MB ~ Legends courses to reopen with new looks

Three courses managed by the Legends Group will be reopening in the next few weeks following renovations that include the installation of new grasses on all greens.

• The Legends Resort Heathland Course is the first to reopen today, and now has Champions ultra-dwarf Bermudagrass greens.

• Heritage Club will reopen Thursday with Champions as well, and the TPC of Myrtle Beach will reopen either later this month or in early September with Mini-Verde ultra-dwarf Bermuda, which is new to the area.

Heathland closed on June 25, and in addition to the green renovations, the tee boxes on the par-3 third and eighth holes were rebuilt to add more teeing ground, work on bunkers included replacing or adding sand and drainage, and drainage work was completed in front of greens.

Beautification work included the trimming and cleaning of underbrush from wax myrtle trees, adding ornamental plants, pinestraw and mulch, and plugging native grasses into bunker faces to create more of a Scottish links look on the Tom Doak design.

Heritage Club closed on June 18 and will reopen with more length and four sets of tees rather than three.

The clubhouse was power washed and received new bathrooms and carpet, and the outdoor bathrooms were renovated.

Ornamental plant beds were added, bulkheads bordering water hazards fronting greens on the par-3 13th and 18th holes were replaced, and the severe greens on holes 4, 6 and 13 had their undulations lessened. “They mellowed those greens out a little bit because going to Champions, you’ll be able to get them faster once they mature and that will make them more playable,” said Heritage superintendent Hans Sapochak.

Source: Alan Blondin, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, SC