Unlike many of the courses on the South Strand, Heritage sports two totally different sets of nine holes, and the probability of boredom weighs in somewhere around zero. The front nine lulls you into thinking that the course is quite conquerable and devoid of any severe water hazards. The back nine quickly smacks you in the face for even positing this assumption, and offers vast quantities of water in play, and a stretch of hearty par-4's like few other courses on the Strand. If you find it impossible to imagine a time in Myrtle Beach when only eight courses laced the beaches of the Grand Strand, and when only one course was located south of Murrells Inlet, then take in one of the limited number of rounds offered at the venerable Litchfield Country Club. Since it opened back in 1966, Litchfield has remained virtually unchanged over the years.
Player still rave about the greenside pathways that provide for ample bump and run opportunities.
Its tree-lined fairways focus all attention off the tee boxes to Litchfield's narrow, but negotiable fairways. Setting the standard for Low Country course design, water comes into play on almost every hole. As the end of your South Strand saga draws near, try to carve out rounds at both Pawleys Plantation and the River Club - both equal in quality and experience to any of the other premier tracts in Low Country territory. You may have played a Nicklaus course in the past, and generally felt that the Golden Bear had designed the course with his playing ability in mind, and not yours. But Pawleys is refreshingly playable, and this Nicklaus layout provides a rare look at low country wildlife and scenery if played late in the afternoon.