Sandhills & Lowcountry
The American Southeast
Longleaf pines, soft accents, and courses that outlast the news.
On The American Southeast
Pinehurst's Sandhills, the Kiawah lowcountry, and the sand barrens of central Florida: the American Southeast has held its golf close, and the visits repay themselves.
We arrange the introductions, the porch-and-rocking-chair stays, and the quiet dinners in towns that keep their pace.
From the notebook
No two journeys share an itinerary. These are the places we return to, and the ones we send people to when they trust us.
- Pinehurst No. 2North CarolinaRoss's masterclass in turtleback torment. Essential.
- Mid PinesNorth CarolinaThe Ross course your friends will claim they discovered.
- Kiawah, Ocean CourseSouth CarolinaWind, waterway, and the hardest beautiful golf in America.
- Harbour TownSouth CarolinaSmall greens, big trees, the lighthouse waiting at the last.
- Sea Island, SeasideGeorgiaLowcountry golf polished to a shine, forecaddies who feel like friends.
- StreamsongFloridaFlorida strip-mine land turned bucket list, three courses strong.
- Cabot Citrus FarmsFloridaThe new kid in the sand barrens, already worth the flight.
- TPC SawgrassFloridaThe island green. You know why you are here.
And more we argue about.
Off the course
- The drinkA bourbon list worked through on a Charleston porch, and sweet tea with everything whether you asked or not.
- The waterInshore fishing at dawn for redfish, and a boat through the May River marsh at golden hour.
- The tableShrimp and grits in Charleston, whole-hog barbecue eaten off butcher paper, and a Lowcountry boil the night the whole group is together.
- For the non-playersCharleston and Savannah on foot with the right guide, antiques and art on King Street, and a porch afternoon of doing very little.
A week here, roughly
Sandhills first: three nights in the Pinehurst orbit with rocking chairs between rounds. Then to the coast, Kiawah or Sea Island, where the pace slows and the seafood towers rise. Golf ends by four so the evening can start by five. The South insists.
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