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Myrtle Beach: Golf Paradise

Myrtle Beach Trips offers incredible golf vacation packages, and they'll take care of all the planning so that you and your group are free to relax and enjoy.

From oceanfront resorts and gracious inns to beautiful golf course villas, these accommodations offer a number of amenities and special services to enhance your stay. (www.MyrtleBeachGolfTrips.com; 866-897-2312)

Kingston Plantation offers a relaxing retreat on 145 lush and landscaped acres on South Carolina's famous Grand Strand along the Atlantic Ocean. Choose from 1,300 luxurious accommodations within the oceanfront complex, including two of the world's most trusted hotel brands—Embassy Suites and Hilton—as well as beachfront condominium towers, lakeside lodges, villas and town homes with wooded views. (www.kingstonplantation.com; 800-876-0010)

Consider Prime Times Golf your personal golf liaison to the region. You can get rates and information for more than 90 courses in the area, and even book tee times online. Prime Times Golf offers multi-round specials throughout the year, and when you book the four-round "Signature Package" you'll get a free bonus round with cart at no additional charge. (www.myrtlebeachprimetimesgolf.com; 866-816-0060)

Golf's greatest course architects have designed memorable layouts at Barefoot Resort & Golf. Greg Norman, Davis Love III, Tom Fazio and Pete Dye have each designed a distinctive, visually striking and enjoyable-to-play course. All of the layouts have Bent Grass greens, which are unique to Myrtle Beach. A 30-acre lighted practice facility and teaching school will open in spring 2006. (www.barefootgolf.com or call 800-320-6536)

Hole 10 at Grande Dune's private Members Course

Grande Dunes stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to west of the Intracoastal Waterway. Two championship courses distinguish this master-planned luxury community. The 18-hole Grande Dunes Course is open to the public. The private Members Club Course, a collaboration between PGA Hall of Fame member Nick Price and award-winning golf architect Craig Schreiner, features classic tree-lined fairways on the front nine, and a challenging combination of links and parkland features on the way home. Members can work out at the Tennis & Fitness facility and enjoy a lagoon-style pool and gourmet dining at the 25,000-square-foot Ocean Club, set on the white-sand beach bordering the Atlantic. (www.grandedunes.com; 877-347-2633)




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