Mike Strantz’s first solo design, Caledonia masterfully blends South Carolina’s Lowcountry beauty with the late architect’s vivid imagination to deliver a course that golfers nationwide make the pilgrimage to. The course is routed through a stunning piece of property, and Strantz maximized the layout’s cozy confines, showcasing the live oak trees draped in Spanish moss the area is renowned for and his own creative genius. On a course filled with distinctive holes, the par-4 18th is Caledonia’s most memorable challenge. A dogleg right, the iconic finisher requires a nerve-jangling carry over the marshy waters of the Waccamaw Neck to a green that resides in the shadow of the course’s stately clubhouse. Caledonia is a fixture on the game’s various top 100 lists, and from the opening tee shot to the final putt, you’ll see why.
