South Carolina golf / Bob Gillespie and Tommy Braswell ; forewords by Jay Haas and Beth Daniel.

For nearly three hundred years, South Carolina has played a vital role in American golf. The first golf clubs in America came from Scotland to Charleston in 1739. Myrtle Beach is sometimes called the "Golf Capital of the World," with more than 80 golf courses. The Country Club of Charleston produced...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gillespie, Bob (Author)
Braswell, Tommy (Author)
Other Authors: Haas, Jay (writer of foreword.)
Daniel, Beth (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Golf > South Carolina.
Golf courses > South Carolina.
Golf course architects > South Carolina.
Golf > Caroline du Sud.
Terrains de golf > Caroline du Sud.
Architectes de golf > Caroline du Sud.
Golf.
Golf course architects.
Golf courses.
South Carolina.
Physical Description:207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Golf comes to South Carolina
  • Historic Aiken and Palmetto Golf Club
  • The Fords: Charleston golf royalty
  • The Grand Strand: Myrtle Beach
  • The heritage of golf at Harbour Town
  • The old college try: the championship teams
  • For the love of the game: the amateurs
  • Overcoming barriers: South Carolina African Americans in golf
  • The war by the shore: Ryder Cub 1991
  • Best of the best: South Carolina's major champions
  • Back to the shore: the 2012 PGA Championship
  • Ladies' choice: the U.S. Women's Open comes to Charleston
  • The master of the Masters: Hootie Johnson
  • Growing the game: South Carolina Golf Association
  • Those who can, also teach: Picard and the instructors
  • The visionaries: South Carolina's golf architects
  • The Haases: Upstate golf's first family
  • Build them, and they will come: Charleston's golf resorts
  • From fairways to airwaves: TV golf's stars.