At 6,834 yards from the tips,
The Fazio Course
has a slope of 133 with a par of 71. There are five par 3's. As with all of his designs, this course is very fair and visually satisfying. Fazio frames his holes magnificently, using the natural contours of the land and the landscape features unselfconsciously. The course has a lot of created elements, yet it doesn't seem contrived. That is a tribute to Fazio's ingenuity because he worked with a tract of land with widely varying characteristics. Pines and hardwoods come into play on many holes and water occurs on 15 holes, though some of these water features are out of play. Several holes on the back have a savanna look with lots of exposed sand that lies near the surface.
The Fazio Course
The course starts in a parkland setting. The opener is a 390-yard dogleg right to an elevated green through the live oaks and pines. This is followed by a 458-yarder over a lake and wetland from the tee to a bend in the left-hand dogleg that is guarded by large and steep fairway bunkers. The 4th is a majestic sweep of a hole, measuring 548 yards, most of which are uphill. Here the terrain becomes more elevated and less wooded. The open setting continues on the equally magnificent 5th of 499 yards (467 from the next forward). It is a par 4 all uphill. The fairway is quite wide and guarded by wide bunkers. On the green you are on the higher elevation of the course.
The par 5's measure between 533 and 558 yards. The best of these is the double dogleg 10th veering out to a wide fairway with a large sprawling lake and a waste bunker on the right. The fairway turns left around the lake and back right again toward the lakeside green. The second shot landing area is very tight between the lake and a set of bunkers.
Water is the predominant feature of all of the par 3's. The 191-yard 6th starts from an elevated tee and requires a carry over a lake to a huge two-tiered green. The 198-yard 16th is one of the most visually appealing on the course. The lake, which also comes into play on the 170-yard 2nd, wraps around half of the green on No. 16. A waste bunker runs from the green's edge down to the lake, creating a colorful visual texture that is worthy of your camera. A palm tree in the waste bunker adds interest to the hole.
The back 9 features three successive short par 4's. Holes 13-15 measure 379, 380 and 346 yards, respectively. In this portion of the course, sand lies just beneath the surface of the ground and, as with the 16th, Fazio has taken advantage of this feature by exposing a lot of the sand. The finishing hole of 453 yards is dominated by water. The drive from the two back tees must carry a lake, and the entire left side of the fairway and green are guarded by another lake. The hole is a back-breaker and stunning.
At Barefoot, Fazio brings out his best instincts, weaving a stirring set of holes through terrain of different characteristics. His deft use of water, sand, and vegetation and his varied elevations result in a course that has excellence written all over it.
A single clubhouse and practice facility will serve the Love, Norman and Fazio courses. Barefoot Resort is a development of Silver Carolina, a private partnership led by Sam Puglia, a local businessman and real estate developer with substantial holdings throughout the southeast. The partnership originally had visions of building a small retail operation on a modest piece of property west of the waterway. Then, an opportunity came up to buy a much larger tract of land. 
Barefoot Resort Courses:
Myrtle Beach Golf
