Grande Dunes
& The Dunes Club.
Where the Grand Strand
Sets Its Standard.
Two communities. Two distinct eras of prestige. One shared destiny as the most coveted addresses on the entire Grand Strand. Grande Dunes is Myrtle Beach’s master-planned luxury pinnacle. The Dunes Club is its original soul — a historic private club neighborhood where old money, Spanish moss, and a Robert Trent Jones golf course have defined coastal elegance since 1948.
The Grand Strand’s Most Complete Luxury Lifestyle Community
A 2,200-acre master-planned community spanning from the Atlantic Ocean to the Intracoastal Waterway. Two championship golf courses. A 126-slip deepwater marina. A 25,000-sq-ft private oceanfront club. Multiple gated sub-neighborhoods. And Myrtle Beach’s only PGA Tour event as a neighbor. Grande Dunes is not simply a neighborhood — it is a resort city within a city.
Myrtle Beach’s Original Prestige Address — Unchanged Since 1948
When the wealthy of the Grand Strand wanted a neighborhood in the mid-20th century, they came here. The Dunes Golf and Beach Club, designed by Robert Trent Jones and incorporated in 1948, anchors one of Myrtle Beach’s most storied communities — moss-draped oaks, custom estate homes on generous oceanfront lots, and the kind of quiet exclusivity that no master plan can manufacture.
2,200 Acres of Resort Living, Masterfully Planned
Grande Dunes is what happens when a developer commits fully to a vision and executes it at scale over two decades. Spanning 2,200 acres from the Atlantic Ocean to the Carolina Bays Preserve, it is the largest and most complete luxury master-planned community on the entire Grand Strand — and by most measures, in all of coastal South Carolina.
The community is organized into three primary villages: Golf Village (west of Hwy 17 Bypass, centered around the Members Club golf course and ICW), Marina Village (the heart of the community near the 126-slip marina and waterway), and Ocean Village (east of Hwy 17, closest to the Atlantic Ocean and the Ocean Club). Most of the gated residential neighborhoods fall within Golf and Marina Villages, while Ocean Village includes oceanfront and ocean-view properties including Living Dunes and the Vista Del Mar condominiums.
Every home in Grande Dunes follows the community’s Mediterranean architectural theme — tile roofs, stucco exteriors, arched doorways, and lush landscaping — creating a visual coherence that makes the community feel like a single continuous resort environment rather than a patchwork of subdivisions. New construction continues across multiple neighborhoods, and Grande Dunes remains one of the few luxury communities on the Grand Strand where buyers can still purchase from original builders alongside established resale homes.
“Grande Dunes is the Grand Strand’s premier luxury address — a 2,200-acre master-planned community along the Intracoastal Waterway in north Myrtle Beach, featuring two golf courses, a private marina, and a members-only oceanfront beach club.”
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Myrtle Beach’s Original Luxury Neighborhood
Before Grande Dunes, before Kingston Plantation, before any of the modern luxury communities that define the Grand Strand today — there was the Dunes Club. The Dunes Golf and Beach Club was incorporated in 1948, its first nine holes opening in 1949, making it the oldest golf course in Myrtle Beach and one of the most historic private clubs on the entire East Coast.
The neighborhood surrounding the club reflects its heritage entirely. Streets lined with hundred-year-old live oaks draped in Spanish moss. Custom estate homes built over the past six decades, most sitting on large, private, wooded lots between the Atlantic Ocean and Business 17. No two homes are alike. Some are elegant brick colonials from the 1960s, extensively renovated by discerning buyers. Others are modern custom estates commanding multi-million-dollar oceanfront lots. The plantation-style atmosphere is authentic rather than manufactured — it developed organically over generations of one of Myrtle Beach’s most prestigious addresses.
What makes the Dunes Club particularly distinctive for buyers: no mandatory HOA. In a market where most prestigious communities carry substantial monthly fees, the Dunes Club offers the freedom of private ownership without the institutional overhead — while still providing access to one of the most coveted country clubs on the East Coast through optional membership.
Three World-Class Courses — Two Communities, One Legendary Address
The Only Truly Private Course in Myrtle Beach
Designed by PGA Hall of Famer Nick Price and acclaimed architect Craig Schreiner. A par-71 course with classical inland style, wide generous fairways, and large undulating bentgrass greens. Five sets of tees accommodate all skill levels. The 27,000-sq-ft clubhouse features a veranda overlooking the 9th and 18th greens, fine dining, a pro shop, and exclusive member spaces. Optional membership — not mandatory.
America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses — National Course of the Year 2009
A Roger Rulewich Group design at 7,618 yards — the longest course in Myrtle Beach. Seven holes along a high bluff above the Intracoastal Waterway offer panoramic water views. Renovated in 2022 with new TifEagle bentgrass greens and expanded fairways. Consistently ranked among America’s best public layouts. Open to the public and to members, with the Terrazza 19 restaurant on-site.
From Gated Estates to Oceanfront Villas — Every Lifestyle Within One Address
Grande Dunes alone contains over a dozen distinct residential communities, each with its own character, price point, and architectural focus. The Dunes Club area adds further options including Dunes Cove and several custom oceanfront estate positions. Here are the key communities within the combined corridor:
Luxury at Every Scale — From Townhomes to Oceanfront Estates
Together, Grande Dunes and the Dunes Club offer the widest range of luxury real estate on the Grand Strand — from entry-level luxury townhomes and condos that provide full access to world-class amenities, to custom oceanfront estates representing the absolute pinnacle of coastal residential architecture in South Carolina.
Together, Grande Dunes and the Dunes Club represent the complete spectrum of Grand Strand luxury. Grande Dunes is ideal for buyers who want a full-service lifestyle community with everything included and new construction options. The Dunes Club is for buyers who prioritize historic prestige, large lots, no HOA, and the most exclusive private club on the East Coast. Buyers from the Northeast selling $1M–$3M properties should look hard at both — the entry points here represent extraordinary value against comparable luxury coastal communities in Florida, the Carolinas coast, or the Northeast. We know both communities deeply and can position you in exactly the right pocket for your lifestyle and budget.
Education in the Grande Dunes / Dunes Club Corridor
Both communities fall within Horry County Schools, served by the same Myrtle Beach school feeder pathway used throughout the northside. The Grande Dunes and Dunes Club corridor’s predominantly owner-occupied, high-income resident base reflects strong investment in education across all levels.
Centrally Positioned on the Grand Strand’s Luxury Corridor
The Grande Dunes / Dunes Club corridor sits in the heart of Myrtle Beach’s northside — centrally located between North Myrtle Beach and downtown Myrtle Beach, with Hwy 17, Hwy 31 (Carolina Bays Pkwy), and multiple connector roads providing exceptional access throughout the region.
Life Here: Every Day Is Resort Day
The Grand Strand’s Finest Table — On-Campus and Minutes Away
The Grande Dunes corridor has emerged as the Grand Strand’s most concentrated fine dining destination, with acclaimed restaurants both on the campus itself and along the adjacent Restaurant Row and Barefoot Landing corridors. Residents of both communities have extraordinary dining access in every direction.
Arriving in Grande Dunes or the Dunes Club — What You Should Know
Your First Weeks in the Dunes Corridor
- Understand your Ocean Club access. For Grande Dunes residents, the Ocean Club is your most important amenity — verify exactly what your specific neighborhood’s HOA covers, get your access credentials, and schedule your first visit immediately. The pool, beach, and dining experience here will set the tone for everything.
- Evaluate the Members Course membership early. Membership is optional but most residents choose it. The Members Course access, the 27,000-sq-ft clubhouse, social calendar, PGA Tour ticket priority, and tennis facilities create the social infrastructure of Grande Dunes life. Evaluate this in the first month — waitlists exist.
- For Dunes Club residents: explore optional membership at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club. The RTJ course, 8 tennis courts, 700-foot oceanfront pool, and distinguished social calendar are the heart of Dunes Club life. Membership is optional but transforms the ownership experience.
- Get a golf cart. Both communities are designed for golf cart use. The scale of Grande Dunes — from the marina to the Ocean Club to the Members Course — is best navigated on a cart. The Dunes Club’s shaded, lightly traveled streets are ideal for golf cart beach runs.
- Register with the Marina. If you boat, the Grande Dunes Marina is one of the finest on the East Coast. Understand slip availability, concierge services, and fuel access as a resident priority before peak season.
- Attend the Myrtle Beach Classic. If you’re a member, you get first ticket access to the PGA Tour event at the Dunes Club course. Even if you aren’t, the event’s presence elevates the entire corridor. It is worth attending at least once to understand what your address has become.
- Learn the Grande Dunes neighborhood-specific HOA rules. Each sub-neighborhood within Grande Dunes has its own HOA on top of the master association. Understand exactly what your specific neighborhood covers, what’s optional, and what the architectural review requirements are before making any modifications.
- Hurricane preparedness matters here. Know your evacuation zone and follow Horry County Emergency Management guidance. The concrete ICF construction and hurricane-rated windows in many newer Grande Dunes homes provide meaningful protection, but the oceanfront and ICW proximity requires a clear storm plan every June–November season.
Who Are Grande Dunes and the Dunes Club For?
These two communities attract a very specific buyer — and while their characters differ, they share a common thread: buyers who want the absolute best the Grand Strand has to offer, and who understand that address and quality of life are not negotiable.
The resort-lifestyle buyer who wants everything included and resort-quality on day one. For this buyer, Grande Dunes is the answer — Ocean Club access from the first morning, a golf tee time in the afternoon, dinner overlooking the ICW in the evening. No commute, no guest passes required, no compromise. This is the buyer who chooses Grande Dunes over a Florida resort community and discovers that the value proposition here is extraordinary.
The old-money prestige buyer who appreciates heritage, moss-draped oaks, custom architecture, and the most distinguished private club on the East Coast — without HOA fees, without master association oversight, and without compromising on exclusivity. This buyer chooses the Dunes Club specifically because it cannot be replicated. You cannot build a new community with 75 years of history.
Active golf enthusiasts who want to live inside the only address in Myrtle Beach — the Golf Capital of the World — where you can play a PGA Tour venue, a Nick Price-designed private course, and an America’s top-100 public course without getting in a car. This concentration of golf excellence in one address is singular on the entire Grand Strand.
Northeast equity buyers selling $1.5M–$4M homes in Greenwich, Palm Beach, or the Hamptons who want to redeploy that equity into a world-class coastal community with a fraction of the tax burden, a dramatically better climate, no state income tax on retirement income, and access to everything they have in their current community — plus 60 miles of Atlantic beach. For this buyer, Grande Dunes and the Dunes Club represent one of the most compelling value propositions in American real estate.
The Grand Strand’s Finest
Address Is Ready for You.
From estate homes in the Dunes Club to new construction in Grande Dunes, we specialize in representing buyers and sellers at this level. Let’s talk about exactly where you fit in this corridor.
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