Thistle Golf Club
Old Georgetown Road Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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Only minutes north of the South Carolina State Border in Sunset Beach , Thistle Golf Club offers one of the most beautiful and challenging 27-hole layouts on the Grand Strand. Thistle takes its name from an ancient Scottish golf society dating back to the early 1800's, and the course layout posses a distinct Scottish links feel, with wind-swept fairways, large bentgrass greens fairway |
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mounds, and vegetation covering the hillsides with heather and wild flowers. The Creation of the Thistle Golf Club began with a beautiful piece of land and a talented course designer, Tim Cate, who knows the soil, the terrain and the climate. He learned his trade from famed golf course architect Willard Byrd, and is in his own right a skilled architecht, with many courses to his credit. The skillful blending of natural elevation changes and wetlands with carefully carved bunkers and large green complexes is visually stunning. If you want a challenging and appealing round of golf in the Northern end of Myrtle Beach, Thistle is the course for you. |
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Course Information |
Tee |
Yardage |
Rating |
Slope |
North/West |
6997 |
74.9 |
136 |
West/South |
6898 |
74.3 |
137 |
South/North |
6801 |
73.4 |
137 |
Designer: Tim Cate
Opened in: 2000
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Directions |
From Myrtle Beach Airport Area:
Take Harrelson Boulevard to Highway 17 Bypass, Make a Right onto Highway 17 Bypass and head North until Route 501, Merge onto Route 501 North towards Conway, Take 501 N. until you get to Highway 31 (Carolina Bays Parkway), Take Highway 31 North until the end, At the end merge Right and take Highway 9 East towards Wilmington, Take Highway 9 until it meets with Highway 17, Make a Left onto 17 North towards Little River, Follow 17 N. through to Route 179, Make a Right onto 179 towards Calabash, After your 2nd traffic light the course will be 1 mile on your Left.
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