myrtle Beach is a tidy little par 3 over water.

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Pine Lakes Country Club - hole 12

The green on the 12th hole at Pine Lakes Country Club is easiest to reach from the right, thanks to two pesky trees on the left.

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Pine Lakes Country Club - hole 17

The 17th hole at Pine Lakes Country Club starts with water up front and a ring of bunkers near the green.

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Pine Lakes golf course - hole 18

All of the trouble on the 18th hole at Pine Lakes Country Club is on the right.

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Pine Lakes C.C. in Myrtle Beach - No. 18

At first glance, there isn't any trouble on 18 at Pine Lakes Country Club. But there is, most of it on the right. A crescent-shaped water hazard nears the fairway near the tees and again at the green.

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Pine Lakes Country Club - second hole

The second hole par 3 at Pine Lakes Country Club has a water carry, then bunkers short of the green.

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Pine Lakes Country Club - sixth hole

The sixth hole at Pine Lakes Country Club, a long par 4, puts the trouble up near the green in the form of a pond.

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Pine Lakes Country Club - hole 7

Two large bunkers on the left on the seventh at Pine Lakes Country Club can foul up any wayward drive that drifts that way.

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Pine Lakes Country Club - hole 8

Getting to the eighth green at Pine Lakes Country Club can be a problem from the right.

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Pine Lakes C.C. - hole 9

The ninth hole at Pine Lakes Country Club is one of the most interesting, combining a lot of water to carry but on a nearly driveable par 4.

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Pine Lakes golf course in Myrtle Beach - hole 10

The 10th fairway at Pine Lakes Country Club in Myrtle Beach offers a lot of real estate and little trouble.

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Pine Lakes Country Club - 13th hole

The 13th hole at Pine Lakes Country Club in Myrtle Beach has a lot of water right.

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Pine Lakes Country Club - hole 14

The 14th hole at Pine Lakes Country Club is a valley, with water below and an uphill approach to a well guarded green.

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Pine Lakes C.C. - hole 15

There is little room for error in length or direction on the drive on No. 15 at Pine Lakes Country Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

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Pine Lakes Country Club - hole 15 green

The 15th green at Pine Lakes Country Club has a lot of room to approach from the right. The left, not so much.

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