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I’m willing to bet everything in my meager Roth IRA that about as many
people know that Alabama has a scenic shoreline on the Gulf Coast of
Mexico as know how to spell “Kyrgyzstan” (which has to be one awesome
play in Scrabble).
St. James’ legacy lives on in many forms. Numerous churches, hospitals
and even a Broadway theater have been named after the patron saint of
equestrians (among other things). There aren’t any horses at St. James
Plantation in Southport, N.C., but there’s plenty of wide-open space, a
nature trail and Waterway Park contained within the private community’s
5,000 acres.
A number of destinations around the world feature golf as the main
attraction, and the Brunswick Isles, an area straddling the border of
North and South Carolina, is definitely one of them. There are 16 golf
courses from Calabash up north to North Myrtle Beach down south. Along
the way, golfers can tee it up on courses designed by Arnold Palmer,
Rees Jones and Myrtle Beach regular, Dan Maples, to name a few, and
find themselves negotiating marshland, rivers and creeks, as many
courses take advantage of the area’s natural hazards.
2007 is a special year for Pinehurst Resort: The new Pinehurst Golf
Academy recently opened its doors to students, and Nos. 2 and 4 will be
in tournament shape as they prepare for the 2008 U.S. Amateur. But the
big news is that Pinehurst’s most famous course, Donald Ross’
legendary No. 2, turns 100 years old.
Things aren’t always the way they seem. Remember M. Night Shyamalan’s
movie, The Sixth Sense, with its edge-of-your-seat surprise ending? (If
you haven’t seen it, Bruce Willis reveals in the last minute that he
wears a toupee.) Just kidding.
With more than 16,000 golf courses in the United States, you’d think
there would be plenty of opportunities for golfers to find their own
slice of heaven—a quiet, unpopulated course where they can roam freely
without feeling crowded by other golfers. But that’s not the case. Even
though 3,206 courses have been added to the U.S. golf course database
since 1990, it’s still really hard to find 18 holes that you can call
your own. Wouldn’t it be great to know that you could just walk on a
course whenever you wanted and have the place all to yourself?
We know what you’re thinking. And while we’re somewhat guilty of taking
pleasure in riding the Peter Pan and Dumbo rides, the Walt Disney World
mecca is also home to some outstanding golf. There are 99 holes there,
with top-rated golf courses that include the Magnolia and Palm, two
courses that regularly play host to the PGA Tour every year. Say what
you will about the theme parks, Walt Disney World has some awesome golf
courses to boot.
The common misperception is that all 100+ courses along the Grand
Strand are right on top of each other. Not the case. (It’s not named
the Grand Strand for nothing.) From the southern chunk of North
Carolina to Georgetown County 20 miles south of Myrtle Beach, the Grand
Strand (or as numerologists call it, Hwy. 17) stretches over 60 miles
with golf courses that range from the sublime high-end daily fees to
cheap munis. It seems there’s literally every type (and price range)
available for all kinds of budgets and skill levels.
“We Built This City On Rock And Ross.”
Donald Ross’s imprint on golf-course design has been everlasting.
Ross’s love affair with Pinehurst began with his work on the famed No.
2 course at the Pinehurst Resort—a course most experts agree is not
only the finest of Ross’s designs, but also among the best ever
designed in America.
The Civil War marks the darkest, most trying period in all of American
history. It all began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery
opened fire on Fort Sumter. The Union army surrendered the fort less
than two days later. Journey by boat into Charleston Harbor and
experience the isolation and vulnerability that those soldiers felt
when hostilities erupted. A bonus of the trip is a wonderful view of
Charleston from the water.
