Testimonials

Comments From The World of Golf:

"The Chechessee Creek Club is a classic Coore/Crenshaw design that's a real challenge for good golfers, but fair for an average player.  It’s not only one of my favorite courses, but the overall experience is tough to beat.  The facilities are amazing, the staff is world-class and the Club is easy to get to.  It is golf at its purest, and I look forward to going back more with each visit.  Nothing has been over-looked, and that's not easy.  It is truly a special place, and I'm so proud to be a part of it"
— Tom Nolan, Publisher Golf World Magazine

“The nuances of the course, the details on which we worked so diligently, should reveal themselves over time, encouraging different types of players to attempt a variety of shots and strategies to reward their individual games.”
—Ben Crenshaw, Architect

“I was delighted when Jim Chaffin asked me to serve as Chairman of the Advisory Board at Chechessee Creek Club. Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore did an outstanding job in creating the Chechessee golf course, and I am confident that it will be an enjoyable experience for anyone who becomes a member.”
—Ernie Ransome, Past President Pine Valley GC

“Chechessee is one of the most enjoyable walking courses I've played. It's traditional, straight-forward golf, and I like how it's conditioned to play. The caddies are great too - it's golf the way it was meant to be played.”
—Ron Cerrudo, Former PGA Tour Player

“Chechessee Creek is a two-year-old, caddies-only, golf-only club hidden halfway between Hilton Head and Beaufort, South Carolina, with a superb Ben Crenshaw-Bill Coore layout. I'd play its Senior Ladies Four-Ball if they'd let me.”
— Brad King, Travel & Leisure Golf (Sept. 2003)

“Our golf course in heaven is designed by Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore, and it’s not unlike Chechessee Creek. Generous fairways lead to truly complex green complexes, and a quartet of wonderful short par fours proves that length isn’t everything.”
— Evan Rothman, Travel & Leisure Golf (January/February 2004)

“Chechessee Creek Club is a step back in time, to a simpler way of golf...and life. The Crenshaw/Coore team did an exceptional job of capturing the atmosphere of the Carolina Lowcountry and blending it with championship golf at a members’ course.”
—Tony Leodora, GolfWeek Rater

“The course and facilities are fantastic. It is one of the greatest new golf courses I’ve ever played.”
— Kelly R. Miller, Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club – President

“I cannot think of a finer example of what you can do with a relatively flat site. By focusing on the green complexes, superb short game options, strategic bunkering and a select number of beautiful specimen trees, [Crenshaw and Coore] built a wonderful course that fits the site perfectly. After playing a few rounds on Hilton Head, the wide playing corridors at Chechessee provided much more fun for my often wayward game! I also believe that the entire property has been a marvelous exercise in restraint. The understated elegance of the clubhouse, entry, land plan and course makes for a situation that suits my eye perfectly. You all should be congratulated for sticking to tradition and getting all the details correct.”
— Gil Hanse, golf course architect

“Designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, Chechessee measures 6,606 from the tips and plays to a par of 70. It has three par fives and five par threes. At the end of the day I believe I used every club in my bag at least once during my tour of Chechessee and guess what? I didn't break 80. Although it was difficult, it wasn't a slog. Every moment was pure golf, especially because there hadn't been any houses built along the course. Elements of the great, underrated architect Seth Raynor were evident, especially in the lines of the greens and in the bunker's natural features. In other words, it was an absolute delight. It was golf as it was meant to be. Chechessee and courses like it are reserved for the legions of golfers who love the game for what it is, not for how unbearably difficult some people can make it.”
— Mike Purkey, former senior editor of Golf magazine

“This year’s chosen site [for the Carolinas Amateur] is Chechessee Creek, the Ben Crenshaw/Bill Coore sculpting nestled at the foot of Callawassie and Spring Island that opened just three years ago. Despite the club’s relative youth, I’m wagering that tournament organizers leave with designs on adding Chechessee Creek to the CGA’s seven-club rota. Why? Because Chechessee Creek is a place where golf is what you live, breathe, walk and talk. It is a golf club in its most traditional sense: no swimming pool, no tennis courts — just pure golf. Although tournament contestants may arch their eyebrows at the length of the par-70 course — just 6,600 yards from the tips — they will no doubt come to appreciate why Golfweek magazine ranks Chechessee Creek as the country’s 74th best course built in the past four decades. It’s exactly the type place the Carolinas Golf Association is seeking to host its most important event.”
— Brad King, Hilton Head Island Packet

“What a great week we had for the 89th playing of the Amateur Championship of the Carolinas Golf Association at Chechessee Creek Club! The hospitality combined with a great golf course made our championship one of the best we’ve had in many, many years.”
— Jack Nance, Carolinas Golf Association, Executive Director

“I have played in top-notch amateur events around the country, and I have never seen a golf club staff care so much about a tournament and its participants.”
— Emmett Turner, 2003 Carolinas Amateur Champion

"I had the opportuntity to play the course over the Summer through a reciprocity agreement with another club. One of the best golf courses I
have ever played before in my entire life. This Ben Crenshaw designed course requires caddies and is Old School (only a couple of houses on
the entire course!!)"
— Emory Fiveash, Augusta, GA