World Tour Golf Links

World Tour Golf Links is a 27-hole public golf course located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The 3 nine-hole layouts that can be combined in 3 different 18 hole combinations are Tour The Championship 9, Tour The Open 9, and Tour The International 9.

World Tour Golf Links opened for play in 1999. The courses were designed by Mel Graham.

World Tour Golf Links is a replica golf course with holes laid out as close as possible to replicate the best (most famous) golf holes found on the premier courses in the world.

Interesting facts about World Tour Golf Links

1. To play the courses which inspired World Tour Golf Links, you'd have to travel nearly 20,000 miles, through six times zones and five different countries.

2. Of the courses that inspired World Tour, 16 are so exclusive that the average golfer would not be able to play them at any price.

3. Greens fees for just one round at each of the six public courses featured at World Tour would total more than $1,000.00-not including airfare and lodging.

4. The circular drive outside World Tour's $2.5 million clubhouse flies the flags of six countries-Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, Spain and the U.S.-and 10 states: California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

5. Six different countries with four different languages (English, French, Scottish and Spanish) inspired holes at World Tour.

6. Over 1 million cubic yards of dirt were moved to authentically recreate the features and hazards of the 27 holes that inspired World Tour.

7. In doing research for World Tour's creation, owner Mel Graham traveled thousands of miles to visit each hole on a 150-hole "short-list" of potential inspirations.

8. There are more than 2,000 azalea bushes planted around the four holes inspired by Augusta National.

9. Of the U.S. states represented at World Tour, Florida is the top "repeat contributor" - Bayhill, Doral, Jupiter Hills, TPC Sawgrass and Seminole all inspired holes at World Tour.

10. For "Most Holes Inspired by a Single Course", the title goes to Augusta National. Augusta's 11th, 12th, and 13th (the trio that comprises the legendary "Amen Corner") are on the Championship Nine; no. 16 is on the Open Nine.

11. Outside the U.S., the United Kingdom is home to the most World Tour-inspiring courses with Royal Troon and St. Andrews in Scotland and Wentworth in England.