In the penultimate stop of Charlie’s Hammock Coast Golf Trail swing that’s kicked off this series, “The Big Timer” is in Murrells Inlet, S.C. to take on the penultimate hole at a Clyde Johnston classic: Wachesaw Plantation East Golf Club, home to multiple LPGA Tour events in recent years. Let’s see how Charlie fares on this challenging par 5!
Waccamaw Golf Trail, a collection of 12 award-winning courses, has rebranded as the Hammock Coast Golf Trail, taking advantage of the surging popularity of the surrounding community and its branding efforts.
Charlie escaped his last stop with another par, but will he need to reach back into his bag of tricks to conquer his next stop? Join us as “The Big Timer” takes on the par-3 6th hole at Dan Maples’ Lowcountry classic at Willbrook Plantation in Pawleys Island, S.C.
Four more stops for Charlie in the Hammock Coast swing of his Grand Strand golf quest, and this one takes him to an award-winner: Tradition Golf Club, a Ron Garl design that won South Carolina Golf Course of the Year honors in 2001.
The challenge turns up a notch this episode as "The Big Timer" takes on the par-5 2nd hole at the Tom Fazio/Lanny Wadkins-designed TPC Myrtle Beach, the host site of many national- and global-scale events at the junior, collegiate and professional levels.
"The Big Timer" needed to pull off a Houdini act to save par at his last South Strand stop; will he need to reach into his bag of tricks once more at the next? See how Charlie fares on the par-3 14th hole at the Tom Jackson-designed River Club in Pawleys Island, S.C.!
We're off to a Lowcountry classic for the next leg in Charlie's quest to break par: Willard Byrd's Litchfield Country Club, one of the South Strand's original designs. Let's see how "The Big Timer" handles some unexpected adventure on its par-4 18th hole!
It's Charlie's second stop in the Mike Strantz Lowcountry showcase tour: the famed finishing hole at Caledonia Golf & Fish Club in Pawleys Island. And this renowned par 4 offers far more than stunning scenery, as anyone who's ever had Caledonia's back porch gallery cheer or jeer their approach shot will attest. Let's see if "The Big Timer" can bounce back from his True Blue bogey with a red number instead!
Time for Charlie to take on "The Maverick"! In the first of back-to-back episodes featuring Mike Strantz's renowned South Strand designs, "The Big Timer" is at True Blue Golf Club's par-4 18th hole. It's one of the iconic finishing holes in Myrtle Beach golf, and Charlie's ready to go low. Will he post a red number here?
We're checking in at the South Strand's "House That Jack Built": Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club, the celebrated Jack Nicklaus design that's getting a facelift and a redesign of several holes in 2023. One that's remaining fundamentally unchanged is its par-5 14th, the hole where Charlie's trying to break par this week. How will he fare?
