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Golf Information
The map below is intended to give
a general idea of where these courses
are located. More specific directions
can be obtained through your hotel.
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18 Charleston
National Country Club & Learning
Center 1360 National
Drive / Mt. Pleasant, SC /
843-884-3673
Designed by Rees Jones, the club
is considered one of the best non-resort
courses in the Charleston area.
6 Club at
Westcott Plantation
5000 Westin Boulevard / North Charleston,
SC / 843-871-2135
A 27 hole masterpiece designed by
Dr. Michael Hurdzan, one of the newest
offerings in the region.
4 Coosaw
Creek Country Club
4210 Clubhouse Drive / North Charleston,
SC / 843-767-9000
Arthur Hills designed a course with
undulating greens and enough water
hazards to make an interesting game
for both novice as well as the more
experienced player.
17 Dunes
West Golf Club
3535 Wando Plantation Way / Mt. Pleasant,
SC / 843-856-9000
Recognized by several major golf
publications as the place to
play in South Carolina - Arthur
Hills, designer.
Kemper Sports
The sponsor of two championship courses,
both are individually rated 3 1/2
stars by Golf Digest:
- 5 Crowfield
Country Club - 300 Hamlet
Court / Goose Creek, SC / 843-764-4618
Set among the ruins of a faded
plantation, the course boasts highly
contoured terrain plus lots of
water and bunkers making for some
interesting play - Bob Spence,
designer.
- 3 Pine
Forest Country Club -1000
Congressional Boulevard / Goose
Creek, SC / 843-851-1193
Reminiscent of courses in Pinehurst,
the style and grace
are pure old south - Robert Spence,
designer.
Kiawah Island Golf and Tennis
Resort -Kiawah Island, SC / 1-888-854-2924
The premiere golf resort in the Charleston
area with an amazing array of courses:
- 11 Cougar
Point Course - Named
the best new resort course in 1996
by Golf Digest - Gary Player, designer.
- 10 Oak
Point Golf Course -
A great course for all abilities
- Clyde Johnston, designer.
- 14 Ocean
Course - Site of the
1991 Ryders Cup War by the
Shore, the course has been
named as Americas Toughest
Resort Course by Golf Digest
- Pete Dye, designer.
- 12 Turtle
Point - Chosen in the
past for several regional championships,
expect length and accuracy from
the golden bear - Jack Nicklaus,
designer.
- 13 Osprey
Point - A superb course
situated in a masterpiece of Lowcountry
flora - Tom Fazio, designer.
- 1 Legend
Oaks Plantation
118 Legend Oaks Way / Summerville,
SC / 843-821-4077
A most memorable course, its
loaded with charm and ambience,
a true Lowcountry experience -
Scott W. Pool, designer.
- 7 Links
at Stono Ferry - 5365
Forest Oaks Drive / Hollywood,
SC / 843-763-1905
Located west of the city along
the Intracoastal Waterway, Stono
Ferry is a par 72, championship
course, beautifully set into the
Lowcountry landscape - Ron Garl,
designer.
- 15 Patriots
Point Links - 40 Patriots
Point Road / Mt. Pleasant, SC /
843-881-0042
Patriots Point has arguably
the best par three in the country
with a 150 yard, 17th that juts
into the harbor surrounded by views
of sailboats, the historic city
waterfront and Fort Sumter. Because
of the close proximity of the water,
temperature variations keeps the
course 10 degrees cooler in summer
and the same degrees warmer in
winter months than areas inland.
- 16 RiverTowne
1700 RiverTowne Country
Club Drive / Mt. Pleasant, SC /
843-216-7734
The Palmer Design Group has upped
the ante in the region with the
2001 debut of RiverTowne which
garnered an honorable mention from
Golf Magazine as one of the Top
10 Places to Play! Hugging
the Wando River and Horlbeck Creek,
the superb course is creating a
decisive new level of play in the
immediate Charleston area.
Seabrook Island Resort -
1002 Landfall Way / Seabrook Island,
SC / 1-843-768-1000
Two spectacular resort courses set
into the Lowcountry landscape:
- 8 Crooked
Oaks - Considered one
of his best by the master himself
- Robert Trent Jones, designer.
- 9 Ocean
Winds- As its name implies,
the challenge not only lies in
the course design but the elements
of the Atlantic itself - Willard
Byrd, designer.
- 2 Shadowmoss
Plantation Golf Club
20 Dunvegan Drive / Charleston,
SC / 843-556-7316
Only 15 minutes from downtown Charleston,
the course was expertly carved
from one of the areas original
plantations by Russell Breedon,
designer.
Wild Dunes - 5757 Palms Boulevard
/ Isle of Palms - 1-843-886-2164
Tom Fazio has designed a pair
of gems for the Isle of Palms:
- 20 Wild
Dunes Links Course -
Ranked in Americas Top 100
places to play, this course plays
from the dunes and marsh to Atlantic
vistas.
- 19 Wild
Dunes Harbor Course
- Nestled along the Intracoastal
Waterway, challenging play mixes
with picturesque views.
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