Blackmoor Golf Club - #8 - Hole Spotlight

BLACKMOOR FEATURES MYRTLE BEACH’S MOST INTRIGUING RISK-REWARD DECISIONGolf legends Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer have designed multiple Myrtle Beach golf courses to much acclaim, but one of their contemporaries has a Grand Strand layout to his credit that shouldn’t be overlooked.Gary Player, a 9-time major champion and the world’s most fit 81-year-old, designed Blackmoor Golf Club, a course that quietly delivers an excellent round of golf and a chance to score. Measuring just over 6,600 yards from the tips, Blackmoor doesn’t reward a bomb-and-gouge brand of golf.Six of the course’s final eight holes are doglegs, but it’s a front nine hole that might be a dogleg (more on that in a minute) that is our Myrtle Beach Golf Hole of the Week.No. 8 – Blackmoor Golf Club Par: 4 Yardage: 371 yards (black tees), 347 yards (white tees), 335 (yellow tees), 278 yards (red tees) Handicap: 14The eighth hole at Blackmoor is, ostensibly, a 347-yard (white tees), 90-degree dogleg right. Play mid-iron just past the corner of the dogleg and short iron in, right?Not so fast. When golfers step to the eighth tee, they don’t have to face a relatively simple dogleg. They must confront one of the great risk-reward decisions on the Myrtle Beach golf scene, because Player cut a chute through the trees that is less than 30 yards wide but provides a straight shot to the green.Take the short cut and you are approximately 250 yards from the green; one good, straight drive from that ever-elusive eagle putt. For players that can’t hit the ball 250 yards, there is room around the green to miss short, but you better hit it straight.A drive that strays into the tree-line can turn dreams of eagle into a fight for bogey. The choice is an individual one, but here is a vote for throwing caution to the wind. Enjoy the video, which will provide an outstanding overview of the hole.