Challenging golf and stunning
scenery await at Pawleys Plantation.
“The design of the course—with
views overlooking the marshes
and incorporating the live oaks
on the plantation—presents
a beautiful background for
golfers.”
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Club, but not by name alone,” Long Bay
general manager Joe Dipre said. “What he
designed here is truly special. The course
itself is a challenging but fair, which attracts
repeat customers, a consistent member
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base, and the attraction of new play. When
you add his name and a couple great own-
ership teams and staff throughout the years,
you end up having a successful golf course for
30 years.”
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Long Bay Golf Club and Pawleys Plan-
tation Golf & Country Club, each opened
in 1988, were designed with the perfect
combination of challenge and beauty in
mind at a time when both were consid-
ered a premium.
“We are proud to acknowledge, display
and be known as a Jack Nicklaus designed
course,” Pawleys Plantation general man-
ager Phil Cappel said. “He designed the
course originally as a Championship
Course and it is a very challenging course
to play for the average golfer. The design
of the course—with views overlooking the
marshes and incorporating the live oaks
on the plantation—presents a beautiful
background for golfers.”
Likewise, his layout on the northern
Strand course Long Bay spoke for itself.
“A lot of credit needs to be given to Mr.
Nicklaus for the longevity of The Long Bay