Courses · South Carolina

Prestwick Country Club

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina · 18 holes · par 72 · Semi-Private. Designed by Pete & P.B. Dye, opened 1989.

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 drop: hole 16, where the green sits 17 ft below the tee and plays about 6 yards shorter.
• Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 3 holes and on the right on 0: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
• 7 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 4

383 (Black) · 362 (Blue) · 341 (White) · 318 (Green) · 302 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like

383+1 ft

Green · Black tee

368 · 383 · 393front · middle · back

Green size

31 × 26yards deep × wide

Fairway

33 ydswide at 252

Green slope

1.5%falls to the front

In play

• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 361 to carry
• Bunker left of the green

Playing notes

• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 252.
• The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

448 (Black) · 427 (Blue) · 387 (White) · 358 (Green) · 307 (Red) yards · Handicap 1

Plays like

448level

Green · Black tee

438 · 448 · 459front · middle · back

Green size

26 × 25yards deep × wide

Fairway

33 ydswide at 269

In play

• Bunker left: 136 to reach, 286 to carry
• Bunker across the hole: 394 to reach, 410 to carry
• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 427 to carry
• Bunker front-left of the green

Playing notes

• Dogleg left at about 277 yards.
• Fairway bunkers on the left: 136 to reach, 286 to carry. Drives that finish short of 136 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 33 yards wide at 269 and narrows to 22 at 319.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.

Hole 3 · Par 4

470 (Black) · 458 (Blue) · 444 (White) · 403 (Green) · 357 (Red) yards · Handicap 5

Plays like

466-13 ft

Green · Black tee

450 · 470 · 485front · middle · back

Green size

38 × 34yards deep × wide

Fairway

27 ydswide at 251

Green slope

1.5%falls to the back-left

In play

• Bunker left: 352 to reach, 379 to carry

Playing notes

• Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 13 ft below the tee.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 251.
• No hazards mapped around the green.
• The green falls from front-right to back-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the back-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
• The green is 38 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 412 · Par 513 · Par 314 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4

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

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 45 hazards with reach and carry
• 11 green slope reads
• 4 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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