A Never Ending Variety Of Golf Courses
BY WILL COCKRELL
Beacon Golf Editor
Golfers who live in Bruns
wick County already know
how it feels to be living in a
golf paradise. If you arc one of
those golfers who visit our islands
regularly you already know that it
will take several visits to play all
the courses in the South Brunswick
Islands. There are now 17 golf
courses at your disposal and four
more are currently under construc
tion and still others are on the draw
ing board.
Where golf was once just a minor
diversion for the beach-goer it is
now one of the principle attractions
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Where golf was once a minor diversion,
it is now one of the principle attractions
of living in Brunswick County.
to island living in the South Bruns
wick Isles. The beach, the seafood
and golf have equal billing with va
cationers, retirees and potential
property owners. It is a great combi
nation to lure those who enjoy both
fishing and golf.
The new tourist dollars from vis
iting golfers and golf packages have
encouraged new businesses and ex
pansion of service industries. Na
tional and regional advertising, cou
pled with new golf tournaments, are
engraving "Brunswick County" and
"South Brunswick Islands" on
many new maps.
The sixth annual World Amateur
Handicap Championship will be
played over more than 40 golf
courses, including several in the
South
Brunswick Islands area. This
massive tournament in August each
year hosts over 2000 golfers in one
week. Local golf associations and
charity sponsors have tripled the lo
cal tournament schedule in just two
years. Business cooperatives and
corporations arc scheduling their
golf outings and meetings in the lo
cal area.
All the Brunswick County golf
courses arc first rate golfing experi
ences which provide a challenge to
every level of golfer. They arc in
immaculate condition and feature
everything that golfers expect.
Golfers visiting our islands for the
first time in several years are sur
prised at what they find. Golfers
who are visiting us for ihe first time
make plans to come back soon. If
you have not found time to try all
the courses, here are some of the
courses most likely to catch your
eye.
Brierwood Golf Club
Located on the southern edge of
Shallotte on NC 179, this oldest of
the local courses has maintained its
appeal with area golf associations,
tourists and senior golfers. Charlie
Webster, the club pro, keeps the
Brierwood course in excellent con
dition and has improved the rough
to complement the fast growth of
homes ites on the course.
(See GOLF, Page 33)
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Breathtaking.
This is the course and the set- every part of your game and
ting no one will ever be able to imagination. And we're located
duplicate. A spectacular 1 8-hole, conveniently between Myrtle
Willard Byrd creation fronting the Beach and Wilmington at Holden
Lockwood Folly River and the Beach. A perfect addition to
Intracoastal Waterway. Here your next golf package plans
is a lay-out that challenges yyf yj along the Carolina Coast.