Willbrook Plantation Golf Club near Myrtle Beach

PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. -- Willbrook Plantation Golf Club brings new meaning to the idea of a golf course thats close to nature. This Myrtle Beach-area course winds through a forest full of centuries-old oaks. Its even been featured on the award-winning TV show Nature Scene as a course that allows golfers and the natural habitat to thrive together.

No wonder golf architect Dan Maples calls Willbrook Plantation one of his best designs ever. Of course that means the actual golf is good too. This isn't just a PBS special with greens. All those trees and pretty scenes make for some interesting shots.

Still Maples is not one of those architects obsessed with proving how tough he is. Willbrook has a very reasonable 127 slope rating and Golf For Women magazine ranked it among its top 25 courses for women in the U.S.

Willbrook Plantation Golf Club - hole 2

You need to clear water just to reach the fairway on the second hole at Willbrook Plantation Golf Club.

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Willbrook Plantation Golf Club - hole 3

The third hole at Willbrook Plantation Golf Club requires steady water nerves.

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Willbrook Plantation Golf Club - hole 4

Willbrook Plantation Golf Club is very green and those big oaks are boss.

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Willbrook Plantation Golf Club - hole 5

Willbrook Plantation Golf Club's fifth hole with the wood bridge shows Maple's gift for scenery.

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Willbrook Plantation Golf Club - oaks

The oaks at Willbrook Plantation Golf Club are older than Larry King, sometimes by a good century.

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Willbrook Plantation Golf Club - hole 6

The sixth hole at Willbrook Plantation Golf Club sticks out like a golf postcard.

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Willbrook Plantation Golf Club - island green

Its an island green and a long, long wood bridge on the sixth hole at Willbrook Plantation Golf Club.

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Willbrook Plantation golf course - hole 10

Its beauty over length at Willbrook Plantation Golf Club in Pawleys Island.

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Willbrook Plantation G.C. - hole 11

Waters in play on every shot on the 11th hole at Willbrook Plantation G.C.

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Willbrook Plantation Golf Club - hole 14

Maples doesn't set out to punish and pummel golfers at Willbrook Plantation Golf Club.

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Willbrook Plantation golf course - hole 15

The carry isn't killer, but the scene is at Willbrook Plantation Golf Club's 15th hole.

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Willbrook Plantation GC - hole 16

The 16th hole at Willbrook Plantation GC gives you a slight dogleg on the way to the green.

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Willbrook Plantation Golf Club - hole 18

Bunkers and those ever-present oaks await near Willbrook Plantation Golf Club's 18th green.

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Willbrook Plantation GC - clubhouse

Willbrook Plantation Golf Club's grounds crew makes sure the clubhouse flowers look good too.

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Willbrook Plantation Golf Club

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The 18-hole Willbrook Plantation Golf Club in Pawleys Island, SC is a semi-private golf course that opened in 1988. Designed by Dan Maples, Willbrook Plantation Golf Club measures 6704 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 125 and a 71.8 USGA rating.

18 Holes | Semi-Private golf course | Par: 72 | 6704 yards | Book online | ... details »