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4.9
768 Reviews (768)
5 Stars
603
4 Stars
130
3 Stars
18
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
11
Conditions
4.8
Value
4.5
Layout
4.9
Friendliness
4.9
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.8
99.5%
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741 out of 768 reviews
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4.7
22 Reviews (22)
5 Stars
17
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
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2 Stars
0
1 Stars
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Conditions
4.7
Value
4.5
Layout
5.0
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.8
StaffFriendliness
5.0
100.0%
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22 out of 22 reviews
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4.9
69 Reviews (69)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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Conditions
4.8
Value
4.6
Layout
4.9
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.8
StaffFriendliness
5.0
100.0%
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69 out of 69 reviews
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Course Highlights
Thistle Golf Club consistently impresses with immaculate course conditions, a distinctive layout, and genuinely welcoming staff across all recent rounds. Smooth pace of play and outstanding amenities make this one of Myrtle Beach's top values.

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Holes 9
Type Public
Par 36
Length 3450 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A
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Course Details

Year Built 1999
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens TifEagle Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Tim Cate (1999)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

4.9
768 Reviews (768)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 18
Patio Dining 12
19th Hole Scenic Views 11
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 28
Water Hazards 28
Forced Carries 27
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 23
Locals 20
A Bucket list/Top 100 Pick 15
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 27
In the 'Burbs 7
Convenient to the City 6

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Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

One of the finest and fair tracks I've ever played

Greens are fast and true. Fairways and tees are in great shape and well maintained and kept clean. The pub has good food at fair prices.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Picturesque and challenging

The greens by far the best I have ever played. They roll very true with great speed. Lots of bunkers and water trouble but fair. Requires strategic play depending on pin placement and wind. This is TOTAL AND PURE ENJOYMENT GOLF.
The clubhouse is extraordinaire with beautiful amenities. Great driving range and putting green.
Staff is very friendly and Head Golf Professional Chad Wiebelhaus epitomizes what a true PGA Pro really is and does for a top rate golf facility.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Thistle

Thistle is one of the best facilities for golf that I have ever played. The course is challenging, the condition of the course is excellent and the clubhouse is spectacular. The staff are very friendly. Even though Thistle is a public golf course, you are treated as if it were a private course. If you travel to play golf in the Myrtle Beach area, be sure to include Thistle as one of your courses. You will thoroughly enjoy the experience!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 05/31/2016

Thank you for the time to review our course and staff! We look forward to your next visit with us!

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

A Must Play

Friendly helpful staff. Course conditions were excellent a very well maintained course. Greens were quick and rolled true. Fun challenging beautiful course.
Classic clubhouse and pub.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/02/2016

Thank you for commenting about the conditions of the greens. We will be more than happy to pass that along to our maintenance staff. We are happy that you enjoyed yourself when you came out and look forward to seeing you in the future.

Sincerely,

Thistle Golf Club

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

EXCELLENT GREENS AND FARIWAYS

Staff and courses conditions are excellent. Staff very friendly and helpfull. Course greens are the best in the area, smooth and challenging. I highly recommend this course at all levels of play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/02/2016

Thank you for commenting about the conditions of the greens and the staff. We are happy that you enjoyed yourself when you came out and look forward to seeing you in the future.

Sincerely,

Thistle Golf Club

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Love this course, now my home course

Thistle offers several challenges for the average golfer. Love the layout of the course. The clubhouse is spectacular and the staff is really friendly and courteous. Excellent drainage and will not be CPO when others around are.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

what a course

By far the finest course in the Myrtle Beach area

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Beautiful But Tough Course

The course layout is just a beauty. Love the Scottish design clubhouse. But don't let the beauty of the course deceive you. Greens are fast and pin placement is difficult.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful

Excellant conditions, nice fairways, water obstacles are present on many holes! The greens were nice and fast for this time of year.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Really tough but fun

Great course-unfortunately all local courses were water logged-fairways soggy but greens were still fair and in good condition

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Best Condition of all course played near Myrtle Beach

Best condition of all courses I played. Normal green fees are a bit high but I was able to find discounted green fee.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Decent course, but would never pay full price of $100 to play

I was excited to play MacKay and Cameron as instructed when paying, but the starter changed that. Wasn't too happy about missing out on MacKay, because I was instructed that was the 9 holes to play and home of he toughest hole on the course. Cameron was just redone this year, but the putting green were like putting on artificial outdoor carpet. When playing Stewart we had a hard time finding a couple shots, due to the thick grass clumps from cutting the rough to the point it looked burned. All in all it was a subpar course, but for some reason it was rated in the top 5 for the Myrtle Beach area.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 56
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Would like to play Thistle when it not so soggy and cart path only

I like Thistle but I would just like to play it one time when the fairways were not soggy and balls were plugging on over half the holes. It is just not a lot of fun to play when the course is almost unplayable from a couple of weeks of tropical type rains.
The greens are nice and roll true. In the summertime, not very fast but still playable. I would imagine except when the course is very wet...it is probably very nice and well conditioned.
If you play Thistle, take some time and appreciate the clubhouse. It is gorgeous and well appointed.
The staff there is very friendly.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Excellent course

In great shape. A little pricey to competitors but enjoyed the track quite a bit... Was a little disappointed that we didn't get out to C 9 but was happy with the M an S 9s.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Wonderful experience

I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to all at the Thistle Golf Club for having us today. The weather looked gloomy at the start but turned out to be a dry day and the course was in great shape. Your entire staff from the bag drop to the counter staff were wonderful and very helpful, which made for a great day.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

very nice course and staff

would play this course again! Staff was excellent.
beautiful shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Stewart/MacKay Review

The facilities and course were in A1 shape and all the staff were very courteous. Only negative was the Cameron nine and putting green were closed.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

awesome course

thistle lived up to everything I heard about it. the course was in excellent condition other than greens being airfield but were rolling fair enough to putt on. I played from white tees and shot 75. bunkers galored with water all over the course and you have to manage your shots well or you will shoot a high score. I played at 4 pm for $29 on golfnow which was a incredible price. I recommend this course to anyone.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course, somewhat slow pace, silly prices for snacks and drinks.

The course was immaculate, the greens were perfect and the price on GolfNow was a real bargain. It took over five hours to play and a Gatorade was $3.50. So, if you want great golf conditions, like a leisurely pace and don't get thirsty, this is your place.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Very Good

This courses are much challenging. If you don't like water hazard, you should't play the courses.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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