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Brunswick Isles Golf Trail Courses Rank High With Golf Magazine
Golf Magazine has issued its biennial list of the top 20 courses you can play in each state in the US. The Brunswick Isles Golf Trail was well represented. Two of Golf Magazine’s top 20 public courses in South Carolina are members of the Trail. In North Carolina, four members of the Trail made the top 20. See both lists…
read more »Sandpiper Bay is Myrtle Beach Golf Course of the Year
Brunswick Isles Golf Trail Member, Sandpiper Bay, is the Myrtle Beach area 2010 Course of the Year. It was chosen by the Myrtle Beach Area Golf Course Owners Association during their July meeting.
read more »Bald Head Island Club – New and Improved
In today’s difficult economic climate and with fewer rounds of golf being played annually, many golf courses across America are cutting their golf course maintenance budgets, just to stay open. The Bald Head Island Club did something different by taking advantage of the poor economy to revitalize its 18 hole, 35 year old golf course.
With the Bald Head Island Club’s Board of Governor’s consent, the seaside course closed completely in early January 2010. Golf Course Architect Tim Cate was hired to move the course closer to the original George Cobb design, build in environmental enhancements to have the course better mesh with the island’s natural environment, simplify routine maintenance, and make operational improvements. 
He partnered closely with the club to rework the golf course to take better advantage of the property’s natural topography and assets.
On May 22, 2010, all 18 holes reopened for play. 10 holes were entirely renovated and the other eight holes were slightly altered to become more playable and more strategic. Every tee, green complex, and bunker was newly constructed to modern day standards; many fairways were re-graded and resodded. 
Finally, a state-of-the-art irrigation system was installed around the greens and in some cases the tees and fairways, tying back to the work done in 2005.
Bald Head Island Club essentially rebuilt the golf course. The main goal was to rebuild it in a way that would make Mr. Cobb proud. Fortunately, there were original plans from Cobb’s original design, and these, along with some experienced insight from Tim Cate, allowed the creation of a course that fits into its environment naturally and beautifully. The Bald Head Island Club has returned to its roots, unearthing the original design concept of legend George Cobb and in reality, brought to life by Tim Cate.
When you finally get a chance to see it first-hand you will understand why the Bald Head Island Club is such a special golf course.
Photo courtesy of Bald Head Island Limited