Courses · South Carolina

Myrtle Beach National Golf Club Kings North Course

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Resort. Designed by Arnold Palmer, opened 1973.

A caddie's yardage book for every hole: plays-like distance from USGS lidar elevation, reach and carry numbers for every bunker and water hazard, green front, middle and back, which way each green falls, and the lay-up zone on par 5s. Distances are from the back tees along the mapped hole; for a shorter tee, take off the scorecard difference.

Course profile

• At about 30 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 150. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
• Biggest climb: hole 5, where the green sits 11 ft above the tee and plays about 4 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 14 ft below the tee and plays about 5 yards shorter.
• 8 greens tilt 2% or more. Each hole below says which side of the hole leaves an uphill putt.

Maps: tee at the bottom, green at the top. The dashed line is the mapped hole; the gold band is the lay-up zone; the arrow on the green points downhill.

Scorecard

Tees

Hole 1 · Par 5

502 (Black) · 483 (Gold) · 465 (Green) · 459 (White) · 437 (Blue) · 363 (Red) yards · Handicap 10

Plays like

502level

Green · Black tee

488 · 502 · 510front · middle · back

Green size

25 × 38yards deep × wide

Fairway

37 ydswide at 238

In play

• Water across the hole: 85 to reach, 124 to carry
• Water left: 205 to reach, 283 to carry
• Bunker left: 218 to reach, 255 to carry
• Water right: 311 to reach, 313 to carry
• 3 bunkers right: 378 to reach, 424 to carry
• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 479 to carry

Playing notes

• Water crosses the hole: 85 to reach, 124 to carry.
• Fairway bunkers and water on the left: 205 to reach, 283 to carry. Drives that finish short of 205 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 238 and narrows to 32 at 218.
• Best lay-up: 120 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 21 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Hole 2 · Par 4

409 (Black) · 390 (Gold) · 376 (Green) · 371 (White) · 360 (Blue) · 310 (Red) yards · Handicap 8

Plays like

409-1 ft

Green · Black tee

395 · 409 · 425front · middle · back

Green size

30 × 26yards deep × wide

Fairway

33 ydswide at 236

Green slope

1.5%falls to the front-right

In play

• Water across the hole: 95 to reach, 140 to carry
• Bunker right: 204 to reach, 233 to carry
• Bunker left: 220 to reach, 231 to carry
• Bunker front-right of the green
• Water back-right of the green

Playing notes

• Dogleg right at about 261 yards.
• Water crosses the hole: 95 to reach, 140 to carry.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 204 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 204 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 236 and narrows to 22 at 216.
• The green is guarded on the right by bunkers and water; miss left.
• The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 3 · Par 4

365 (Black) · 342 (Gold) · 337 (Green) · 319 (White) · 266 (Blue) · 197 (Red) yards · Handicap 12

Plays like

363-7 ft

Green · Black tee

352 · 365 · 378front · middle · back

Green size

31 × 27yards deep × wide

Fairway

51 ydswide at 227

In play

• Water across the hole: 63 to reach, 178 to carry
• 3 bunkers left: 272 to reach, 320 to carry
• 3 bunkers across the hole: 287 to reach, 320 to carry
• 2 bunkers right: 289 to reach, 321 to carry
• 2 bunkers front-left of the green
• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 343 to carry
• Bunker front-right of the green
• Bunker right of the green
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 2 yards shorter: the green sits 7 ft below the tee.
• Dogleg left at about 62 yards.
• Water crosses the hole: 63 to reach, 178 to carry.
• Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 272 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 272 keeps them out of play.
• The fairway is about 51 yards wide at 227 and narrows to 45 at 261.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 76 hazards with reach and carry
• 11 green slope reads
• 3 par-5 lay-up zones

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Hole maps, hazards and playing notes come from mapped course data and USGS 3DEP elevation (public domain), not a visit. Plays-like numbers use the Skitty caddie's rule of one yard per 3 ft of rise, from the longest tee; altitude uses 1.16% of carry per 1,000 ft. Tees, hazards and conditions change; check with the course before you play. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) via OpenGolfAPI. Scorecard yardages and ratings as published. See a mistake? Email [email protected].

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