Hammock Coast Golf Trail is the Southeast's best upscale escape for couples and corporate groups, anchored by Mike Strantz's Caledonia and True Blue, 12 courses in our catalog, $$$ pricing, 30 minutes from MYR, and genuinely playable year-round.
12-course public-access cooperative south of Myrtle Beach in the Pawleys Island / Murrells Inlet cluster. Mike Strantz's Caledonia + True Blue are the marquees ($165-$235), with Pawleys Plantation (Nicklaus), TPC Myrtle Beach (Fazio), and Heritage Club (Maples) rounding out the must-plays. Walkable golf villages, slower pace, no Myrtle Beach strip-mall traffic.
11 courses
Hammock Coast Golf Trail has 11 courses in Scramble's catalog, anchored by Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, True Blue Plantation, and Pawleys Plantation. Multiple of these are nationally ranked. Each plays as a destination-quality round on its own. All three play within a normal trip itinerary out of the same lodging base.
Mike Strantz (1994)
Mike Strantz (1998)
$$Jack Nicklaus (1989)
$Tom Fazio with Lanny Wadkins (1999)
Dan Maples (1986)
Willard Byrd (1966)
Thomas Walker (2008 redesign of Gene Hamm 1966)
Ron Garl (1995)
Dan Maples (1988)
Clyde Johnston (1996)
Gary Player (1990)
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A 3-round, 4-golfer trip to Hammock Coast Golf Trail runs about $1,365 per person with mid-range ($$) lodging. That covers 3 peak-season green fees, lodging at roughly two golfers per room, and a daily food + ground-transit allowance. Flights are excluded since they depend on your home airport. Adjust the round count, group size, or tier on the trip calculator to see how the number moves. See the full breakdown →
Hammock Coast Golf Trail sits in South Carolina. The closest major airport is Charleston (CHS), roughly a 75-minute drive from the main resort cluster. Most groups fly into CHS, rent one or two SUVs, and base out of a single resort or hotel for the entire trip.
The strongest months for golf in Hammock Coast Golf Trail are Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, based on 20-year playability scores combining temperature and precipitation. Hammock Coast Golf Trail averages a 59°F high in January and a 89°F high in July, so playable conditions cluster in the shoulder months. Book early in those windows. Rates and tee-time inventory tighten as the season firms up.
Best months: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
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Build Your TripHammock Coast Golf Trail data is part of Scramble's catalog of 128 destinations and 971 independently researched courses. Weather data from 20 years of Open-Meteo; awards compiled from Golf Digest, Golfweek, and state-level rankings.
Published June 2026. Updated when the data or Scramble’s recommendations change.