aboutGOLF is happy to announce another world class course arriving soon on an aG simulator near you! Caledonia Golf and Fish Club on Pawleys Island in South Carolina will be available to play on your home simulator or local indoor golf club on December 21st. Caledonia was the first solo design by the late, great golf course architect Mike Strantz. Stantz’ creative approach to golf course architecture was meant to visually intimidate the golfer through imposing bunkers, large and undulating greens and a course that is creatively sculpted into the natural landscape of the property.
Caledonia was described in Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Courses You Can Play by Brian McCallen as “the most delightful test of golf in Myrtle Beach”. The author continues on to say that: “Sporty from the Wood Duck tees at 5,710 yards, enjoyable for middle handicappers from the Mallard markers at 6, 121 yards, and a scintillating test for experts from the Pintail tees at 6,526 yards, this par-70 layout has exceptional pace and variety, with three par fives (two of them back-to-back) and five par threes on the card... The 9th proves that back breaking distance is not required to fashion a great hole. All of 118 yards from the back tees and flanking the oak-lined entryway, this tiny terror demands a nerveless carry over a sandy wasteland to a shallow green backdropped by a wall of thick-waisted oaks. Strantz turns up the knobs with five par fours in a row (holes 12-16), each measuring 400 yards or more from the tips. At two of the holes, a huge oak tree dictates strategy off the tee for the better player. Caledonia’s par four 18th plays opposite a limitless expanse of old rice fields, its fairway doglegging around the arm of a creek. Directly behind the green on the far side of the water is the clubhouse and its wrap-around porch set with rockers. It is an ideal post-round gathering spot. Caledonia, by the way, is still a Fish Club. Drop by on a Thursday from November to April, and those good ole boys may even invite you to their fish fry, which is usually accompanied by homemade slaw and the kind of grits only a professional Southerner can make.”
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