The Palmetto Golf Club is a monument from the dawn of US golf. Thomas Hitchcock founded Palmetto in 1892 and he also laid out a rudimentary four-hole golf course, which was soon extended to nine holes by Herbert Leeds (the architect and early member of the Myopia Hunt Club ).
With a clubhouse designed by Sanford White (who also designed the clubhouse at Shinnecock Hills) and a who’s who list of golf course architects who have left their impression, it’s no wonder that Palmetto Golf Club is on many people’s must-play list.
With water in-play on seven of nine holes and two long par 4s in the mix, Palmetto is no pushover. Even up the odds by choosing the appropriate tee box for your level of play.
Our thirtieth executive course, Palmetto opened in 2012 to high praise from Villages golfers. With water in-play on seven of nine holes and two long par 4s in the mix, Palmetto is no pushover.
Club records indicate that Palmetto was founded in 1892 by Thomas Hitchcock, a prominent sportsman from metropolitan New York, and William C.
Course RatesWeekdays (Mon-Thurs)Weekends (Fri-Sun)9 Holes - Walking$16.00$18.009 Holes - Riding$27.00$29.0018 Holes - Walking$23.00$27.0018 Holes - Riding$39.00$43.00
Alister MacKenzie gets credit for most of the design work that makes Palmetto what it is today. He made the 20-mile trip to Palmetto in 1932, shortly after building the layout for Augusta National. He was hired to change the sand greens to grass and to lengthen the course.
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.
There are roughly 300 members of Augusta National, and being invited by one of them is the quickest way to get a round in at the famous course. Members are allowed to bring a guest on the course for a relatively small fee of $40.
And the home of America's most expensive golf course. The highly-rated Shadow Creek Golf Club, designed by Tom Fazio and built for a reported $60million in 1990, has just upped its green fees to a mind-boggling $1,000 per person during the peak months of March to May, as well as October and November.
Membership is strictly by invitation: there is no application process. In 2004, USA Today published a list of all the current members. Membership is believed to cost between $100,000 and $300,000 and annual dues were estimated in 2020 to be less than $30,000 per year.
The Club has two large practice greens and a driving range for members to hone their game.
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.
South Carolina is home to more than 450 golf courses, including some of the most famous in the world.
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.
Leeds, Alister MacKenzie, Donald Ross, Rees Jones, Gil Hanse. Brooks Blackburn. The Palmetto Golf Club is a monument from the dawn of US golf. Thomas Hitchcock founded Palmetto in 1892 and he also laid out a rudimentary four-hole golf course, which was soon extended to nine holes by Herbert Leeds ...
The Chicago Golf Club has the oldest 18-hole golf course in the USA operating on its original site and the Palmetto Golf Club can reasonably claim to have the country’s second oldest golf course. The green complexes at Palmetto are a delight and their current size is the result of Gil Hanse's restoration work, which pushed ...
Hole 12 brings in to play the only significant water on the course and is aptly named ‘Pond’. It sweeps right to left before rising to a green that must not be missed to the right.
A single-rider golf cart is available for persons with disabilities (with 24 hours' advance notice). Please call the golf shop to arrange for use of the single-rider golf cart.
A single-rider golf cart is available for persons with disabilities (with 24 hours' advance notice). Please call the golf shop to arrange for use of the single-rider golf cart.
Designed by Herbert Leeds/ (R) Alister MacKenzie, the Palmetto golf course opened in 2007. Brooks Blackburn, PGA manages the course as the Golf Professional.
The course rating is 70.7 and it has a slope rating of 130 on Bermuda grass.