South Carolina has long been a popular vacation and recreation destination, especially the Myrtle Beach area. Consequentially, the state is blessed with many beautiful public golf courses, including:

1. & 2. The Barefoot Resort and Golf at North Myrtle Beach is home to four different golf courses: the "Norman Course", the "Dye Course", the "Love Course" and the "Fazio Course". The Love and Fazio courses have been rated as two of the best public golf courses in not only the state, but in the country over all, and, as their names imply, were respectively designed by Davis Love III (a Carolina native), and reknown golf architect, Tom Fazio.