| Nothing could be finer...Just a few short | | | | many wealthy planters of the day, the |
| miles south of Myrtle Beach South Carolina, | | | | Allstons lost much of their fortune as a |
| well known for it's 100 plus golf courses, | | | | result of the economic turmoil of the Civil |
| you'll find Georgetown County, a monument to | | | | War. Philip Lachicotte bought Waverly |
| the fine tradition of the southern way of | | | | Plantation in 1871. Waverly Mills rice was |
| life. Tradition reigns supreme even to this | | | | famous and in fact won a Gold Medal in the |
| day as many families have been there for 175 | | | | 1902 Charleston Exposition, but by 1911 the |
| years or more. You'll find the same names in | | | | rice culture was totally dead in South |
| the All Saints Cemetery on King's Highway | | | | Carolina. True Blue Golf Club is also in this |
| that belong to the movers and shakers of | | | | section of Pawleys Island and a monument to |
| today. The people behind those outstanding | | | | the old plantations of yesterday. If you look |
| golf courses that are #1 on your "hit" | | | | closely, when you play golf at these golf |
| parade.Believe me you'll find golf in this | | | | courses you may spot Doc Lachicotte having |
| area...and perhaps the best golf to be found | | | | lunch in the clubhouse.Gracious southern |
| in the Myrtle Beach area. One of the oldest | | | | plantations abound in this area, names like |
| golf courses in the area is Litchfield Golf | | | | Brookgreen, Hobcaw Barony, (home to Bernard |
| and Country club, now we know that many of | | | | Baruch in the early 19th century), and |
| you have heard of or even played golf at | | | | Wachesaw date well back to antebellum times. |
| Litchfield, or perhaps played it's sister | | | | Brookgreen is now the site of Huntington |
| course, River Club, but did you know that | | | | National State Park and Brookgreen Gardens, |
| both of these outstanding courses exist on | | | | floral and sculpture garden without |
| what was once a rice plantation extending | | | | peer.Wachesaw Plantation, backing up to |
| from the Waccamaw River to the Atlantic | | | | Brookgreen Plantation has it's own abandoned |
| Ocean. Litchfield Plantation came into being | | | | rice fields, but today is an outstanding Tom |
| approximately 1794 and a plat from that time | | | | Fazio private golf course and residential |
| shows an Avenue of Oaks and a house with two | | | | area. It is the most thoroughly researched |
| chimneys at either end, today you can still | | | | plantation in the area. Archeologists dug and |
| see that house, totally renovated and offered | | | | sifted for 3 years marking slave cemeteries |
| as a wonderful Bed and Breakfast Inn, with an | | | | and Indian burial grounds. The original |
| adjacent restaurant aptly named The Carriage | | | | plantation house setting on a bluff |
| House Both are totally steeped in the charm | | | | overlooking the Waccamaw river burned about |
| of a another day, elegant and authentic in | | | | 1890. In the section known as Richmond Hill |
| detail, intimate and very special.In the same | | | | there are remnants of a Revolutionary Fort |
| area of Litchfield Beach is a fine old | | | | with outline of old trenches still visible. |
| plantation, Willbrook, that now boasts 3 | | | | You can play this wonderful golf course when |
| beautiful golf courses that include Willbrook | | | | you buy into some of our outstanding Myrtle |
| and The Tradtion,(part of the Myrtle Beach | | | | Beach golf packages.We wanted to give you |
| National stable of courses) and The Reserve, | | | | food for thought the next time you go to play |
| a relatively new private course.Play golf on | | | | golf in Georgetown County just south of |
| such outstanding courses as Caledonia (voted | | | | Myrtle Beach. It's an ideal place for a golf |
| the "Most Beautiful Golf Course"). We believe | | | | vacation, with your foursome or your family. |
| you'll agree when you drive down that long | | | | You can absorb the histroy and ambiance of a |
| avenue of old oaks with Spanish Moss to the | | | | long ago past, even as you play the |
| clubhouse and the now fallow rice fields, | | | | outstanding golf courses. For more |
| that it is indeed a baurtiful site. Caledonia | | | | information about the area and the |
| is on the site of "Waverly Plantation" circa | | | | golf...visit - you will truly discover the |
| 1750 and in continuous ownership by the | | | | secret behind golf in the Myrtle Beach |
| Allston and Lachicotte families. Robert | | | | area.copyright@ Ewart, an artist, a writer |
| Allston was Governor of South Carolina from | | | | and world travler, devotes many hours to |
| 1857 to 1859 and his papers for expenditures | | | | authoring and maintaining major travel web |
| for his rice plantation from 1834 to 1857 | | | | sites. Publishes many articles on travel |
| survive to this day, but as was the case with | | | | spots around the world. |