South Carolina Golf Thread..

I haven't played in a while but when I do play it's at Caledonia in Pawleys Island or Litchfield CC

I think I've played just about every good course in the State at one time or another ... most of them multiple times.

I play Aiken CC and Palmetto all the time, along with Indian Trails, Ponderosa CC (maybe the best deal in the state of SC), Lexington CC, Sweetwater (Barnwell) and Sage Valley (Graniteville).

Sage Valley is one of the best kept secrets in the country IMHO. It rivals Augusta National. If we lived just a little bit closer we'd join. As it is I play it every couple two or three weeks or so with a friend who is a member.

Lexington CC is an excellent course and usually in very good condition.

CC of SC out near Florence is a treasure. I play there at least once a year every year, usually twice, sometimes three times depending upon if there are ever any tournaments out there or not. (Never play that course with George Rogers unless you pack a lot of extra balls. He never takes enough and he's gonna want yours.) CC of SC is one of the finer courses in the state if not the entire Southeast.

Caledonia is Caledonia. It's legendary. Great course. Not as great as Sage Valley though.

Both of the Cheraw courses, across the road from one another, the CC and the state park course, are excellent.

A few weekends ago I played six courses in four days. Windermere, Cobblestone, Spring Valley, Woodlands, Oak Hills and Columbia CC.

Cobblestone and Spring Valley were in perfect condition. Spring Valley was actually in spectacular condition and Cobblestone was not far behind. Windermere is excellent. Columbia CC was above average. Oak Hills was better than expected, maybe the toughest greens of all six, like glass. Woodlands was ok, nothing special but worth what we paid. Tee boxes were in rough shape compared to others but not a biggie.

Charleston National is one of my favorite courses. I got to play it early and often when we were living on the Isle of Palms twenty years ago, and it is still a great course.

Santee National is a super little course.

I've played the Ocean Course at Kiawah twice and both times it ate my lunch.

I've played both courses at Wild Dunes so many times I lost count ... we were members and lived on the links course. Dunes West, Patriot's Point, I've played them numerous times.

Mid Carolina CC is worth playing. It's short but tough and always in good condition.

Still yet, I'll type it again, Sage Valley is the best kept secret in the entire Southeast if not the entire country. It is just spectacular. I had a certain coach tell me one time that he'd just about rather play Sage Valley than Augusta National. That's how good Sage Valley is and I am not kidding. I always look forward to playing that course.

I could go on and on about upstate courses I've played but I rarely play in the upstate any more. I guess the three I've played most recently, in the past 24 months or so, were Crosswinds, The Preserve and at Furman. I enjoyed the heck out of the Furman course. The Preserve, we played early in the season and it was chilly that morning but you could tell it would be ultra nice in the late Spring and early Summer and probably the late Fall with all the colors. Crosswinds was probably the coolest 18 hole Par 3 course I've ever played. I wish we had something like it down here. Par 3 courses are for drinking ... and I drank on that course so I probably should remember more about it than I do.

Live long enough and have a little money and the right friends and you can spend your whole retirement playing courses in South Carolina and never play them all. We've got that many.

Oh, hell, I almost forgot. Fort Jackson has two excellent golf courses. Wild Cat and Old Hickory ... I'm not sure how many people in SC are aware of it but Fort Jackson is known throughout the military as having the finest golf facility and courses in the entire country, I kid you not. Brass from all over the country comes to Ft Jackson just to play those two courses. They can compete with just about any CC in the state in terms of slope and layout and they are impeccably kept.

ETA: Dangit but I forgot to add some courses in the upstate which I had forgotten about because it was a fundraiser weekend mixed with golf, four courses we played in three days ... I met Kevin Cosner at the tourney as a matter of fact. The reason it didn't register in my brain as "upstate" when I was posting this was because we actually stayed in Tryon, NC in a bed and breakfast right across the border from Landrum, but the golf courses were mixed right along the SC/NC border. I'm talking about The Cliffs, we played both of the Keowee courses in one day and the other two days we played Glassy and The Valley. We may actually move up that way in the next few years if I get my way and talk my wife into retiring early. All four of those courses were exceptional, but I wouldn't want to try walking any of them. There are two or three more courses up there that are part of The Cliffs that I have yet to play but I hear they are just as great as the others.

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I still haven't played there yet. Back in the mid 70's my dad set the course record there in a Calcutta. His buddy signed him up and didn't know that he was getting 9 shots. He ended up shooting 64, net 55. The folks there were not very nice to him after that

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I'm trying to think who your Dad might be. A member? I'm Marshalling a junior tourney at Lexington in the morning, but I'm in a dog fight at the Pondo in the afternoon. I've been playing there off and on since the early 70s.

The Pro out there, Buddy, is a close personal friend and Gamecock Letterman.

Net 55 is strong. Handicap fudge?

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scrooster

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Next time you are in the Upstate area... Playing a round with the Scrooster is on my bucket list

Wildewood, Forest Lake, and Spring Valley when I used to live in Columbia.

Play Pawleys and Litchfield when I'm in that area.

Patriots down here. Played Charleston National a few times, too.

I don't golf all that much, lately. What is the University Club these days? Played out there quite a bit years ago.

In a few short weeks

Thu Aug 21, 2014
Glen Dornoch
9:04 - 9:22
12

Fri Aug 22, 2014
World Tour Golf Link
9:14 - 9:30
12

Sat Aug 23, 2014
Tpc Myrtle Beach
9:14 - 9:30
12

we do a weekend trip to MB twice a year. started off as 3 day weekend... now most of us go down there mid week

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Sweet, I'll be in MB a month later playing a tour of 3 Legends courses

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Any upstate golfers here?

One of the best upstate courses I have ever played is Musgrove Mill in Laurens county. Palmer design. My dad's first cousin is a member there, so we used to play it often. Very tough course, but it's probably been 10 years since I have played it.

I play Edgewater Golf Club in Lancaster county now when I play. Great course for the money. About 15 minutes from exit 48 on I-77.