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and was located on peninsular Charleston. Harleston Green no longer exists, but it paved the way for golf in the Lowcountry and the rest of America. Charlestonoffersitsresidentsandguests a variety of high-quality entertainment options. Its collection of golf courses are equally impressive and varied. The course you choose may be tucked away within the Charleston community, visited mostly by locals, or it might be ranked among the world’s best. Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course is not only among the newest golf courses in the area, it’s also one of the best around. Selected as the site of the 1991 Ryder Cup before it was even built, Hurricane Hugo in 1989 put those plans in jeopardy, but construction was completed on time and the Ocean Course hosted what wouldbeoneofthebestRyderCupsever. The Ocean Course has since been the site of the 2007 Senior PGA Championship and will host the 2012 PGA Championship. Yeah, it’s a little pricey (somewhere in theneighborhoodof$250),butitmightbe hard to pass up the opportunity to play a golf course that hugs the Atlantic Ocean, has been the site of top golf championships and is among the best ever built. Golf Digest in 2011 ranked the Ocean Course the fourth greatest public course in the U.S. and the 26th best overall in America. Golf Magazine in 2009 ranked the jewel of Kiawah Island the 27th best in America and 47th in the world. The Ocean Course is one of a handful of golf layouts on Kiawah Island. Wild Dunes on Isle of Palms and Seabrook Resort on Seabrook Island also have courses bordering the Atlantic. Inland, a number of courses are more friendlytoyourwalletandarealsosetalong areawaterways.Formany,selectinganonresort course provides a lot more bang for your vacation buck. And you wouldn’t be the first golfer to strike your golf ball and then grab your camera to take a snapshot of the Lowcountry beauty. ✦
To watch a video tour of local golf courses, visit mycharlestononline.com. 98 mycharlestononline.com
Charleston-area golf courses Golf Course Berkeley Country Club Charleston Municipal Golf Course Charleston National Country Club Coosaw Creek Country Club Crowfield Golf and Country Club Dunes West Golf Club Golf Club at Wescott Plantation Kiawah Island-Cougar Point Kiawah Island-Oak Point Kiawah Island-Ocean Course Kiawah Island-Osprey Point Kiawah Island-Turtle Point Legend Oaks Golf Club Link at Stono Ferry Miler Country Club Patriots Point Golf Links Pine Forest Golf Club RiverTowne Country Club Seabrook Island-Crooked Oaks Seabrook Island-Ocean Winds Shadowmoss Plantation Golf Club Wild Dunes-Harbor Course Wild Dunes-Links Course
Location Moncks Corner Charleston Mount Pleasant North Charleston Goose Creek Mount Pleasant North Charleston Kiawah Island Kiawah Island Kiawah Island Kiawah Island Kiawah Island Summerville Hollywood Summerville Mount Pleasant Summerville Mount Pleasant Seabrook Island Seabrook Island Charleston Isle of Palms Isle of Palms
Website berkeleycc.com charlestoncity.info/golf charlestonnationalgolf.com coosawcreek.com cityofgoosecreek.com golfduneswest.com wescottgolf.com kiawahresort.com kiawahresort.com kiawahresort.com kiawahresort.com kiawahresort.com legendoaksgolf.com stonoferrygolf.com summervillecountryclub.com patriotspointlinks.com pineforestgolfclub.com rivertownecountryclub.com discoverseabrook.com discoverseabrook.com shadowmossgolf.com wilddunes.com wilddunes.com
Phone Number 843-761-4880 843-795-6517 843-884-8463 843-767-9000 843-764-4618 843-856-9000 843-871-1235 843-266-4020 843-266-4100 843-266-4670 843-266-4640 843-266-4050 843-821-4077 843-763-1817 843-873-2210 843-881-0042 843-851-1193 843-849-2405 843-768-2529 843-768-2529 843-556-8251 843-886-2164 843-886-2180
The Charleston touch Smart golf course designers route their layouts to incorporate the beloved live oaks that add so much beauty and charm to the Lowcountry and area golf courses. Live oaks are found along the Atlantic Coast from southeast Virginia and North Carolina to Florida, west along the Gulf Coast to Texas and Louisiana. The name live oak comes from the fact that these trees remain green and “live” throughout winter. Geddes
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Charleston-area golfers
Charleston-area firsts
Few top professional golfers honed their skills on Charleston-area courses, but there were two: Beth Daniel is a native of Charleston who won 33 LPGA events, including the 1990 LPGA Championship. Jane Geddes, who moved to Summerville at age 16, won 11 times on the LPGA Tour, including two majors: the 1986 U.S. Open and the 1987 LPGA Championship.
As one of the first settlements in America, Charleston has been home to a number of firsts in the United States, including the following: First public library (1700) First major slave insurrection (1739) First public museum (1773) First golf club (1786) First ice transported commercially (1799) … From New York City to Charleston First shot fired in Civil War (1861)