The 18-hole "Lakewood" course at the Lakewood Golf Course facility in Madison, Maine features 6,278 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72.
A standard round of golf consists of 18 holes.
It is believed that the Palmetto Golf Club is the oldest continually-operating 18-hole golf course in the Southeast that is still in its original location. Palmetto Golf Club could also be the second oldest golf club in the United States as well.
9-holeThe 9-hole "Interbay" course at the Interbay Golf Center facility in Seattle, Washington features 1,327 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 28. Designed by Jack Nicklaus, ASGCA, the Interbay golf course opened in 1997.
In 1764, the golfers at St Andrews decided to combine the first four short holes into two, to produce a round of 18 holes, though it was still 10 holes of which 8 were played twice. Thus was born the 18-hole round, though it would be hundred years before there were eighteen holes and other courses followed suit.
According to the website Scottish Golf History, the number was cut to 18 pretty arbitrarily when four short holes were combined into two (played in two directions) in 1764. And this still wasn't a template right away for other courses as evidenced by Prestwick Golf Club opening in 1851 with just 12 holes.
With more than 350 golf courses to choose from, the SC Golf Course Ratings Panel has compiled a list of the top 30 places to tee off in the Palmetto State.
The first golf course in the United States was Oakhurst Links, built in 1884 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. It was originally a six hole track which was later expanded to nine holes. Oakhurst was the first course and golf club in the United States.
Pine Lakes Country Club— Pine Lakes Country Club (1927) was the first course to welcome golfers to Myrtle Beach. Designed by Robert White, the inaugural president of the PGA of America and a resident of St. Andrews, Scotland, the layout attracted immediate attention and continues to rank among the area's most sought-after tee times.
Greens fees run from $299 during the summer to $159 during the shoulder season, and tee times can be reserved as far as 90 days in advance.
The only dress code at Jefferson or the city's Interbay Golf Center in Magnolia is that patrons must wear golf or tennis shoes and a shirt. It's not uncommon to see jeans, tank tops, T-shirts, cargo pants and more on Interbay's nine-hole course, which also hosts a popular jazz barbecue on Thursday evenings.
Located in The Legacy Club's beautiful clubhouse with panoramic views of the finishing 18th hole, Bar 1929 offers members and the public lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch.
The Legacy Club at Woodcrest is home to a William Flynn designed course situated on 178 pristine acres in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
With a history that dates back to 1929, The Legacy Club at Woodcrest continues to be the premier venue for all event needs.