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Exclusive Interview with Davis Love III E-mail
In an exclusive interview for Golfer’s Guide, Davis Love III talks about the Heritage Classic, his own Sea Island tournament, golfdavislove.jpg course architecture, the 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah and his new Ryder Cup job..

Brad King: As a five-time Heritage Classic champion at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head, you are now hosting a tournament [The McGladrey Classic] at a resort destination [Sea Island, Georgia] just a couple of hours down the road. Do you think your ties with a new PGA TOUR event will affect your relationship with the Heritage?

Davis Love III: The Heritage will always be special to my family and me. We are trying to build on the success and the feel of the Heritage and have another event that is a favorite of the players and their families, and show that the Southeast coast from The Heritage to The Players is a world-class golf destination. It works out great that our event is in the fall, opposite the Heritage’s spring date. It provides another opportunity for golf fans in the Lowcountry to be able to see and enjoy great golf in person.
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Hilton Head is Seeing Green E-mail

gg_0112_digmag32-8.jpgHilton Head Island is known and revered around the world as a resort destination that has preserved its natural beauty through thoughtful stewardship.

Residents and visitors alike are well-acquainted with the Island’s effort to protect nesting sea turtles and century-old live oaks, to renourish its postcard- perfect beaches, and to provide plenty of green space for all to enjoy.

“We like to think of sustainability as being in our DNA,” says Susan Thomas, Vice-President of the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Visitor & Convention Bureau. “It all goes back to Charles Fraser.”

Hilton Head owes a huge debt to Fraser, the innovative developer who was as passionate about preserving nature as he was about building a world-class resort that would endure for generations to enjoy.

“We are focused on taking Fraser’s vision to the next level to sustain places, people and profits for a healthy community,” says Thomas.

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Home Course Advantage E-mail
dataw.jpgIt all starts with the land,” said Belfair General Manager David Porter. “Our developers acquired a site with great natural beauty, then brought in Tom Fazio, who built two amazing golf courses here.”

Fazio designed both the East and West Courses at Belfair in Bluffton, as well as Cotton Dike for Beaufort’s Dataw Island Club, which is also home to Arthur Hills’ Morgan River layout.

“When you combine two spectacular settings in a four-season climate with brilliant golf architecture,” said Dataw’s Director of Golf Dave Britton, “your members get courses where the look and even the playing strategies are constantly changing. That keeps the golf fresh.”

At Long Cove Club on Hilton Head Island, the members have only one home course to play, but they’re OK with that since it’s almost unanimously ranked as the best private course in South Carolina.

“Pete Dye blessed us with one of his finest designs,” Long Cove Club Head Golf Professional Bob Patton said, “and our members appreciate what a truly great course they have.”

But if great locations and designs are a given in the equation, good planning and timely decision-making seem to be important variables that get these golf clubs to a happy bottom line. “



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Arnold Palmer Day on Hilton Head Island


The completely remodeled and newly renamed Arnold Palmer Course at Wexford arnoldpalmerhhi.jpgPlantation reopened on October 20 with The King himself in attendance and Hilton Head Island Mayor Drew Laughlin proclaiming the day in his honor. The significant Wexford course work by the Arnold Palmer Design Company included the repositioning of tee complexes, the elimination of a number of bunkers and modification of others, tree removal to widen some fairways and major upgrades to all of the greens. “We hope the strategy, options and variety of play challenge your intellect and … your personal game,” Palmer said to Wexford members and other local officials after touring the course.

Williams to retire at Dolphin Head

Burrell Williams, Head Professional at Dolphin Head Golf Club in Hilton Head williams_dolphinhead.jpgPlantation since 1986, will retire in June 2012. “On a daily basis, members or guests of the club make a point to express their gratitude for the service, attention, and genuineness provided by Burrell. He has become a legend at Dolphin Head and he will be greatly  missed by everyone at the club, “ said Dolphin Head General Manager Kristy Stewart.

Long Cove to host new collegiate event


darius_rucker.jpgLong Cove Club announced last month that it will host the inaugural Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Ladies Invitational Tournament from March 1-4, 2012. The event was the brainchild of Long Cove’s Head Golf Professional Bob Patton and his long-time friend Puggy Blackmon, the University of South Carolina’s Director of Golf. Blackmon then contacted his friend Darius Rucker, a native South Carolinian, a huge golf fan and now a solo artist after gaining fame with “Hootie and the Blowfish.” Rucker agreed to lend his name to the event and will play a private concert for the tournament participants and Long Cove members. Event competitors will include women’s golf teams from schools in the Southeastern Conference and the Big 12, plus Notre Dame and others. Long Cove has committed to hosting the 72-hole event for the next five years. The public is invited to join the gallery.

Dye tunes up Harbour Town


Course architect Pete Dye has completed a series of minor renovations to his Harbour Town Golf Links that included lengthening the layout by 150 yards, expanding or reshaping a number of bunkers and removing some trees to improve sight lines and create new strategic opportunities. Harbour Town has hosted the PGA TOUR every year since 1969 and welcomes new title sponsor Royal Bank of Canada in 2012 to the RBC Heritage Classic during the week of April 9.

Players Am heads to Berkeley Hall


After 12 years at Belfair, the Heritage Classic Foundation Players Amateur is moving to Berkeley Hall in 2012. The tournament dates are July 9-15. Past winners of this prestigious amateur event include Rickie Fowler and Camilo Villegas. This year’s winner will earn a sponsor’s exemption to the 2013 RBC Heritage Classic.

Bloody Point to reopen

The Bloody Point golf course on Daufuski Island is set to reopen in 2012. Davis Love III’s design company will be working on the project to restore the original design by Ben Wright and Tom Weiskopf.

Recent honors


Bill Sampson, Director of Golf at Old Tabby Links at Spring Island, has been named the 2011 “Carolinas PGA Golf Professional of the Year.”

Kevin Morgan, superintendent at Crescent Pointe and Eagle’s Pointe, was named 2011 “Employee of the Year” by the Lowcountry Golf Course Owner’s Association.

Nicole Weller, head golf teaching professional at The Landings Club, was named “Teacher of the Year” for 2011 by the LPGA Teaching & Club Professionals Southeast Section.

Old South Golf Links has been named the 2011 “Golf Course of the Year” by the Lowcountry Golf Course Owner’s Association.

Works in progress

Construction on the Argent Lakes golf course at Sun City Hilton Head has passed the halfway point: Architect Tim Freeland has completed 12 holes on the layout, which is designed as a short course with only par threes and fours. The remaining six holes will be completed by mid-2012.

The Cotton Dike Golf Course at Dataw Island Club reopened in November following a six-month renovation by Billy Fuller Golf Design of Atlanta. The layout’s hydraulic irrigation system was completely replaced, 17 of the greens were recontoured and all of the putting surfaces now sport MiniVerde Ultra Dwarf Bermuda. In December, Fuller began a comparable refurbishment of Dataw’s Morgan River Golf Course to be completed by August 2012.

The Belfair East Course also had new MiniVerde Ultra Dwarf greens installed last year, along with renovations to all of the bunkers. Similar bunker work on the West Course will be undertaken in 2012, when Belfair members will also decide about a planned clubhouse expansion.



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