The Myrtle Beach, S.C., property reopened August 31 with new Champion Bermuda greens, a 50% expansion of the driving range, extension of back tee boxes on eight holes, and rebuilt bunkers. Rees Jones oversaw the changes to the golf course, which added 185 yards to the back tees for a course that now stretches to 7,370 yards.
The Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C., reopened August 31 with new Champion Bermuda greens and a few other strategic changes, the Conway (S.C.)-based MyHorryNews reported.
Rees Jones oversaw the changes on the golf course that has graced many national top 100 lists and will host the 2014 PGA Professional National Championship, June 22-25. Jones considers the Dunes Club to be one of his father’s “true masterpieces,” MyHorryNews reported.
“It has been one of the highlights of my career to have had the opportunity to restore and enhance the original design intent,” said Jones. “The course is now positioned for play by today’s golfers.”
The recent choice of many top golf courses in the Southeast, Champion Bermuda putting surfaces can be maintained at a higher quality throughout the year with faster speed than bentgrass, MyHorryNews reported.
Other improvements completed over a 90-day period included a 50-percent expansion of the driving range; creation or extension of back tee boxes on eight holes; and new or rebuilt bunkers on Nos. 1, 7 and 11. A new brick bridge crosses over the water that runs in front of the opening tee and the 18th green, MyHorryNews reported.
A new tee complex right of the previous tee box at the dogleg-left No. 2 gives golfers a better opportunity to cut yardage off the long, difficult par-4 hole, MyHorryNews reported.
With 185 yards added to its back tees, the course now stretches to 7,370 yards. About 30 yards were added to the world-famous par-5 13th hole, “Waterloo,” extending it to 620 yards from the back tees, MyHorryNews reported.
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