In life, there are beaches and golf courses. Every thing else is just the stuff that hinders you from getting to the beach or booking a tee time. So when it comes to one really perfect place on this planet to live, visit, or vacation, the answer can only be Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

The heart of South Carolina's famous Grand Strand (sixty miles of gorgeous beach) includes prime Myrtle Beach real estate. Here the waves of the blue Atlantic lap the golden sands of the beachfront hotels, condominiums, restaurants, timeshare resorts, and entertainment attractions.

You can find almost anything you want along the Grand Strand - it's genuinely grand. Dine on the freshest of seafood at the Murrell's Inlet piers overlooking the wetlands and salt marshes. Take in Broadway at the Beach, or spend a day with your children or grandchildren enjoying the museums and aquariums.

The Grand Strand includes a delightful boardwalk of beachside activity, thrill rides, and entertainment. But don't assume that Myrtle Beach, SC, is only about attractions and theme parks. This seaside haven offers you plenty of pristine shoreline for lounging, lingering, exploring, and adoring. You can swim, snorkel, surf, fish, parasail, or kayak along most of the beach, as well as the creeks and wetlands of South Carolina's marshy Low Country.

And the golf? Well, it's pretty grand as well. Pick a course with seaside links or fairways lined with giant oaks embellished by the soft-green adornment of Spanish moss.

Spend a little time in beautiful Myrtle Beach, SC. You will quickly discover that your philosophy of life gets really simple: When you're on the beach, enjoy the water. It's cool, blue, and delightful. And when you're on the golf course, think fairways and greens and stay out of the water!

Try the TPC at Myrtle Beach, ranked by Golf Magazine as one of the best public courses to play. Or take on the International World Tour of Golf Links, with its holes that replicate legendary courses like Augusta National, St. Andrews, Sawgrass, and Winged Foot.

With over 100 Myrtle Beach golf courses to choose from, there's a course to suit every game. Tom Fazio, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Pete and P.B. Dye, Gary Player, and Robert Trent Jones are only a few of the great golf architects to put their signatures on the courses of Myrtle Beach. And there are more golf schools per square mile in Myrtle Beach than anywhere else in the world.

Whether you are battling duck hooks, doglegs, or a left-arm chicken wing, there are plenty of talented golf professionals to help you eliminate all the critters in your game (except those welcomed birdies and eagles). You can even build your travel plans around a golf package that includes your hotel, timeshare or timeshare rental, and plenty of time on the range, the lesson tee, and the golf course.

Myrtle Beach - the story is perfect and simple. The water, the sand, and the greens. Anything else is just stuff that gets in the way.