City: Pawleys Island, SC

Category: Golf

Telephone: (800) 367-9959, (843) 237-6200

Address: 70 Tanglewood Dr.

Description: Pawleys Plantation is an upscale residential community of one- to three-bedroom villas surrounding a lush par 72 golf course, 6,127 yards set among coastal tidal plains, golden rice fields, and moss-draped oaks. It was the exquisite setting that ultimately drew Jack Nicklaus to Pawleys Plantation. “I have a particular fondness for the Lowcountry,” says Nicklaus. “We used what’s there without forcing or changing what Mother Nature provided.”A few of the course highlights include the par 3 third hole, requiring a forced carry over water from tee to green; the par 5 14th hole, where you must negotiate the marsh off the tee shot to a split fairway just before the green; or the tremendous par 4 18th hole, which permits only a well-placed drive down a narrow fairway bordered by marsh, sprawling oaks, and pines. There’s an elegant clubhouse with a grill room that’s ideal for a little 19th-hole relaxation. Golf Digest gives Pawleys Plantation four stars.Greens fees are $111; no walking.