48 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.MountPleasantPodcast.com Dunes Men’s Golf Association, and the club champion three of the last four years, said, “I’ve never had a hole-inone in my life.” Minton indicated Wild Dunes golfers are lucky just to shoot par. While the lowest recorded score on the Links Course is 63 and 61 on the Harbor Course, such rounds are rare. “The Harbor Course’s 17th hole, for instance, is a 410yard Par 4 that requires an accurate tee shot avoiding the marsh on the left and out of bounds on the right,” Minton said. “The second shot is just as difficult for golfers having to hit a long iron or fairway wood to reach the putting green with no room for errant shots either left or right of the putting green. Par is a great score on any of these holes.” And Biff Lathrop, executive director with the South Carolina Golf Association in Columbia, added that the challenging play of Wild Dunes is only one attraction; the quality and conditions of both golf courses are just as vital. “We currently have more than 350 golf courses throughout South Carolina, and golf is one of the biggest reasons people come to the Charleston area,” Lathrop said. “Golf accounts for over $3.3 billion in sales for the whole state, and the majority of those sales come from Charleston and all of our other coastal regions.” So even if he never makes a hole-in-one, Gollobin said he doubts that he’ll ever be at home playing any other course than Wild Dunes. “I’m a big fan of Tom Fazio, and I love his courses and magnificent layouts,” he said. “They’re not all tricked up - it’s what you see is what you get. But it’s still plenty challenging.” our sports Ardennes Standard Architecture + Interiors Ardennes-Standard.com Wild Dunes Links Course.
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