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Founders Club Golf Course
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Founders Club Golf Course

Hwy 17 S, Pawleys Island,South Carolina,29585
Type: Semi-Private, open to the public
No. Holes: 18
Phone: 
(843) 448-5931
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Detailed description

Founders Club Golf Course was formerly known as Sea Gull Golf Club. This course is a Semi-Private, 18 hole golf course located in Pawleys Island, South Carolina.

Founders Club was built over the original Sea Gull golf course, the fourth oldest Myrtle Beach golf course in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, area, dating from 1966. Sea Gull was designed by Gene Hamm.

The course opened under The Founders Club name in 2008. 

The $7 million redesign, was undertaken in 2006 by Thomas Walker, former lead designer for Gary Player Design. Walker kept the hole numbers and routing the same but completely modernized the holes and reversed the front and back nines.

Sea Gull Golf Club was a relatively flat course, in keeping with the style “back in the day.” 270,000 cubic yards of dirt were moved during the renovation.

Now the course features sloping fairways, bunkers, elevation changes, and mounding. Natural beach sand fills the waste areas, and native grasses, such as love and bluestem, populate the mounds and waste areas. This makes for an “ocean-style” course, which gives golfers a unique coastal-feel golfing experience. Wetlands, live oaks, and pines add further aesthetic value to the course.

Cart paths are kept to a minimum, and players are given unrestricted cart access to the vast waste hazard areas. This is possible because of the excellent drainage and irrigation systems.

# 12 and #18, involve optional forced carries, even from the women’s tee.

 

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