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(@bri1164)
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played here 11/8.  busiest bag drop area on the Grand Strand as 3 courses go off from this very small bag drop area.  But the bag drop guys have it down to science and never any real issues.  fyi they do not let you take you cart anywhere until they are ready to load you up.  my experience is 20-30min before your tee time you can take it to putting green and find your starter.  the driving range is 3 minute drive from bag drop and they do have shuttle.  Used to have to check in with pro shop before going to range but last few years you can just drive your car over before bag drop.  get balls(included) attendants might ask you your TT but it is not done every time.  Massive range with both mats and grass.  Unfortunately my last couple times here they have forced us to mats.  Pro shop guys pleasant/friendly efficient.  Nice clubhouse and bar/grille overlooking the Fazio 1st tee and 18th green.  played whites 6,050 yds.  this course has a mix of narrow tree lined fairways and wide open links style feel fairways.  great conditions all around.  greens rolling quick and true.  #1 is 324 yd par 4 to ease you in.  3 of par 5s under 480yds.  only 18 at 530yds is not really reachable for a person playing appropriate white tees.  #5 (#1 hole on course)is a 430 yds dog leg right par 4 that is brutal.  if you aren't in middle of fairway to the left rough you are blocked out assuming you can hit it 240-260 to an elevated green.  Of course the previous hole is a 270yd par 4 with elevated small green with the widest fairway on the course so course gives and takes.   #9 is a 180-200 yd par 3 to elevated green, tough hole.  holes for most part are what you see is what you get.  think only 1 hole has fairway that is truncated by hazard and it is #12 par 5 (480yds) and that hazard is on your approach to green.  so would make for tough go in 2 unless inside 200yds off tee as no bounce up option.

beverage cart girl available.  while they double tee 10 is a little ride back to the clubhouse and not really advised if course is busy.  

always great conditions over the past 25 years i have been playing barefoot courses.



   
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(@s333h)
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Man, that bag-drop circus with three courses funneling through one tiny area is legendary—yet those guys somehow still run it like a Formula 1 pit crew. Smart tip on waiting for the cart load-up and the 20-30 minute window to the putting green; I’ve been that guy trying to sneak off early and getting the polite “not yet” stare. Range being a three-minute shuttle (or drive-yourself) away is convenient, though the recent “mats only” policy is the golf equivalent of being told the hot tub is closed.Whites at 6,050 sound like the sweet spot for that mix of tight tree-lined holes and wide-open links stretches. Love how the course gives with the little 324-yard opener and that generous 270-yarder, then immediately takes it back with the brutal #5 dogleg. Classic Barefoot personality—greens quick and true, conditions still excellent after 25 years, and the beverage cart girl making the rounds. Clubhouse view of the Fazio 1st and 18th never gets old either.Glad it delivered the usual high-quality day. Did #5 claim any balls from your group, or did someone actually find the left-side safe zone and stick the elevated green?

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