Just in time for Thanksgiving, three of the Waccamaw Golf Trail's golf courses - Litchfield Country Club, the River Club and Willbrook Plantation - are offering special holiday rates from $45 to $62 per round through Nov. 25. A two-round special begins at just $100.

When Myrtle Beach golf early birds come out to the grand opening of the new Founders Club in February, they'll be met with a golf course seemingly wise beyond its youth.

Much of coastal South Carolina is referred to as the "lowcountry," and you don't get much lower than the state's islands. South Carolina islands positively reek with history and ambiance; you can stand under a canopy of moss-draped oaks and imagine any number of Civil War battles. You don't have to imagine world-class golf courses, though. They're there, and we've played most of them. Here are some of our favorites ...

With fall upon us, and winter less than two months away, WorldGolf.com readers used October to head towards warmer, greener pastures, namely some of the top courses in the U.S., from Hawaii and Las Vegas to Myrtle Beach. There's even a Ryder Cup venue thrown in there

While some golf courses will chill you with difficult layouts, others can frighten the dickens out of a player with things that border on the supernatural. All around the globe there are golf courses like this, where graveyards and native burial grounds play host to your round. Or where ghosts make their homes amongst the bunkers and fairways. Here's a look at a few golf courses that give the term "spooky" a whole other element.

Myrtlewood's location, playability and affordability make it one of Myrtle Beach's most popular clubs. Its owners, Burrows & Chapin also give out a lot of free rounds here to those who book condo rentals at one of their many properties along the Grand Strand.

Pawleys Plantation makes most lists of the top-10 golf courses in Myrtle Beach for a reason. This Jack Nicklaus design is one of the finest golf courses on the Grand Strand, combining classic, lowcountry views with excellent golf.

The 24th annual World Amateur Handicap Championship was played last week on nearly 70 courses in Myrtle Beach and featured close to 3,800 golfers ranging from scratch to blindingly awful. For all of you amateurs curious what all the fuss is about, I've compiled a concise list of "likes" and "dislikes" from my first appearance ...

The South, when it comes to golf courses, is about more than just old plantations and moss-draped oaks.With its southern latitudes and comparatively slow pace, the South's golf courses run the gamut from links-style to modern to traditional. Of all the varied terrain in the South, islands are one of the most engaging venues in which to find yourself on a golf course. The South has plenty of them, both on the Atlantic side and bordering the Gulf of Mexico

Woodland Valley, one of Myrtle Beach's newest golf real estate developments, is well off the coastline and resulting madness of its main roads - one big attribute developers are hoping brings in buyers. It seems to be a strong attractant. In a soft nationwide real estate market, Woodland Valley is thriving.