Legends Golf Resort - Heathland Course

50+ years veteran golfer; first trip to Myrtle Beach. Friends always raved about Legends as a must play. Booked a 1:56 pm, Saturday round using Golf Now app for a "Hot Deal!" Arrival found utter chaos with 40-50 golfers waiting to get a cart and get started. Got cart at 1:55 and headed to the first tee of the Heathland course. Course and facilities seemed very beat up to me. Everything was brown (I know it's supposed to be a links style course) but clubhouse looked like no one had done any upkeep on it for decades. Pro shop and grille area did look nice though. For the most part,, the staff was very friendly; although the folks trying to get people out on the course at the bag drop were overwhelmed due to only two people trying to handle all of the traffic. Could have used at least 2 more assistants. The biggest issue...SLOW PLAY DUE TO OVER BOOKING! We started at 2:01PM and got through 16 holes with the last two being past dusk. We could not finish the round. We were told by many people that this is typical of the Legends facility right now as they greatly over book tee times and rounds take 5-6 hours. When I get back to Myrtle some day, I will definitely not have the legends courses on the itinerary unless I know of changes to their business tactics. There are so many other great tracks to chose from now for the same or less $$$. I was saddened that the Legends didn't live up to its reputation and name.

The course is overbooked. It took us 3 hours to play nine holes. We had a 1:24 tee time and were unable to play 18 holes. We had to quit after nine. The course itself is very nice. It’s just not a good value to pay 70 dollars and only be able To complete 9 holes due to pace of play.

Chose Legends because most other courses were closed due to the upcoming freeze. Cart attendants were helpful, did not have to wait for them to unload car or load up golf cart. Shop Staff was friendly and made us feel at home. Young lady in the bar was OUTSTANDING! Great service, great personality. And the lunch was very good!

Pace of play was excruciatingly slow. No marshal involvement or monitoring.

The course is nice enough but I have never in my life seen a golf course cram as many players as they possibly can with having players tee off on both the 1st and 10th tees. To say those took away from our overall experience would be an understatement. Sad really.

5 1/2 hours on a Wednesday afternoon!!! Too long!!

Great layout, I’ll spend 6 hours happily enjoying this true test of golf. I come here to play golf and will happily wait every shot to play a real golf course. Thank you Legends for providing a golf course without white stakes intruding my score. This is one of the few beach courses that allows a modern player to swing away off the tee box.

Overall enjoyed playing Heathland, but using rental clubs that I consider to be inferior to my pings was a definite impact. Next time will bite the bullet and bring my own.

The greens were in grate shape but fairways were pretty rough but given the heat and lateness in the season it’s understandable.

Another issue is the clubs grips and head settings, the 5 wood needed to be replaced as they were worn and extremely slick. The driver was set to a low loft setting vs a standard loft. These should be set to a standard before handing them over to a customer or ask how they wanted them set.

Again I would play the course again but will bring my own sticks next time.

Heathland is a great layout, but, unfortunately, Father Time seems to be taking its tole. It simply isn’t maintained in the manner that it used to be. Cart paths, bunkering, railroad ties, etc are very aged. Plus bunkers are not being maintained (raked). Almost fell off the bench at the bag drop because it was loose. Bag person said he reported it several months ago, but it still hasn’t been repaired. Not sure if there has been a change of ownership, whether COVID is still having a significant impact or whether management is lacking. I suppose the value is still decent as the greens fee also includes breakfast and lunch. Don’t like having to give this course a poor review, but, conditions just don’t warrant anything else.