The Gambler on King's North at Myrtle Beach National

King’s North at Myrtle Beach National is one of the Grand Strand’s bedrock layouts.Located along Highway 501, the Arnold Palmer design enjoys a great location and has the name recognition to match. Palmer redesigned the course in 1996, catapulting it to the top of Myrtle Beach golf must-play lists.Twenty years and more than 600,000 rounds later, what can you expect to find at King’s North?Arnie was the every man’s hero, and King’s North is, for many, the People’s Champ in Myrtle Beach, offering players of all skill levels the chance to throw caution to the wind in search of glory. It’s a fun Myrtle Beach golf course to play.The Gambler, a par 5 with an alternate, island fairway that opens the door for golfers to go for the green in two, will always be the course’s signature hole. Sure, the right thing to do is play the hole as a conventional dogleg left, but you don’t take a Myrtle Beach golf trip to play by the book. Tee it up, take aim at that island fairway and tell the story in the clubhouse with everyone else in your group.The island green 12th hole, which is flanked by a pair of bunkers shaped like the letters S and C, is another memorable challenge, as is the 18th, which has more than 40 bunkers, the majority of them looming along the fairway. King’s North has many holes that qualify as signature challenges, which helps make the course special.We’ve talked a lot about the “challenges” at King’s North, but another significant part of the course’s charm is this - it’s very playable. Often times, people conflate difficulty and quality in golf. King’s North is a shining example of a good course that provides players a chance to score. If you fire the worst round of your trip here, you are to blame not the layout!More: www.myrtlebeachgolfholiday.com/news/5-reasons-you-want-to-challenge-the-king-at-myrtle-beach-national?adcode=754&sourcecode=11&cmpid=Internal Email_GH2016-866