GolfTravelReviews: The Reviews "The Reserve: What Magnificence!"

The Reserve Golf Club in Pawleys Island, SC, is an exclusive private club featuring a magnificent Greg Norman golf course that is awesome in its physical beauty and interesting from first tee to last green. Set in a totally unspoiled tract of coastal Carolina vegetation of pines and low-lying shrubs, the course is head and shoulders above virtually every other course on the Grand Strand.

Golfers who visit Myrtle Beach regularly or who have second or third homes here might want to consider joining the club. If so, move quickly. The limited number of memberships (450) is selling fast.

The club’s practice facility is first class, but wait 'til you see the course. It is one of the most enjoyable and scenic of any I have played in the Southeast. It lies in a pristine setting that has a wilderness feel. The course has similar features to The Medalist, Norman’s home course in Hobe Sound, Fla. There is no rough, only pine straw from the thick pine forest. On an essentially flat piece of land, Norman has woven a masterpiece featuring elevated greens, winding and twisting fairways marked by vales and crests and a lot of sand, particularly waste bunkers. Course conditions are second to none, especially the greens. They putt so true you will have no excuse.

To maintain the pristine setting, only 100 homes will be built around the course and on only seven holes. The club is near Willbrook Golf Club and is the centerpiece of a gated community.

For more information, call 888-335-8742.