| Tee | Black | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards | 425 | 391 | 357 | 311 | 276 |
Par 4 · Handicap 3.
How to play the tee shot
Water sits to the right early in the hole, and trees and a road run along the left. The fairway is wider than it looks from the tee, so trust it and make a confident swing. Finding the fairway matters here, because the approach is hard enough from the short grass.
How to play the approach
The green sits above the fairway, so you won’t see all of the putting surface. Bunkers surround the green, and the deep front bunkers are the ones to avoid. There’s no real bailout, and most misses end up in sand. Take at least half a club more than the yardage to account for the climb and carry the front bunkers. The hole rarely plays downwind.
Reading the green
The green slopes from back to front and a little from left to right. Below the hole is the place to be; putts from above it are fast. Getting your approach on the same side of the green as the pin will save you a lot of strokes.
Arcadian Shores Golf Club is a public par 72 at 710 Hilton Road in central Myrtle Beach. Book a tee time online or call the pro shop at 843-449-5217.
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About the author: Jeff Gilder is the executive producer of Traveling Golfer, a golf travel network that began as a newspaper golf column and grew into Traveling Golfer TV, which aired on NBC Sports. He has worked in the Myrtle Beach golf business for more than 20 years. TravelingGolfer.tv
