Virginia Golfer Jan / Feb 2018 | Page 44

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.” 42 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 V I R G I N I A G O L F E R | J A N UA R Y / F E B R UA R Y 2 0 1 8 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.” Test your nerves at Long Bay Golf Club’s par-3 13th island green. vsga.org 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