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TRUE BLUE by Mike Strantz is just half of a great 36 hole golf experience on Pawleys Island just South of Myrtle Beach-Caledonia Golf & Fish Club is right around the corner.
TRUE BLUE is the fourth signature designed by the late Mike Strantz, and the club opened four years later than it’s sister course The Caledonia Golf & Fish Club. Strantz designed True Blue during while he was still working at Tobacco Road north of Pinehurst.
Mike Strantz style of sliding the edge of bunkers into water hazards, shows here, on the par-3 third hole. What’s hidden is the hour glass shaped green that may or may not receive shots that clear the deep faced front bunker.
True Blue like it’s sister property Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, is or has been rated in the Top 100 courses by multiple publications.
At 7,126 yards True Blue plays longer than the 6,526 yards that Caledonia plays at from the tips.
But True Blue does offer wider fairways than Caledonia. Because off the tee it’s not hard to get your golf ball in play. But it’s second shot requires more from the golfer, as one navigates the Strantz green complexes.
The par-3 16th hole has a heavily fortified green from both sand and water. Multiple tee boxes play from longer that 200 yards.
Because of the where the water comes into play. True Blue’s par-3 holes require some of the golfers best tee shots they will hit all round.
Because of long running waster area style bunkers. The par-3 7th and 11th holes play just as challenging as the par-3 holes with water.
Director of Golf for both True Blue and Caledonia, Bart Romano says,” Ture Blue gets unfairly called a hard golf course.”
While Romano is correct that True Blue is not overly hard. There are places, more so around the green where golfers have to be on their game to score.
There is plenty of sand to carry on the par-3 11th hole.
The closing hole No. 18 is a 437 yard par-4. It gives one the feel of playing the 18th at TPC Sawgrass. Water running down the left side of the fairway.
But the approach is to a green guarded by sand to the right, and water to the left. A par here is great score, and likely could win a match with other players.
The Southern style plantation clubhouse is a great place for post round food and beverage. But the grill room is open daily for food and breakfast, for those with an early tee time.
The Caledonia Golf and Fish Club has a long history that dates back before golf. If you enjoy the drive-in to a nice club. Caledonia’s driveway rivals (R) a famous club in Georgia.
The Caledonia Clubhouse behind the 18th green, is a popular place for post round relaxation.
The Caledonia Golf and Fish Club is built on the site of an old southern plantation.
Dr. Robert Nesbit, a Scotsman named the old plantation Caledonia, a Roman name for Scotland.
But what’s not known is whether Nesbit acquired the land through purchase or marriage. Nesbit married Elizabeth Pawley in 1797.
Historical records indicate that Caledonia at one time, was one of the largest plantations in the area. Because what was at one time 2,542 acres, dropped to only 152 acres after the Civil War. The current owners started the property as a hunting and fishing club, until golf came along in the 1990’s.
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Caledonia is mostly about golf these days, but the charm of the south hits you during the drive in. 150 year old trees covered in Spanish Moss, line the driveway.
Strantz made the courses four sets of tees, play from 4,975 to 6,526. The tee markers are various types of ducks or mallards. To play the back (Pintail) tees, you must prove your handicap is six or better.
The par 3-third hole at Caledonia.
Strantz gave this modern designed golf course, a real old club feel which is why golfers feel the club is much older.
There is water on some holes, but it’s not a strong presence all around the course.
The folks at Caledonia will tell you that they have 18 “signature holes”. But the hole most people talk about is the 18th hole. There is a strategic lay-up off the tee and water carry on the second shot.
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The short par-3 ninth hole, from the back tees at 118 yards.
Caledonia leaves the golfer with more strategic decisions off the tee, that at True Blue.
But Strantz, like at True Blue has used high faced bunkers, deep bunkers and strategically place creeks to enhance green complexes.
Caledonia Golf and Fish Club, has earned it’s multiple Top 100 rankings, it’s classic golf at a 30 year old club.
So to golf at True Blue or Caledonia-only 2 minutes apart, please visit Caledoniagolfvacations.com or call (866)-954-8331. But you can call either course directly or visit each clubs website. Truebluegolf.com or Caledoniagolfandfishclub.com.