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The Long Bay Club
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If a player can
tame The Long Bay Club, they may feel confident enough to take on
the Golden Bear. The Jack Nicklaus designed course is considered
one of the most difficult on the Grand Strand. Rightfully so. Long
Bay's formidable features include: A demanding 137 slope from the
championship tees to a difficult 127 for the ladies. Countless large
man-made mounds.
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particularly lethal near the green, creating a new approach (so to speak)
to your wedge game. Handsome but deadly par-3s, especially No. 13, a
mid-iron test to an island green. Many bottomless bunkers surrounding
Long Bay's small Bermuda landing surfaces. And a striking horseshoe waste
bunker on the courses signature hole, the 353-yard (championship tees)
No. 10 has become one of the most recognized in golf. Long Bay's par-3s
are attractive, but they can be cruel to the scorecard. The best of the
four is No. 13 and it's wide island green. Not a long test, this par-3
teases players with various pin placements. The hole plays a club less
if the pin is on the left. Ten yards too much and players likely will
visit the drop area. Golfers likely will remember Nos. 4 and 18 (par-4s)
and Nos. 11 and 15 (par 5s). No. 4 is rated the courses most difficult
hole. At 472 yards from the back tees, it features a narrow fairway guarded
by waste areas on both sides. The homeward bound hole demands a left-to-right
tee shot to trim off the distance to the green. Both par-5s on the back
nine-547 yards and 492 yards- provide different looks. No.11 is a dogleg
left design to a small green protected by a horseshoe bunker. No. 15
veers to the right. Players must carry a meandering creek on their second
shot and avoid a water hazard that runs by the right side of the green. "Most
of the time when players walk off the course," Roger Batton said, "they're
not frustrated but they're coming back because of the challenge of it." |
Architect-
Jack Nicklaus
Greens- Bent
Slope/Rating 139/73.5
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| Course Par and Yardage |
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| 7021 |
| 6565 |
| 6139 |
| 5598 |
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