Since 1973, South Carolina’s Lowcountry has welcomed players from the Women’s Tennis Association once a year for the annual Volvo Car Open, North America’s largest women-only tennis tournament. Attracting nearly 100,000 spectators and more than 100 talented players, this acclaimed series will kick off on March 31 and run through April 8, with a special gala scheduled for April … [Read more...]
Kick-Start Your 2018: Try a New Workout
The dawn of the New Year is the time for celebrations of the past and expectations for the future. Of all the lofty goals you might set for yourself, three generally rise above the rest: quitting poor lifestyle habits, continuing the perpetual quest for unadulterated happiness, and, of course, getting in shape. Of the three, I’m not quite ready to kick my cheese or coffee … [Read more...]
Snee Farm Country Club
Snee Farm Country Club, just off U.S. Highway 17, is located on the 200-year-old Snee Farm Plantation. The private club is home to a George Cobb-designed championship golf course, a newly renovated clubhouse, a full-service restaurant and bar, a fitness room, 18 tennis courts and two newly renovated swimming pools. It’s a classic country club in every sense of the word. The … [Read more...]
Dunes West Golf & River Club
Dunes West Golf & River Club has pretty much any sporting activity you might want to try. The gated community features a championship 18-hole Arthur Hills-designed golf course with five sets of tees for players of all skill levels; nine tennis courts – three clay and six hard surface; three pools – one adult only and one with a slide and zero entry for toddlers; a fitness and … [Read more...]
RiverTowne Country Club
Located off U.S. Highway 41, RiverTowne Country Club is situated among scenic marshlands and live oaks, with 13 holes routed along the Wando River and Horlbeck Creek.The Arnold Palmer signature course features tree-lined fairways – some of those live oaks draped with Spanish moss – and generous landing areas to set up approach shots to multi-tiered greens guarded by bunkers and … [Read more...]
The Links at Stono Ferry
The Links at Stono Ferry in Charleston (Hollywood, SC) has won numerous accolades in recent years for its conditioning, design and character. The course is located along the intra-coastal waterway and features a links- style design. The front nine was carved out of stands of massive oaks and pine trees, while the back nine offers superb views of the marshlands and … [Read more...]
The Patriots Point Links Golf Course
Located on the banks of Charleston Harbor, Patriots Point Golf Course offers the feel of a true links course. Ocean breezes alter the character of the layout, which ambles though marshlands, lagoons and tidal creeks. The William Byrd-designed track plays 6,900 yards from the tips with three other sets of tees. This is a playable course for all golfers, and offers one of … [Read more...]
Daniel Island Home to Two Magical Golf Courses
The 4,000-acre Daniel Island, formerly owned by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation and used primarily for farming, cattle ranching, and as a private hunting retreat, is now a town unto itself, with a commercial center that features a mix of shops, restaurants and offices. There are also schools, places of worship and a seemingly never-ending choice of recreational … [Read more...]
Don’t Overlook Oak Point Golf Course at Kiawah
It’s easy for Oak Point Golf Course to get overshadowed, for it lives in the shadows of the fabulous resort courses on Kiawah Island, including the fabled Ocean Course, home to this year’s PGA Championship. But Oak Point is the first course you will run into when you make the drive down Rt. 12 and past live oaks draped with Spanish moss to Kiawah Resort, which has five … [Read more...]
Turtle Point Golf Course a Must Play When Visiting Charleston, S.C.
For my money it’s hard to beat the courses of coastal South Carolina. My buddy, photographer Mark William Paul, and I tried out a great track recently on a visit to Charleston recently, a Jack Nicklaus design called Turtle Point Golf Course, part of the Kiawah Resort collection of five daily fee courses. The layout is one in a stable of five daily fee courses that grace the … [Read more...]