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Golf
Panel Selects State's Top Courses Available for Public Play for
2017
HILTON HEAD - Old-Timer Among New Faces On List of Best You Can Play There are four new names on the South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel's biennial listing of the Best Courses You Can Play in the state, but one of them is old enough to be known as "The Granddaddy." Pine Lakes Country Club, the pioneer of golf in Myrtle Beach, has been around since 1927 when it opened as Ocean Forest Country Club. The club may be old but the course is anything but after a full-scale renovation at the hand of architect Craig Schreiner in 2008. Pine Lakes is one of 13 courses along the Grand Strand to make it onto the Best You Can Play List, which for the first time amounts to 31 courses. An inseparable tie in the polling of panel members left the panel leadership with no choice but to "add one" to a list that is traditionally capped at 30. Another "newcomer" on the list, Kiawah Island Resort's Cougar Point course, was included even though - technically speaking - it's not one you can play at the moment. The course closed shortly after Thanksgiving and is undergoing its own renovation under the eye of Gary Player Design with a reopening set for October. The Fazio Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort in Hilton Head and Prestwick Country Club - a P.B. Dye design in Myrtle Beach - round out the new inclusions. Among those making way was a course that ostensibly doesn't exist anymore. The Ocean Course at Sea Pines Resort in Hilton Head was completely revamped by Davis Love III last year and is now known as Atlantic Dunes. Too few panelists had experienced the new design by polling time for it to be included. Others slipping off the list were RiverTowne Country Club in Mt. Pleasant and the Heathland Course at Legends Resort in Myrtle Beach. Information on previous rankings can be found on the organization's website www.scgolfpanel.org # # # The
"Best You Can Play" Public Access Courses in
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= Best In Region *
= New to the list of Best You Can Play UPSTATE # The
Furman Golf Club # The
Walker Course at Clemson University MIDLANDS Country Club of South Carolina Florence (803) 669-0920 www.countryclubsc.com Mount
Vintage Golf Club # Orangeburg
Country Club LOW COUNTRY (CHARLESTON) Kiawah
Island Resort - Cougar Point Course Kiawah
Island Resort - Osprey Point Course # Kiawah
Island Resort - The Ocean Course Kiawah
Island Resort - Turtle Point Course Seabrook
Island Club - Crooked Oaks Course Seabrook
Island Club - Ocean Winds Course Wild
Dunes Resort - Links Course LOW COUNTRY (HILTON HEAD) May
River Golf Club at Palmetto Bluff Palmetto
Dunes Resort - Arthur Hills Course Palmetto
Dunes Resort - George Fazio Course Palmetto
Dunes Resort - R.T. Jones Course # The
Sea Pines Resort - Harbour Town Golf Links The
Sea Pines Resort - Heron Point by Pete Dye GRAND STRAND Barefoot
Resort - Dye Course Barefoot
Resort - Fazio Course Barefoot
Resort - Love Course # Caledonia
Golf and Fish Club Grande
Dunes - Resort Course Heritage
Club Pawleys
Plantation Golf & Country Club Pine
Lakes Country Club Prestwick
Country Club The
Dunes Golf and Beach Club Tidewater
Golf Club and Plantation TPC
of Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach True
Blue Plantation Background On SC Golf Course Ratings Panel Overview The
South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel is composed
of golf enthusiasts representing a diverse range of occupations,
handicaps and backgrounds. These individuals have been charged
with the task of identifying the best that Objective and Purpose The
objective of the South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel
is to promote excellence in SC golf course design and operations
through competitive rankings, education and public advocacy. The
Panel serves as an ambassador for golf in 1)
2) The Best Courses You Can Play Bi-annually (in odd-numbered years) the Panel releases a listing of the best non-private courses in the state. Every resort, public access, and daily-fee course is eligible for this elite listing. How We Rate Them In determining their ratings panelists consider the following criteria:
Structure The Panel consists of a maximum of 130 members with twenty-five percent representing each of the following geographical regions: The Upstate, The Midlands, The Lowcountry, and The Grand Strand. Categories of Membership · Golf Industry individuals who have a direct connection to the golf industry · Players & Coaches individuals who excel at playing or coaching the game · Media individuals who report on golf for one or more media outlets · Business & Industry individuals who utilize golf within the business community For more information on the South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel contact its Executive Director, Michael Whitaker, via email at info@scgolfpanel.org. # # # |
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