Thistle Golf Club - MacKay Course

Best score ever, course was great, layout was nice. Greens were well on way to recovery.

Greens were in fair shape. Apparently they had some fertilizing problems. There were streaks on the greens which caused the ball to bounce around. At least a third of the greens were very bumpy and the edges around the greens were in poor shape. I paid $30 I would not pay more than $40 due to the condition of the greens.

The greens were absolutely horrible I was told they were 90% bck they are may be 50% I do not recommend playing until the Greens are totally back

Really nice layout, and some challenging holes along the way. One Par 5 in particular will give you something to think about before you tee off (I won't ruin the surprise).

Greens are currently in tough condition, but are being worked on and fixed. Pace of play could have been faster.

Excellent courses recovering from green burn out. Staff doing excellent job with greens, Probably perfect in 1-2 months

For the price it's an ok course. The parking lot was smoother and had better roll than the greens.

The staff inside and outside could not have been more welcoming and professional. Very nice start to what was an enjoyable experience all around. I was a single and matched with two others - one of whom was a regular and provided super helpful local information on course strategy. Both were great company. We played in three hours and thirty minutes and never felt rushed. Just nice and steady - thanks to that local knowledge and three low to mid handicaps.

The greens are recovering nicely. The holes were cut where any unresolved damage had minimum involvement with putting. The surface was slow with normal "over seeding and grow out" length "hairy" grass. Our local said the greens are normally the best on the strand and very fast. We left a few short on the slow greens that we probably would have missed long on fast greens so no negative impact on scores overall. I shot 79 and that is about how I played tee to green so quite happy with the experience. I would play Thistle again in a heart beat at GolfNow rates but never at the $124 standard fee. GolfNow made the experience possible.

Great course. Awesome clubhouse, excellent practice facilities, very friendly staff, and an excellent links style course. I would have rated 5 stars overall, but they had an issue with the greens on the 2nd 9 I played. Didn't drastically affect my scoring.

Played here for $57.80, great price and a beautiful course compared to Lockwood Folly. Lockwood Folly was $75 & in bad shape. Would love to play The Thistle again

Place was great even with greens being less than there standards. Wildlife was everywhere

Always love to play the Thistle. They were having some problems with the greens but some of the greens are coming back and were not that bad.

Five stars deserving but must be frustrating to them that their greens have bald spots and are very bumpy due to bad chemicals supplied which killed much of the grass. Supposed to be all well by end of May.

Couldn't have been better. Price, pace of play, layout, course condition, (even with airation of greens), and staff. Weather was terrific too. Excellent for women and juniors too Can't wait to play again

Tee boxes and fairways were in great shape. I got a deal because we were alerted that the course had just aerated but the greens were in terrible shape because the company that supplies their chemicals screwed up and trashed the greens.

We had been told by friends that this was a course to play if we came to Myrtle Beach. We got a reasonable rate through Golf Now and were ecstatic. Only upon our arrival were we informed that the greens had been aerated because of an application malfunction and did we want to play that day? Given the time of day and the options to play elsewhere were nil, we accepted to play. I have played on aerated greens before but these greens may have been aerated but only after they had lost much of their grass! We loved the course which was immaculate and learned to play through the "aeration" but it was disappointing to see the course play affected by this.

It would have been nice if A) Golf Now could have stressed this more clearly at time of booking , B) the course could have given us a break on the price, complimentary lunch , drinks, pro shop, etc or C) both.

The staff, equipment and facilities were all great and I hope the greens issue is resolved soon as there seem to be a lot less rounds being played as a result ($$)

Great course, staff very friendly. The course was in great shape except for the greens. Just aeriated.

The title refers to the conditions of the greens. They applied a chemical to the greens, and a week or so later, the company informed the maintenance staff that the instructions they were given were incorrect. they are doing everything possible to correct the problem until the grass grows back. The move the pin placements to areas where the grass is in good shape and other quick fixes, to make your round of golf more enjoyable. The staff is bending over backwards to inform everyone before the round of the conditions. The rest of the course is in great shape and the staff is fantastic. I found only one greens that was in horrible shape, most have stripes of bare spots that are about a foot wide.

This is my favorite MB course! Brought some friends for the first time and they can't wait to come back!