Farmstead Golf Links finishing hole is one of the “18 most fun holes in America,” says Golf Digest

The edited headline above is from a recent press release I received. Having played Farmstead less than a month ago I can assure you that #18 is unique and quite challenging. However, do not judge Farmstead on this one quirky hole. The course is a great layout and one you’ll want to add to your “must play” list.

Following is more of the story. 

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (December 17, 2010) - Farmstead Golf Links in Calabash, NC, on the northern end of Myrtle Beach's Grand Strand, has one of the “most fun holes you can play in America,” according to an article in Golf Digest's January 2011 issue. Golf Digest Architecture Editor Ron Whitten selected Farmstead's closing hole as one of his “home run” holes, and his final pick in a stellar line-up of courses that feature floating targets, overstuffed greens and rocky challenges.

The par 6 hole at 767 yards from the tips is “so impossibly long,” wrote Whitten, that “you tee off in South Carolina and putt out in North Carolina.” Farmstead Golf Links' mammoth 18th hole is the only par 6 on Myrtle Beach's Grand Strand. A favorite among visiting golfers and locals alike, it actually begins with a drive into a wide, sweeping fairway in South Carolina and concludes on a large undulating green in North Carolina.