Four Courses, One Good Home Base: Where Golf Groups Can Stay Near Barefoot Resort
Barefoot Resort: close enough to the ocean to remember you booked a coastal trip, but far enough inland that golf—and not beach traffic—is why you came.
For a golf trip, that’s a pretty good arrangement.
Barefoot has four courses designed by four very different people: Pete Dye, Davis Love III, Greg Norman and Tom Fazio. The Norman, Love and Fazio courses share the main clubhouse area. Dye has his own clubhouse a few minutes away, because apparently even the clubhouse had to be a little more difficult.
That’s worth knowing before an early tee time. “We’re staying at Barefoot” does not necessarily mean you can leave five minutes before you’re supposed to be on the first tee.
The resort is also about 16 miles from Myrtle Beach International Airport. Barefoot says it’s roughly a 25-minute drive, which is believable when traffic behaves. Give yourself more like 35 to 45 minutes during a busy arrival period, especially on a summer weekend.
North Myrtle Beach is a little more spread out and generally less hectic than central Myrtle Beach. Around Barefoot, it’s easy to build a trip without spending half of it in the car: golf in the morning, another round if the group still has some life left, then food and drinks close to the house.
And Then There’s Barefoot Landing
Barefoot Landing is generally about five to ten minutes from the properties on this list. Depending on where you’re staying, it may be just across the waterway.
Is it touristy? Absolutely. Nobody is going to confuse it with a hidden locals-only bar that doesn’t have a sign.
But after a long day of golf, it’s a solid place to grab dinner and a few drinks without turning the evening into another road trip. You’ve got breweries, bars, seafood, burgers, tacos and plenty of places where four or eight golfers showing up in shorts won’t create a scene.
If you haven’t been in a while and remember Barefoot Landing being a little dumpy, you may be in for a surprise. They put real money into it over the past several years, and it’s much nicer now. The waterfront areas and Dockside Village give it more of a place-to-hang-out feel and less of an old shopping-center-with-a-pond feel.
It doesn’t need to be the focus of the trip. It’s just good to have nearby when nobody wants to cook and the dinner-planning committee has run out of patience.
The bigger decision is where everybody is going to sleep. These five properties were evaluated around the things golf groups actually care about: one real bed per player, drive time to the courses, room for the clubs, enough parking and a decent place to sit around after the round.
THE QUICK TAKE
Best for: Groups building a trip around Barefoot’s four courses
Sweet spot: 4 golfers — with one 7-golfer option
Club storage: Several garage options
Off the course: Barefoot Landing, ~5–10 min
Our pick: Eagles Townhouse / Slice of Heaven
Best value: Fairways + Flip Flops
Eagles Townhouse at Barefoot
Best for: A foursome that wants a garage and an easy drive to the courses
Real beds: Four—one king and three queens
Bathrooms: 3.5
Price when we checked:
All-in cost: Approximately $1,388 for four adults and three nights
Approximate cost per golfer: $347
Eagles Townhouse gets a lot of the practical stuff right.
Four real beds mean nobody has to sell the sleeper sofa as “actually pretty comfortable.” The guest-accessible one-car garage gives the group somewhere to leave clubs, shoes and everything else that usually ends up piled beside the front door.
The Norman, Love and Fazio clubhouse is approximately three to five minutes away. The Dye Club is about six to eight minutes away. Barefoot Landing should generally be within a five- to ten-minute drive.
Inside, there’s an open living and dining area, plus another loft-style space where the group can spread out. The screened patio is a good place for a drink after the round, assuming the mosquitoes haven’t also booked the weekend.
The downside is stairs. This is a three-story townhouse without an elevator, and the bedrooms are split between floors. That may not matter to most groups, but it’s worth knowing if somebody has a bad knee or brings enough luggage for a month-long stay.
The listing also mentions a $200 replacement fee for missing access cards. Pick one responsible person and make the cards his problem.
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Barefoot Escapes
Best for: A foursome that wants more room and a two-car garage
Real beds: Four—one king and three queens
Bathrooms: Three
Current price: Request a live quote
Barefoot Escapes may have the best overall house setup of the five.
There’s a two-car guest garage, which makes unloading simple and gives the group plenty of room for clubs. Inside, the large great room has a cathedral ceiling, and a separate loft area gives everybody somewhere to go without turning the living room into a bag-storage facility.
The Norman, Love and Fazio clubhouse is roughly five to seven minutes away. Dye is about eight to ten minutes away, and Barefoot Landing should be in that same general range.
A ground-floor bedroom is helpful for whoever least wants to deal with stairs. The home also has access to two pools and a fireplace, which might actually get some use during a cool fall or winter trip.
The catch is the price. The property didn’t return a comparable quote for the sample dates, so it’s impossible to say whether this is a good value until you see the full total. That means rent, taxes, cleaning charges and booking fees—not the attractive number that appears before checkout.
The primary renter also needs to be at least 25 and stay at the property.
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Slice of Heaven at Barefoot
Best for: Golfers who want range views, a garage and a few extra amenities
Real beds: Four—two kings and two queens
Bathrooms: 3.5
Price when we checked:
Sample all-in cost: Approximately $1,238 for four adults and three nights
Approximate cost per golfer: $310
Slice of Heaven feels like a golf-trip rental.
The screened patio overlooks the practice range. There’s a putting area, a pool, a year-round hot tub and a pub close enough that nobody has to organize an expedition for the first drink after the round.
The one-car garage can be used for clubs, beach gear or a rental golf cart. The driveway reportedly has room for several vehicles, although the listing prohibits street parking, RVs, boats and motorcycles. If four golfers are flying in separately and renting four cars, confirm that the actual vehicle limit matches the sales pitch.
The Norman, Love and Fazio clubhouse is approximately three minutes away. Dye is about six to eight minutes away, and Barefoot Landing should be around five to ten minutes by car.
The home is a three-level corner townhouse, so once again, stairs. The pool is also separate from the main property and reached by a short shuttle ride. Neither issue is a dealbreaker, but both are better learned now than after check-in.
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Barefoot Resort Tower 1302
Best for: A larger group that wants seven real beds and plenty of common space
Real beds: Seven—two kings, one queen and four twins
Bathrooms: Three
Current price: Request a live quote
Tower 1302 is the large-group option.
With seven real beds and approximately 2,625 square feet, it can handle seven golfers without turning the sleeper sofa into a punishment. The listing may accommodate as many as nine guests if some people share beds, but seven is the more comfortable number for a golf trip.
The 13th-floor condo overlooks the Intracoastal Waterway, with views reaching toward the ocean. There’s an oversized living and dining area, a large balcony, a pool and a hot tub.
The Norman, Love and Fazio clubhouse is roughly five to seven minutes away. Dye is about eight to ten minutes away. Barefoot Landing is likely one of the easier dinner trips from this property—generally five minutes or so, depending on traffic and the exact route.
The compromise is storage. This is a high-rise condo, not a townhouse with a private garage. The elevator makes moving bags easier, but there is no clearly identified secure club-storage area. Before booking, find out where seven golf bags are supposed to go.
Parking passes also need to be confirmed. “Resort parking” doesn’t necessarily mean the front desk will hand over seven passes because seven golfers showed up.
This could be an excellent setup for a larger trip, but get a current all-in price and a straight answer about parking and club storage first.
Fairways + Flip Flops
Best for: A foursome trying to keep the lodging bill under control
Real beds: Four, but confirm the exact setup
Bathrooms: Two
Price when we checked:
Sample all-in cost: Approximately $798 for four adults and three nights
Approximate cost per golfer: $200
Fairways + Flip Flops is the budget option.
At the sample price, it costs considerably less than the larger townhouses while keeping the Norman, Love and Fazio clubhouse about five to seven minutes away. Dye is roughly eight to ten minutes away, and Barefoot Landing should also be within about ten minutes.
The condo overlooks the 11th hole and includes pool and hot-tub access. Inside, the open living area should be perfectly fine for four golfers who plan to spend most of the daylight somewhere else.
As you’d expect at this price, there are a few things to confirm. There’s no private garage or dedicated storage room. The number of parking passes isn’t clear, and the exact bed arrangement needs to be verified.
That last one matters. A listing that “sleeps four” can mean two beds and a pullout sofa. Before anybody puts down money, make sure there are four actual beds that four adults are willing to sleep in.
If the bed count checks out, this could be the best value of the group.
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So, Which One Should You Book?
For a standard foursome, Eagles Townhouse is probably the cleanest combination of four beds, garage storage and short drives to the courses.
Slice of Heaven is right there with it, especially if the group likes the practice-range view, hot tub and pub access.
Barefoot Escapes may have the best house layout, but you need a real price before deciding whether it’s actually a good deal.
For a bigger group, Tower 1302 is the obvious place to start. Seven real beds are hard to find. Just don’t assume the condo also comes with seven parking passes and a magical room where seven golf bags disappear overnight.
And if the group cares more about the golf budget than the lodging, Fairways + Flip Flops deserves a look once the bed setup is confirmed.
None of these places has to be directly beside the clubhouse to work. Five or ten minutes is close. What matters is whether everyone gets a real bed, the cars are actually allowed to park there and the clubs aren’t blocking the kitchen by the end of the first night.
That’s the difference between a place that technically sleeps a golf group and a place that’s actually good for one.
Pricing Note: Vacation rental prices are dynamic. Rates and price-per-golfer estimates shown here are based on sample dates we checked and may change with season, availability, taxes, fees, and demand. We use them to help compare properties—not as a guaranteed booking price. Always verify current pricing with the property or booking platform.