GOLFING
THE GREAT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA You don’t need to be a PGA Tour professional to have memorable experiences on South Carolina’s award-winning public courses By Dave Bodle
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f you’re a golfer, you likely enjoy watching PGA Tour professionals compete on outstanding golf courses. It’s particularly enjoyable when they’re competing in my home state of South Carolina. Stewart Cink put on a great performance to capture his third RBC Heritage Championship on Harbour Town Golf Links at Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island. From first-hand experience, I can tell you the course is tight with small greens, but a must play for most amateur golfers. Phil Mickelson wowed us at this year’s PGA Championship on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Resort. Ranked the
#4 Public Golf Course in the United States, prevailing winds off the Atlantic Ocean dictate play. At my age it’s not a course I’m ready to challenge, but if you get a chance, tee it up. At the Palmetto Championship at Congaree Golf Club in Ridgeland, South African Garrick Higgo captured his first PGA Tour victory. The Tom Fazio-designed course is certainly spectacular, but the club’s charitable arm Congaree Foundation is the story. Through the Congaree Global Golf Initiative, a college preparatory program for underserved high school players wanting to play college golf is delivering the promise.
Dunes Golf & Beach Club/Myrtle Beach Photo courtesy of Visit Myrtle Beach
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