True Blue Golf Plantation

True Blue is probably one of Myrtle Beach's toughest tracks. The course was built upon the site of a working rice and indigo plantations, and is one of the top rated courses in the area, and most expensive. It's across the street from The Caledonia, and its entrance is lined with old live oaks as you drive up to the old south styled clubhouse. The course can play to 7,062 yards, 145 slope from the tips and was designed by Mike Stranz, and plays true to Strantz's tough course reputation. They call the course Heaven and Hell, and with good reason, the course has massive waste areas, scattered mounds, contoured greens, making for a long day if you're off line. The conditioning is fantastic, and the course has huge fairways, and good elevation change throughout, unusual for the area. The fairways are full of contours, mounds, humps, and hallows, and the greens huge as well, some elevated, some with false fronts, but on all of them, if you're on the green, it's not an automatic two putt. The course has a Pine Valley/Pine Barrens feel to it with the fairways and greens surrounded by the vast waste areas. Off the fairways, the rough is high native grasses, and just usually experience an extra stroke to get out and back on the fairway. There's lakes, trees, and the constant wind which is always a factor here, along with the length which make this course tough. It's an interesting layout with short and long holes, straight and dogleged, and was once an indigo plantation, which is used to make dye which is why the name. Bring your 'A' game, it's a love or hate experience here, personally I've played it a couple of times, and depending on the tee selection, it can be brutal or just a good solid tough course. .