As owners instead of just leasing the course, Anders’ and Biershenk can begin making the kind of improvements they believe will make a good course even better. “Given the regulations today you could not build this golf course here.
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The Furman Golf Club has been voted #1 Public Golf Course in Greenville, and the entire Upstate by the South Carolina Golf Ratings Panel. Furman University Golf Course was also ranked No. 17 in Golfweek's "Best Campus Courses” in 2016 and has received a 3.5 star ranking from Golf Digest.
Furman University Golf Course was also ranked No. 17 in Golfweek's "Best Campus Courses” in 2016 and has received a 3.5 star ranking from Golf Digest. It is also where Furman alums and professional golfers Betsy King, Beth Daniel, Dottie Pepper and Brad Faxon honed their college games.
A long-term master plan, implemented in 2010, has led to a new practice facility for the Furman golf teams, enhanced public practice facilities, new tees to accommodate golfers of all levels, bunker strategy improvement, refurbished cart paths, irrigation upgrades, major drainage installation and clubhouse enhancements.
It is also where Furman alums and professional golfers Betsy King, Beth Daniel, Dottie Pepper and Brad Faxon honed their college games. The challenging, par-72 layout underwent a major renovation in 2008, where all 18 greens were reconstructed under USGA specifications and reseeded with Champion UltraDwarf Bermudagrass.
Furman University Athletics Designed by Richard K. Webel of Long Island, N.Y., and Walter Cosby, superintendent of grounds and greens at the famed Greenbrier Hotel and Golf Resort, the course was built in the late 1950s when few colleges had a course on campus.
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.
Welcome to the Furman Golf Club Furman University Golf Course was also ranked No. 17 in Golfweek's "Best Campus Courses” in 2016 and has received a 3.5 star ranking from Golf Digest. It is also where Furman alums and professional golfers Betsy King, Beth Daniel, Dottie Pepper and Brad Faxon honed their college games.
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.
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.