Posted on Sep 20, 2010 - 11:01 AM

Legends’s Moorland Course Debuts on Golf Insider Top 25; Willbrook Cracks Top 10

The Moorland Course at Legends Golf & Resort, a P.B. Dye design renowned for its deep bunkering and multilevel fairways and greens, makes its first appearance on the “Myrtle Beach Golf Insider Top 25” in the newly released rankings for September 2010, the Web site announced Monday.

The top three slots occupied by Dunes Golf & Beach Club, TPC of Myrtle Beach and Thistle Golf Club remain unchanged from last month, while sister courses Caledonia Golf & Fish Club and True Blue Plantation each move up one spot to round out the top 5. Willbrook Plantation in Pawleys Island surges up three spots to crack the top 10 for the first time since this rankings report debuted in June.

The rankings are determined by golfers who submit their post-play reviews for publication on the Golf Insider’s Web site, www.MBGolfInsider.com. They are based on the aggregate scores of each participating golfer’s review, where golfers rate on a 10-point scale their course experience in each of six categories: greens, fairways, tees, pro shop, grill and staff.

The complete Top 25 for this month was completed on September 20, with scoring ties separated by total number of reviews for each course (indicated in parentheses). The last figure in each listing indicates the change in ranking since last month:

1. Dunes Golf & Beach Club – 9.0 (65) –

2. TPC of Myrtle Beach – 8.8 (127) –

3. Thistle Golf Club – 8.8 (48) –

4. Caledonia – 8.7 (133) +1

5. True Blue – 8.7 (85) +1

6. Tiger’s Eye – 8.7 (36) -2

7. King’s North at Myrtle Beach National – 8.6 (261) –

8. World Tour – 8.6 (67) –

9. Legends – Heathland – 8.6 (38) –

10. Willbrook Plantation – 8.5 (265) +3

11. Wild Wing Avocet – 8.5 (85) –

12. Barefoot – Fazio – 8.5 (27) -2

13. Barefoot – Norman – 8.5 (17) -1

14. South Creek at Myrtle Beach National – 8.4 (101) –

15. Barefoot – Love – 8.4 (35) –

16. Legends – Parkland – 8.4 (30) –

17. West Course at Myrtle Beach National – 8.3 (280) –

18. Barefoot – Dye – 8.3 (30) +1

19. River Club – 8.2 (276) +2

20. Tradition Club – 8.2 (148) +2

21. Arrowhead – 8.2 (85) +2

22. Man O’ War – 8.2 (82) +2

23. Grande Dunes – 8.2 (76) -5

24. Shaftesbury Glen – 8.2 (42) +1

25. Legends – Moorland - 8.2 (40) NEW

The Myrtle Beach Golf Insider Top 25 represents a broad consensus of opinion based on thousands of golfer reviews – more than 2,900 alone since January, according to Myrtle Beach Golf Insider Editor Jim Maggio.

Each course in this ranking is linked back to its own Golf Insider page, where readers can get much more detail on what fellow golfers are saying about that specific course. Links to all individual course pages can be found in the course listings located on the home page.

To sign up for free and leave your own course reviews, visit the Golf Insider home page.