Episode #36: Beware! Faux Pas That Will Ruin Your Myrtle Beach Golf Trip 07/29/2021

Meredith:
Welcome to the Give Me Golf podcast, powered by Myrtlebeachgolftrips.com. I'm your host Meredith Kirk. This is episode number 36, Things You Need To Stay Away From That Can Ruin Your Myrtle Beach Golf Trips. So golfers beware. Today, we're at the beautiful Litchfield Country Club on the south end of Myrtle Beach. And I am overlooking the 18th green. It's so beautiful out here, Nate, what a great place to come out.
Nate:
It beats being in the office for sure. Right?
Meredith:
Absolutely. Well, I'm looking forward to our podcast today because we are going to talk about things you need to stay away from that can ruin your golf trip. Now we promote @myrtlebeachgolftrips.com, all of this great golf content to help our golf visitors who are coming to Myrtle Beach, have a great vacation. So now, we are going to give you guys preventative measures before you come to Myrtle Beach. You got to trust us on this. We have some great topics. We're going to discuss. Nate, you're just laughing because I know you know, what's coming down the pipe on this one.
Nate:
These things are all on them, to do these things.
Meredith:
That's right.
Nate:
There's nothing that Myrtle Beach and can do. You can do these. You can do these.
Meredith:
Right. Well, I'm going to open up the door with you going first. I know you have some good ones, Nate, preventative measures for our golfers. What do you want to start with?
Nate:
Well, I think, and I've said this many times is that you... The most fun part about the golf trip is planning it, but don't plan it with and travel with people you don't like. Right? I used to see that all the time people come in and either they don't know who they're playing with and they're just taking a gamble. It's like, wow, this is Bill knows John but I don't know him. Don't... Travel with people you like, right? Does that make sense?
Meredith:
It does.
Nate:
That's common sense, right?
Meredith:
Yeah, right. It is. It's common sense. If you're going to pay money and create a great vacation where you want to relax and rest and enjoy golf and yeah. Why team up with people that you may not be compatible with because then it's just, that's no fun.
Nate:
And why take a chance now? You may have a chance that you meet new people and that's what everyone says. I'm not that kind of person. It's like, I want to travel with people I know and people that I enjoy playing golf with and on the flip side of that is if you travel with too many people, so you've got this large group, it's not as fun. It's not as, the memories, I just think if it's more intimate, maybe for eight people, there's good memories you're making with friends.
Meredith:
Absolutely. I agree with that. And also, for me, when I travel, I'm really picky on how I sleep. So when you're sharing a room with someone, I like to go to bed at a certain time. I like it really cold, like 66 degrees. I like it really dark. And if I'm rooming with someone who's phones vibrating all night or-
Nate:
Or if they snore.
Meredith:
Yeah. Oh, that's the worst. Yeah. But so you have all these variables when it comes to sleeping arrangements. That's actually the first thing that I think about when I travel is okay, sleeping arrangements. Because I've got to get a good night's sleep. I won't enjoy vacation if I'm not resting well. So definitely know, if you're going on a big trip or potentially with people you don't know, that's really risky when it comes, especially to sleep. You don't want to risk a sleep.
Nate:
And then you're traveling, if you're that kind of person that you're thinking, okay, am I going to like these people? It's like, you don't want to worry when you go on vacation. You want to say, okay, I play golf with Meredith all the time. We have a good time.
Meredith:
Yeah.
Nate:
I'm going on vacation and I'm going to enjoy this.
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
There's no surprises. Right?
Meredith:
Yeah and then also think about this, like with like financially too. Especially, if you're with a group of people you don't know. So here you are, maybe one of the seafood restaurants after your round, enjoying our local seafood. And then it comes time for the tabs, who's paying for what drinks? Who's paying for... It's this awkward moment of, should I pick up my new buddies tab and there's times to do that obviously, but it's almost like that uncomfortable, where are the boundaries on the trip? I think when you're going on a trip, having clear cut boundaries with an intimate group, like you said, sometimes is the best way to go, because you can say to your buddies that you're close with, all right, we're going to have dinner at these restaurants. Obviously each of us, we can go Dutch at night, we can have breakfast, at the hotel or if you're renting a home, so-and-so can do breakfast and we can rotate who does breakfast each morning.
Meredith:
That's kind of how I like to plan trips is knowing what is the food arrangements because there's nothing worse than going on vacation. And then sending like, okay, well, what are we doing for lunch? What are we doing for breakfast? I like to plan somewhat, not perfectly, but at least kind of have an idea of who's taking care of what meals, going Dutch, or everyone putting a pot together of money and then dividing it up for food saying, everyone, lets everybody pitch in $40 a day for food. Let's put it in a pot and then let's divide it up and see what we can do for meals.
Nate:
Gotcha and that kind of depends on where you're staying. Whether you're staying in like a home, like a beach, a condo, or just a hotel room. Obviously in your hotel room, you're probably going out for dinner every night.
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
Which is what I'd want to do because I don't want to cook.
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
But like you said, there's people that come down, they'll get a beach front condo, they'll get up, they'll cook breakfast. They'll maybe plan their meals out or they'll say, okay, on these nights, Tuesday, Thursday, we're going out to dinner here, so-
Meredith:
Exactly. Everyone you're on your own. That way, there's clear cut boundaries. Because the larger the group, you're going to... There's going to be people you don't know. And there could be people that are somewhat creepy or leechy like, oh, like here comes the tab and suddenly they're walking out the door, like that's not going to fly.
Nate:
I got to use the restroom.
Meredith:
Yeah. Yeah. I got to go to the restroom. I'll see y'all later.
Nate:
Yeah. So yeah. That's something you control on the front end. It's like, okay, I'm going to go on vacation. I'm going to go with people that I like and people that I know.
Meredith:
Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Nate:
That's just that's me.
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
I'm not saying it's wrong that you travel with people you don't know. Maybe it's a corporate outing that there's people from all over the country that are meeting, that's different. But when you're sharing lodging, like you say, and car rides and golf carts, you're going to be with these people all day.
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
Right?
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
So...
Meredith:
Well, let's talk about the more of the party side to it because obviously a lot of people come to Myrtle Beach, especially the guys, the groups they come down and obviously they're on vacation, having some beers out in the course, the six pack special you can often get at many of our courses, they're enjoying that special. So drinking too much, let's talk about that.
Nate:
And there's not much to be said about that, other than that right? Drink too much. We know what happens there.
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
You struggle to get up in the morning. There's not a whole lot to be said, but if you drank a lot and chances are, you're probably going to maybe ruin a couple of days of your golf vacation.
Meredith:
Yeah. Oh and I've seen that happen all the time. I can't even count. And I know you have to, as you know, you've been a former head golf professional. You and I both have worked very... Multiple jobs here in the golf industry for so many decades. So we have seen it here. I can't even count the number of times I know of groups that have gotten so lit up the night before that they can't make their tee time. They lose an entire day of golf. They're in bed, they're sick, they're miserable. And there's always that remorse the next day of why did I drink that much?
Nate:
Well, what's funny is people don't realize if they get drunk the night before, the first thing they want to do is maybe have a Bloody Mary in the morning when they come to the golf club. Right? In Myrtle Beach, you cannot buy liquor at any place before 10 o'clock. So you're going to have to wait until 10 o'clock to get that Bloody Mary. So why do it to yourself? Right. You can buy beer around the clock, but liquors after 10 o'clock every morning.
Meredith:
Right. So what can you do to prevent that? Well, all right. Just slow down a little bit on the drinking. And I would say after maybe your second beverage, start rotating with water, start rotating your alcohol with some water. So if you're going to have a drink, have a bottle of water nearby and just drink more water.
Nate:
And if it's warm out, it's... If it's warm and you're drinking beer, it hits you.
Meredith:
Yeah.
Nate:
It hits me, I don't know, people are different, but it's like, wow, I can't read that put. Or it's like-
Meredith:
Exactly. Yeah.
Nate:
Golf's hard anyway. Right?
Meredith:
Right. And of course always have a designated driver. And hopefully every group that comes in that's drinking has somebody that's going to be sober for the day. I can actually tell you the time that I was, when I was beverages a long time ago in a beverage cart, that there was a few times that I would cut people off. Just there's no way I would serve alcohol to someone and I wasn't rude about it. But I would say to the buddies, if I saw someone truly intoxicated, which I have seen out in the course, I would just say, I'm uncomfortable serving this person. I would always ask, is there somebody that are going to be driving them home? If not, we can call a cab here at the golf course.
Meredith:
And there's actually times that I've called the pro shop. Being on a beverage cart, have contacted the pro shop and said, Hey, there's a guy out here getting ready to finish. I think they're going to need a cab. And most often, most of the guys will cooperate. Usually they're so drunk, they're laughing about it and they'd go in a cab and then they have to come back to the golf course the next day to pick up the car, which is another pain. So it's not worth it, but-
Nate:
And you've forgotten the whole day. Right? If you get drunk-
Meredith:
If you get that drunk, you're probably blacking out. I would imagine.
Nate:
Yeah.
Meredith:
Yeah.
Nate:
So...
Meredith:
So just go easy on the alcohol, add some water, make sure you eat food when you're out in the course, absorb it a little bit, have a good time but use precaution on that because it can literally ruin your golf trip.
Nate:
Yeah. I guess some people do it because they don't get out too often. Right?
Meredith:
Right. Yeah. They're probably just like binging, like, oh, I haven't drank like this and so long. And then bam, it just hits them.
Nate:
There's times that reminds me some of the guys that come in that it's like kids going to college. It's like this might've been when I was like, when I went to college. You're 50, 60 years old.
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
Yeah, it's funny.
Meredith:
And then I come across so many groups that come here and they're non drinking groups. I know a lot of groups that come out, different church organizations, different groups that come and they're not drinking. They have a great time. So you don't always have to drink when you come to Myrtle Beach. But if you do, drink wisely, drink wisely because it will ruin your trip. Another thing that I don't like is, if I go on vacation and I play golf, I don't want the pressure of performance. I always talk about this, I guess it's because I'm an LPGA T team pro and I've been in golf so long.
Nate:
Been there, done that.
Meredith:
Been there, done that. I want to play well when I play with people. I want to play well. This is what I do.
Meredith:
And there's always this performance issue that comes up, especially for me. So I could be a little biased because I'm saying this, but I like to know what's going to be the format. And it has to be fun. If I go on vacation, if it's just intense, no flexibility. Yes, we're keeping score and it's going to be super competitive. I actually don't like that because then I have to get into, for me, it's my competitive performance mode where I'm really focused. I'm truly thinking about every single shot. There is the golf that I like to play on vacation, which is more mindless. Not that I'm not going through my pre-shot routine. Not that I don't care about the shot, but it's less effort. There's sometimes I don't want to think about my swing. I don't want to think about, okay, I've got to go through my pre-shot routine.
Meredith:
Boom, boom, knock every single point out. I just want to get up sometimes, and have a very brief, short pre-shot routine and just go have fun and play with some music on, some music playing and just kind of a very low key environment. And if you're with people and I have been on... I have been on trips like this where people are just so like, yeah. We're keeping score. It's like, it's so intense. I'm like, I just want to enjoy this new course that I'm playing or I just want to enjoy being out here. So, you've got to play... You got to know what type of games that you're playing.
Meredith:
Maybe on the first day of vacation, you can just have a relaxed round where, if you want to keep score great. If you don't, you don't. You're just with a group of people, everybody can do their own thing. And then maybe on the second day it's like, all right, let's have a little game here. Add some skins. Okay. We'll do that on the second day. But whatever method, however you want to play, whatever game you want to play, it's got to be fun because if it's not fun, if it's performance, I'd rather go shopping. I'd rather go shopping on vacation.
Nate:
Yeah. I agree, just play and have a good time. It's funny because a lot of big groups have that one person who keeps track of all the games and it's like, they're doing the work. They're doing the pairings. They're doing... Okay we're playing green. He's here. And he comes in with this big briefcase of all, everything written down.
Meredith:
Yeah, I've seen that too.
Nate:
Bill, you lost $32 yesterday. You throw in the pot and probably these large groups, I will just take a group of eight, probably there's at least three people in that group that really don't want to play those games.
Meredith:
I would probably be one of them.
Nate:
There may be half the group that they're here to gamble. It's like fun. Let's do this. And then there's the other guys. It's like, they're like what you say, they're getting up and they're saying, oh my gosh, this is for... This put could be for $40 30. So it's funny to see the different dynamics of the groups that come in.
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
It's like you could do a case study on it.
Meredith:
Right, and when you're out in vacation playing different courses, I like to talk, like I like to... I use golf to socialize. So whoever I'm playing with, I'm not just talking about golf, talking about life, whatever's going on in life. There's like, it's hanging out on the golf course.
Nate:
And that gets back to playing with people you like to play with. Right?
Meredith:
Exactly.
Nate:
Yeah. I'm not saying people are going to say, oh, he's a grump, but it's like, it's okay to meet new people. I agree with that. But you're going on a golf vacation. Right?
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
So...
Meredith:
Have you ever seen those large... I know you probably have. The large groups come in and then like you said, there's that one guy who does, he does all the organizing when it comes to the games. But then there's the guy that also does like the pairings. Could you imagine? And then, you know in the group, there's always those few people you don't want to be paired with, but somebody else has control of the pairings and the whole time on your vacation, which you're paying for, to relax. You're going to, I hope I don't get paired up with this person. They talk too much or they do this when they're playing golf. It annoys me, who's in control of that? You're left in the wind on this.
Nate:
Yeah. That's... It just gets back to that. Right?
Meredith:
Right. It does. You're totally right. You nailed it, Nate. You have to enjoy who you're playing with, know who you're going with. Know your sleeping arrangements. Know your food arrangements, just have a general idea. It doesn't have to be perfect, but just like a little skeleton of what your trip's going to look like.
Nate:
So, but here's the other point. Here's something else to think about. So you think you know these people, right? So you may only play golf with them once a week. You got to make sure you like them because you're going to be with them morning, noon, and night for five days.
Meredith:
Mm-hmm (affirmative) mm-hmm (affirmative).
Nate:
Right.
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
So that's... It's different. Different than just playing a four-hour round. So make sure you like the guy or gal you're coming with.
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
It's like, because you're with them in the car, you're everywhere. Just gets back to that. I know I've said that, but that just means a lot.
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
So...
Meredith:
So let's talk about geography and logistics of the golf trip.
Nate:
And we've got to say too, that a lot of... We've got Chris King wrote up a content piece that's on Myrtlebeachgolftrips.com. It's three ways to ruin a Myrtle Beach golf trip. That was really good. And I think I agreed with all three of them. I think they were on my list, but yeah. I'm sorry. We get to geography. Yeah. Big.
Meredith:
That's huge. It's all about logistics. What part of the beach you want to be on? We're looking at the grand strand is 65 miles down the coastline. That's a lot of driving. It's a lot of up and down. So, I always tell people when you're coming to Myrtle Beach, you have to remember that if you're looking at the map of Myrtle Beach, you have north Myrtle Beach and then you have Myrtle Beach, and then you have the south end of Myrtle Beach, which goes into Murrells Inlet, which what you'll find TPC Myrtle Beach. And then it goes into north Litchfield and Pawley's Island all within 15 miles of each other. But if you're staying in Myrtle Beach and you want to play some of those south end courses, you need to plan.
Meredith:
You need to know what time to get up, how long it's going to take you to get there. The driving is not unreasonable, but you have to be prepared. So yes, we have over 90 courses in Myrtle Beach, but they're all spread out within that 65 miles. So definitely map out what you want. Now, if you want a taste of every, the north, the central and the south end, you get to... That's totally feasible, especially in like a five-day golf trip. You can do that. Let's say you want to go play at Long Bay. That's on the Northern side of Myrtle Beach. That's going to be a little bit of a drive from Myrtle Beach, which is a great Nicholas design by the way, recommend playing that course. But, you can go out there one day, spend the afternoon out there in that area, and then come back to Myrtle Beach and then you can play some central courses and then maybe catch one south end course.
Meredith:
Or you can just primarily hang out in Myrtle Beach and just play those courses. Or there are so many ways to create a trip, but you just, you have to know the logistics. And again, after you play, know where you're going to eat. Have a general idea, because if you're on the south end, you've got to go down to the marsh walk in Murrells Inlet, it's a no brainer. You have to experience that. We have such great seafood. Murrells Inlet is the seafood capital of South Carolina. You don't want to miss out on that. You'll have a great time. And if you're in Myrtle Beach, there's so many places, restaurant rise that I would recommend. And the same for north Myrtle Beach. So, each section of Myrtle Beach gives you different things and just get out a map and plan accordingly.
Meredith:
Don't just think that all these courses are literally two miles apart. They're not far. And again, it's reasonable driving distance, but you don't want to be late for tee times and whatnot. With a group of people that could be stressful, especially if they're like, for example, you, Nate, you get up really early. You're going to be on it. You're going to be that guy, that's ready to go. That's going to arrive early, but not everyone is an early riser like you would be. So you could have some guy that's his alarms going off. And he literally has to get a shower and everything within 10 minutes.
Nate:
That'd drive me nuts.
Meredith:
Yeah. It would drive you nuts. And then you have to wait on them to get in the car to go to the course. So just remember again, it comes back down to what you said earlier, your group, logistics.
Nate:
I think you need to decide, first of all, if you're driving here, you probably, when you get here, you don't want to drive much, right? Because you've probably driven 10, 12 hours, whatever. If you flew here, you may stay in central Myrtle Beach, you rented a car and maybe you don't mind the extra drive. You maybe drive down to Litchfield, or then you'll drive up to Long Bay. The faux pas of this is scheduling a eight o'clock tee time at Litchfield Country Club. And then scheduling an afternoon tee time at 1:30 at Long Bay. It's not going to work.
Meredith:
No. No way.
Nate:
You've got to know... And a good golf director, the guys and gals at Myrtle Beach golf trips will tell you that that's not going to work. If you're looking for 36 holes, you're going to have to play somewhere. That's fairly close. Right?
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
So, the faux pas is, I think the geography is trying to cram all kinds of things into one day. And you do have the driving time that you forget about.
Meredith:
Exactly.
Nate:
So...
Meredith:
You have to keep that in mind. And that's the great thing about Myrtle Beach golf trips is, they offer the free, quick quote and that's awesome because you can literally just call them. It doesn't cost you anything. And you could say, Hey, we want to come for, let's say a five day golf trip. We have, let's say these eight courses in mind, how do we work that out logistically? Bam, you have someone doing it for you. It doesn't cost anything.
Nate:
You can say Maybe we want to play 36 holes that day, we'll stay on the south end. We'll play River Club in the morning and then play Willbrook in the afternoon. Boom. We're down in the south end, hit the marsh walk on the way back to our hotel in Myrtle Beach.
Meredith:
Right. But you have people that logistically work it out for you. And that's why I'm such a big advocate of it. I tell people all the time, I have people reach out to me. Hey, Meredith planning a golf trip, literally on a weekly basis, I get DMs. I get emails. And I'm saying, look, this is what I would suggest, but that's here at Myrtlebeachgolftrips.com. We have the best golf directors that live in the area, that know the area-
Nate:
And they play golf.
Meredith:
And they actually play golf. Yeah. You're not getting somebody from a different country that doesn't know the exact area. So that's the cool thing about Myrtle Beach.
Nate:
So I'll lean on something you said about the alarm clock. I'm an early person.
Meredith:
Yeah. Guys, when I say early, Nate's like 4:00 AM early.
Nate:
I am early. I don't generally like to play in the morning because I'd rather play in the afternoon and basically in the summertime, I think it's not as hot in this in the afternoon because there's no dew and there's no humidity, but one way to ruin your trip is let's say you're an afternoon player and you've got all these morning tee times and you're not an early riser. That's not fun. Right. Because you're forcing yourself to get up, at a time that you don't want to be up. People like... I know some people like to get up, take their time, drink their coffee, read the newspaper or watch TV. And then maybe they like that 12:30 tee time.
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
So again, and that gets back to knowing the people you're playing with. It's like, okay. I don't like morning times, so we'll play afternoon.
Meredith:
Yeah. That's what I would do. When I go on vacation, one aspect for me being on vacation is sleeping in. Now sleeping in, what is my definition of sleeping in? My definition of sleeping in is like 8:00, 8:30. And so, when I say sleeping in, a lot of people would say 10 o'clock sleeping in. But for me, I get up on average during a normal day between 6:30 and 7:00 is about my waking time. So on vacation, 8:00 to 8:30, whew. I'm loving that.
Nate:
And why I say, if you sleep till 8:30 in Myrtle Beach, most courses it'll be explained to you if it hasn't, but most courses double T and they'll start at 7:30, 7:45 and they'll go to 9:45 and you'll say, well, why can't I get a 10 o'clock, 11 o'clock tee time?
Meredith:
Course is full.
Nate:
Those are limited. Those are just a few courses do what's called a single T off the top of my head, like Wild Wing, Arrowhead country club has three nines. There are courses that have those 10, 11 o'clock times. But if you're a person that's an 8:30 riser, chances are, you're not going to play before 12 o'clock.
Meredith:
Right. And the great thing, if you like to sleep in nothing wrong with that, and you can have a nice meal at your hotel, relax, get up at a slower pace.
Nate:
Go to the beach.
Meredith:
You can totally hit the beach and then go play golf in the afternoon, then you're out and going to a restaurant or enjoying some nightlife or doing some later shopping. Either way, whether you're a morning or an afternoon golfer, you can't go wrong. But like you said, know what you want. And maybe you're on a golf trip where you can have options. You can have the morning guys that like to go out in the morning and then you can have your afternoon group, but just know what you want with your golf trip. And you're going to have the best time by doing that proper planning, really.
Nate:
Exactly.
Meredith:
It really comes down to proper planning, even if it doesn't have to be perfect. And you don't have to have every single gap of time filled, but just have like a template or a little skeleton of what your trip looks like, expectations, boundaries.
Nate:
Exactly. Don't do things that you don't want to do. You're on vacation.
Meredith:
Exactly. Right. And don't have-
Nate:
They don't last very long and we don't get many of them. So it's like, do what you want to do, the way you want to do it.
Meredith:
Yeah. Yeah. And you might even want to have like a free day. You don't have to... There might be a day that you want to leave free of this might be a day that I need to have a break from golf, a fun day where you can go to Brookgreen Gardens or one of the state parks or, you know, do something.
Nate:
You can go to Top Golf.
Meredith:
Yeah. You can go to Top Golf. There's lots you can do. Give yourself a day on your trip just to rest, just to have a beach day. Now, if that day comes and suddenly you're like, you know what? I want to be on the golf course. Well, that's cool. Then ask around just ask different people. When I'm on vacation, one thing I love about being on vacation is I love talking to the local people in the area that I'm on vacation, because there's always things... You could Google to your heart's content, but until you're actually in the place and you're talking to local people, there's always something cool to experience and that's spontaneous-
Nate:
Little inside knowledge.
Meredith:
That little inside knowledge. So keep a day open for more spontaneous things to happen. I think that makes the vacation so much fun.
Nate:
I think that makes a lot of sense. And getting back to logistics, like if you're flying in and your flight gets in at, let's say 11 o'clock, no golf courses are located around the airport. We've got an article on Myrtle Beach golf trips. It'll tell you the courses that are within a five mile radius. So you can go right from the airport to make your tee time. So getting back to geography, that's so important.
Meredith:
It really is. All right. So to wrap this podcast up, let's do this. I'm going to ask you, if you had your ideal three day group golf trip, what does that look like? How many people would be in your group? What would you do?
Nate:
Wow. It's hard to pick. It's hard to pick golf courses. I'm going to say four. I'm just-
Meredith:
Four courses.
Nate:
I'm just going to say four people.
Meredith:
Oh, four people. Okay.
Nate:
That's it.
Meredith:
Okay.
Nate:
Three people I want to play golf with. Right? Because I want to have a good time.
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
So I'm definitely playing, going to play TPC. I'm a south end person. I think we both are because we live down here. There's so many great courses up there too that I deprive myself because it's like, I don't want to drive up there.
Meredith:
Us, south end people get lazy living down here.
Nate:
But I'm staying on the south end. I'm going to the marsh walk.
Meredith:
Yeah.
Nate:
I'm going to play TPC. True Blue, River Club and Willbrook. That's where I'm going to play because they're close to get to there. The traffic, I know how to maneuver, navigate. So I'm not having to wait on traffic. I know the restaurants and I'm disappointed in myself because I need to venture other places, but I would be content just doing that.
Meredith:
Oh my gosh. It's so funny. Because for me, it would be literally, almost exactly the same. It would only be four people because let's say hypothetically, you're staying in a hotel, out of the three other people, there's going to be one person that I'll be compatible with sleeping arrangement wise. So again, sleeping's huge for me. Before food, I think about sleep. So that would work out really well. And it's very intimate. And if you're picking three people, you know you're going to get along with them. So the more people you bring, adds more variables, but again, it's intimate with four. I would play Pawley's Plantation.
Nate:
I kind of knew that was-
Meredith:
I would play Caledonia and I would play TPC Myrtle Beach. I would do just three days. So those would be the three courses that I would pick. Just like you, I would do the-
Nate:
See, that's the other things, is like three days of golf in a row is a lot for some people.
Meredith:
Its a lot.
Nate:
It's like, think about what you do at home. Do you play three or four or five days in a row?
Meredith:
Right.
Nate:
That's like, it's a lot of golf, but when you're making vacation plans, your eyes are... Always, well, your eyes are bigger than your stomach. Right?
Meredith:
Exactly. Yeah.
Nate:
Yeah.
Meredith:
But the marsh walk, I would do that. I would actually have a day in between the three rounds to do Brookgreen. And I actually would suggest, and I've never said this. I've never said this on a podcast or I don't think I've ever mentioned this with anything with Myrtlebeachgolftrips.com. But I would venture down to Georgetown one evening and have dinner on the waterfront down there. What they've done down in Georgetown, I think is amazing and Georgetown is a hidden gem. And so what you could do is actually play Founders. Play the Founders and play Founders because that's going to be the golf course that's closest to Georgetown.
Meredith:
It's probably what? About a 12 minute, 12 to 15 minutes drive.
Nate:
Not too far. It's our Southern most golf course, Founders Club.
Meredith:
So that's actually, to me, would be something really fun to do. We need to start thinking about maybe mentioning a golf package to where you can visit-
Nate:
Pawley's and Founders.
Meredith:
Pawley's, Founders, go down to Georgetown, see the marina. It's beautiful down there, great seafood again, and then drive right back up. But that's probably, that would be-
Nate:
I forgot about the other thing. I've got to have my own room.
Meredith:
Are you serious? You wouldn't share?
Nate:
No.
Meredith:
So you wouldn't, but you know how much money that saves though by sharing a room. So you pay an extra 150 bucks to have your own room?
Nate:
No doubt.
Meredith:
Okay.
Nate:
No doubt.
Meredith:
See, I don't mind sharing a room, but it has to be someone compatible.
Nate:
No.
Meredith:
No, you wouldn't share. Okay.
Nate:
I like the people I play golf with, but-
Meredith:
You don't want to sleep with them.
Nate:
Exactly, I've been with them all day. It's like, I'm in my own room.
Meredith:
You have to have like a time to decompress.
Nate:
Exactly.
Meredith:
Yeah. Well that works too, ultimately I think I would prefer that as well, but I'm just looking at okay, sharing a room. You save money, but-
Nate:
I don't take many vacations. I'm going to pony up the extra money.
Meredith:
That's a good point.
Nate:
Yeah.
Meredith:
Yeah.
Nate:
Cool.
Meredith:
So, okay. Well I hope that this podcast here we are [yaw yawing 00:31:59] about how we would navigate our Myrtle Beach golf trip. I hope all of this has helped you and my biggest suggestion would be this. Call our golf directors @myrtlebeachgolftrips.com. They can help you logistically with your golf trip, answer any questions that you have. I hope that we have given you some preventative measures for your next Myrtle Beach golf trip so that it's not ruined because we want you to have a good time. So Nate, thanks for all your input.
Nate:
Thanks.
Meredith:
It's always fun doing a podcast with you. And until next time, keep hitting them straight.