Best area in the country for golf?

Myrtle beach can’t be beat with quantity and quality. It sounds like you are in the best area in US.

Scottsdale and Florida have what seems like a million options. Both are extremely hot in the late summer though.

Bandon is pretty fine.

Bandon

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For accessible courses, Myrtle and the Southern Pines area are both near the top.

Phoenix/Scottsdale has a boatload of good courses if you're willing to pay a little bit.

Western Michigan during the summer has lots of really high quality tracks, many of which aren't very well known.

RTJ trail in Alabama is really good and publicly accessible.

Wisconsin, obviously, has Whistling Straits (x2), Erin Hills, Blackwolf (x2), some great courses around Madison, and some others that aren't as well known but are very high quality. Wisconsin is probably a bit unusual in that 8 of Golf Digest's top 10 courses in the state are publicly accessible, and 3 of those have hosted major championships.

Wisconsin pretty solid too with the addition of Sand Valley (same developer as Bandon) added to Kohler (Whistling Straights, Blackwolf Run) and Erin Hills... long days with great weather in summer.

Monterrey Pennisula/Pasatiempo