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Myrtle Beach Golf vs. Las Vegas Golf
No two areas in the United States outside of Phoenix, have witnessed
more new golf course construction over the past ten years than Myrtle
Beach and Las Vegas. Recently, Las Vegas has been trying take Myrtle
Beach’s reputation has the top golf
destination in America. New upscale golfing facilities have
put Las Vegas on the golfing map, but Myrtle Beach has kept up by
adding luxurious golf courses such as those at Barefoot Resort and
Grande Dunes.
While most visitors go to Myrtle
Beach for the golf, only two percent of visitors to Las Vegas
report that the primary reason for their visit is golf. There are
approximately 120 golf courses in the Grand Strand, while Las Vegas
only has around 50 golf courses. So what really sets these two popular
golf destinations apart?
Las Vegas has $500 greens fees, Wolfgang Puck eateries in clubhouses,
and such a vast multitude of spas that everyone in town walks around
perpetually relaxed despite extended periods of financial grief.
Golfing in
Las Vegas is not cheap, and part of the reason is that developers
have spent a lot of money to make the clubhouses, landscape and
other surroundings first class.
Myrtle Beach, on the other hand, has $20 replays, foot long hotdogs
and almost as many buffets as Las Vegas. That is not to say that
Myrtle Beach is not without its own upscale golf addresses. Grande
Dunes and its multitude of upscale neighborhoods is one of the most
ambitious golf/real estate projects to hit the East Coast in years.
Homes along the Intracoastal Waterway command well over $1 million
and another 18-hole layout will eventually be added to the existing,
award-winning designed Grande Dunes Country
Club. Just up the road in North Myrtle Beach, Barefoot Resort
is also producing its fair share of swank housing and impressive
amenities to go along with its Davis Love III, Greg Norman, Pete
Dye and Tom Fazio designed resort courses.
When it comes down to it, golfers choosing between Myrtle Beach
and Las Vegas will just have to choose based on their preferences.
Myrtle Beach has a larger array of golf
courses and a classic down home feel, while Las Vegas has fewer
courses but is more glitz and glamour.
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