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Charleston National Country Club
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Rating: 3.1
Pace of Play
3
Greens
4
Service
3
Value
3
Design/Layout
2
The course is over in Mt Pleasant, east of Charleston. From the back tees, it's 6500 yards, and a 129 slope, designed by Rees Jones, and opened in 1989. It's a tough golf course, usually in decent condition, with rates that vary throughout the day and season. There's a interesting selection of holes, with views over the tidal marshes, along the Intercoastal Waterway, and tree lined fairways.
Published by: RyanP
Posted by: Golfcom
May 5th, 2011
Charleston National, about 10 miles east of Charleston, SC, is a wonderful Rees Jones layout that winds its way through and around wide expanses of marsh. I spent an engaging four hours on the course yesterday. The layout reminded me of Haig Point on Daufuskie Island, another Jones designed course; that's a compliment to Charleston National. At one point during the round, we drove from green to next tee over two long bridges with nothing but marsh on both sides. The views were spectacular. Charleston National winds its way through a natural zoo of sorts. Scores of snowy egrets roosting in trees next to one tee box made such a consistent racket that it did not affect concentration. Signs around the course warned that looking for balls in the wet stuff might not sit well with the local residents (not the homeowners, but rather the snakes and alligators). Add to the experience my match-up with Mike, Bill and Jack down from the Myrtle Beach area for the day, which only made the four hours more enjoyable. They are great comrades, clearly, since no one was offended by the constant and aggressive ribbing the gave each other, and two-foot putts they didn't give each other. It had been a long time since I last heard the expression, "A lot of chicken left on that bone" to describe a putt of three or four feet. Yesterday I heard it multiple times. It sounded good. All in all, it was a near perfect day, tainted only by a few bad swings off the tee - well okay, maybe more than a "few" - and some silly missteps by the management of Charleston National. Forget that we were not offered towels to take along with us to mop up on a 90+ degree day. The towels have become basic at high-end daily fee courses, which Charleston National has the potential to be. What really took the cake was the scorecard. It wasn't until the fourth hole that we realized the scorecard was backwards, that we were playing the front nine - according to the nice granite markers at each tee box -- but the layouts and distances on the scorecard were for the back nine. Neither the young man who took our reasonable greens fees ($46) in the pro shop nor the starter who took our receipts on the way to the first hole mentioned a thing. After the round we asked the starter, who clearly didn't think it was his responsibility to alert us, what the story was. "Oh," he said, "they ran out of scorecards and decided to use the old ones [from before the nines were switched]." I found out later from a real estate contact in the area that the owner of the club is a skinflint. He switched the nines earlier to cut staff in a snack shack out where the original nine ended. Now, golfers wanting a candy bar or hot dog and drink after #9 trudge up a long flight of stairs to the grille. The former front nine ended with a par 3; now the finisher is the par 3. If you are like me, you don't much care to finish on a hole where you have slim chances to save a round with a birdie. I doubt Rees Jones was consulted. Oh well, maybe management will wake up, spend a little to make a little more, and match the service to the quality of the golf course, which was in good shape At Golf Community Reviews
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Posted by: McGregor
Oct 11th, 2009
Charleston National has a mix of holes through the marsh lands, along the intercostal waterway, and through heavily treed areas. the course is very challenging in if there is a wide open fairway, there is marsh surrounding and if there isn't surrounding marsh, the hole is tight and tree lined. the course has a variety of holes between short and long holes. there is also a mixture of holes that are long and straight to short dog leg. some of the fairways are flat, and some are very undulating. some of the holes have large shallow bunkers and some have small pot bunkers. just a real mixture of holes. there are not any great elevation changes to speak of on the course, there are a few holes with elevated greens to make things a little interesting. one thing that all the holes have in comon is large undulating greens. paying attention to pin placement is an absolute must on this course.
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