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River Hills Golf & Country Club
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River Hills Golf and Country Club is in Little River, near North Myrtle Beach, a Tom Jackson product that shows heavily-wooded, rolling terrain with elevation changes as much as 40 feet. Golfers won't encounter parallel fairways, but they will encounter fairways that weave through a series of homes, along with dogwood, maple, live oak, pine and cypress tees. They will also see quite a bit of water, though most of it is lateral.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6918 yards | 73.3 | 136 |
| White | 72 | 6396 yards | 70.6 | 128 |
| Green | 72 | 5728 yards | 67.6 | 116 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5030 yards | 67.7 | 120 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teal M: 73.5/148 | 371 | 531 | 187 | 401 | 448 | 180 | 527 | 393 | 418 | 3456 | 394 | 572 | 190 | 394 | 429 | 165 | 368 | 526 | 429 | 3467 | 6923 |
| Garnet M: 70.9/137 | 305 | 497 | 167 | 385 | 401 | 162 | 485 | 368 | 384 | 3154 | 365 | 548 | 185 | 366 | 404 | 137 | 351 | 491 | 400 | 3247 | 6401 |
| Orange M: 67.8/121 W: 72.7/139 | 246 | 458 | 147 | 346 | 381 | 137 | 464 | 334 | 367 | 2880 | 317 | 512 | 111 | 323 | 354 | 108 | 327 | 454 | 333 | 2839 | 5719 |
| Carolina Blue M: 65.2/108 W: 69.2/122 | 233 | 430 | 109 | 311 | 343 | 113 | 417 | 294 | 338 | 2588 | 263 | 457 | 90 | 224 | 299 | 83 | 270 | 397 | 308 | 2391 | 4979 |
| Purple M: 63.7/104 W: 67.0/110 | 200 | 380 | 90 | 270 | 302 | 103 | 387 | 260 | 290 | 2282 | 235 | 400 | 90 | 224 | 260 | 75 | 240 | 340 | 268 | 2132 | 4414 |
| Handicap | 14 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 14 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 7 |
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River Hills, hole 13 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 11/29/2025
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River Hills, hole 16 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 11/29/2025
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Photo submitted by Robert5951766 on 04/21/2025
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Photo submitted by blairsoules on 09/25/2024
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Photo submitted by btertin on 11/27/2023
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Photo submitted by btertin on 11/27/2023
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Photo submitted by btertin on 11/27/2023
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Photo submitted by btertin on 11/27/2023
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Photo submitted by parruda15 on 03/05/2022
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Photo submitted by parruda15 on 03/05/2022
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Photo submitted by JackStraw6 on 06/20/2018
Nice course
Family golf outing. We really enjoyed the course. Looking forward to playing it again next time we are in town.
Enjoyable Round
The course is in great shape and the pace of play was fantastic. We rented clubs that were this year's model and the carts were fantastic. Would play here again.
Well Maintained and in Great Condition
Friendliest pro shop staff on the Strand! Course in great condition, greens and fairways very nice.
One of the best courses in South Carolina
Course is in great shape. Greens are absolutely the best I have played on a while. Staff is amazing. Food at club is off the charts. Great course recommended must play.
First Time
Amazing course, couldn’t believe how good condition it was in and how AMAZING the greens are!!
Very Challenging
Very nice facilities! Course very well maintained. Would highly recommend trying this course. Staff extremely friendly and helpful.
The course layout and condition were great but we waited on every shot and it took 5 hours for the round.
Bring your A game!
First time playing this course. A few thoughts: You better be accurate. There’s quite a few doglegs with little chance of cutting corners. The course requires you to hit everything from driver to irons off the tee. If you’ve not played at the beach much, the sea level elevation greatly affects your club distance, take at least 1 club more. If you’ve never played the course, have an app with hole overview and distance. The greens are grainy, really fast putting downhill, really slow putting uphill. Play more break than you think, lots more! The par 3’s are fairly easy, greens are in good shape and fairly big. Nice course, but way too methodical for my liking.
p.s. if you’ve play from the forward tees (teal and up) then the course is much easier to navigate.
A real gem
We played River Hills on our first annual week-long trip to Myrtle Beach thirty years ago and a couple of times in the immediate following years. We played there again 12/01/24. The course was in excellent condition. The course belies the fact that it wends it's way through a residential community. Each hole layout is unique, and the course is picturesque. We look forward to our next play at River Hills!
Great course
This course is difficult for a novice golfer.
Lots of carry shots.
Demands accuracy.
More interesting courses elsewhere
I guess this course would fit the "Park like" description. Not a lot of elevation changes, no marshes. Several holes have water challenges, requiring layups or skillful full on shots. There just wasn't a lot of atmosphere or excitement about it. Houses lined pretty much every hole from tee to green.
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