Few Lowcountry courses carry as much historical weight beneath their fairways as Stono Ferry. The property occupies land that was the site of the Battle of Stono Ferry in 1779, a significant Revolutionary War engagement, and that layered past gives the whole experience an atmosphere most golf courses simply cannot manufacture. Ron Garl designed the layout, which works through salt marshes, tidal creeks, and ancient live oaks draped in Spanish moss — terrain that is unmistakably South Carolina coastal.
Hollywood sits just southwest of Charleston, and the course draws on that geography in every way. The marshland corridors demand respect and shape strategy throughout the round, with water and wetlands coming into play on a majority of holes. Wind off the Stono River is a constant variable, and it can quietly dismantle a round that felt comfortable through the early holes.
As part of a residential community, the course has a relaxed, unhurried character — the kind of place where the scenery competes with the golf for your attention, and neither side loses.
