The Dunes Golf and Beach Club
This oceanside institution brims with history, personality and a brawny, breezy design that extends Robert Trent Jones’ legacy into the 21st century
Rees Jones On His Design At Briar’s Creek
A Closer That Makes You Think
The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island Golf Resort

From alligator adventures to the aptly named Sanctuary Hotel, there is far more to Kiawah Island Golf Resort than Pete Dye’s masterpiece
The 1991 Ryder Cup: Eye of the Storm

The most thrilling and nerve-wracking Ryder Cup of the last 25 years, and perhaps of all time, came down to the last shot on the last hole
Chechessee Creek Club
Members take a step back in time at this club with a lay-of-the-land course designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw that harkens back to the Golden Age of golf
Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head
The pros are playing their second favorite course on tour this week, Harbour Town, but our LINKS100 wizard, Thomas Dunne, argues that the intimate Pete Dye design isn’t the shotmaker’s course so many claim it is
Palmetto Golf Club
One of the oldest clubs in the country becomes one of the hottest during Masters week
Pine Lakes Country Club, Myrtle Beach
The very first golf resort in Myrtle Beach, Ocean Forest Hotel & Country Club, opened in 1927 right before the Great Depression. On March 12, amidst the greatest economic downturn since then, the club (renamed Pine Lakes in 1944) held its grand reopening following a 20-month, $15 million renovation of its Robert White course and […]
Caledonia Golf and Fish Club, Myrtle Beach
Caledonia Golf and Fish Club in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, evokes one of those enduring layouts that were created at the heyday of golf course architecture in the 1920s. Why shouldn’t it look and play like a work of creative genius? Its designer, Mike Strantz, after all, is doubly skilled as a craftsman of both turf and fine […]
The Ultimate Private Club: Cherokee Plantation
I knew I was in a special place my first morning at Cherokee Plantation when a mule-drawn carriage arrived at the front door to carry me to breakfast. For a moment, I felt as if we had been transported back to Victorian England. Or maybe it was Tara. Cherokee may be the most exclusive club in the world. […]