{"id":189,"date":"2022-04-26T20:58:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T20:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/blog\/?p=189"},"modified":"2022-04-26T20:58:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T20:58:16","slug":"golf-trails-first-off-the-south-carolina-golf-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/blog\/golf-trails-first-off-the-south-carolina-golf-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf Trails, first off the South Carolina Golf Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-container-2 wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hh-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"192\" class=\"wp-image-192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hh-1.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hh-1-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Retirement Systems of Alabama initiated the concept of golf trails with the development of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtjgolf.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Golf Trail<\/a>, currently a collection of 26 golf courses and 468 holes spread across Alabama. As a result of their success, other states have followed, the <a href=\"https:\/\/tnstateparks.com\/golf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tennessee Golf Trail<\/a> is composed of Jack Nicklaus designs in Tennessee state parks. <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahistoricgolftrail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Florida Historic Golf Trail<\/a> features golf courses across the state designed by golden age golf course architects. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.louisianatravel.com\/audubon-golf-trail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Audubon Golf Trail<\/a> profiles courses in Louisiana which seemingly fit into their unique, environmentally sensitive settings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"318\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hh-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-196 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hh-3.jpeg 318w, https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hh-3-300x150.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-4 wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-3 wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul class=\"has-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size\"><li>The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, one of South Carolina&#8217;s best golf courses you can play!<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> features the best golf courses and resorts that you can play across the United States.  By zooming in and out of our Google Maps feature, you can find the best golf courses to play in any given area. We thought we&#8217;d simplify this exercise for you and provide our unique golf trails across every state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve chosen South Carolina first since it has a variety of golf destinations as well as major cities. Here are the major markets with the best golf course and golf resorts that you can play. If your destination is outside one of the following area, please use our general <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/browse\/cities\/SC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South Carolina guide<\/a>. As always, it you find we&#8217;ve missed one of your favorites or we have a course which is no longer considered the best in the area, please let us know <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/course\/location\/7861\/state\/SC\/city\/Columbia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Columbia<\/a>                                                                               <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/course\/location\/15149\/state\/SC\/city\/Greenville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greenville<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/course\/location\/16657\/state\/SC\/city\/Hilton+Head+Island\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hilton Head<\/a>                                                                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/course\/location\/6428\/state\/SC\/city\/Johns+Island\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charleston and the Islands<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/course\/location\/25426\/state\/SC\/city\/Myrtle+Beach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Myrtle Beach<\/a>                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/course\/location\/28727\/state\/SC\/city\/Pawleys+Island\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pawleys Island<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use our guide to South Carolina&#8217;s best public golf courses and the South Carolina Golf Trail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[21,22,20],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - 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