Pawleys Plantation
It was the exquisite
setting that ultimately
drew Jack Nicklaus to Pawleys Plantation.
"I have a particular fondness for the
Lowcountry," says Nicklaus. "We used
what's there, without forcing or changing
what Mother Nature provided."
With subtle greens enveloped
by sand
bunkers, challenging fairways dotted with
water and unique obstacles evident on
every hole, Pawleys Plantation is a player's
course that demands strategy, ingenuity and
above all, concentration. "You'll have to
think your way around this course,"
Nicklaus advises. But he's quick to add,"as
for beauty, on a scale from one to ten, it's
pretty close to a ten."
A few of the course
highlights include: the
par 3, third hole requiring a forced carry
over water from tee to green; the par 5,
fourteenth hole where you must negotiate
the marsh off the tee shot to a split fairway
just before the green; or the tremendous par
4, eighteenth hole that permits only a
well-placed drive down a narrow fairway
bordered by marsh, sprawling oaks and
pines.
Pawleys Plantation is
one of those rare
courses you can play time and time again
and never hit the same shot twice. Its
subtlety is matched only by its beauty. And
best of all as a guest of Pawleys Plantation,
you will enjoy special play privileges with
guaranteed tee times.
