Legend Oaks Golf Club
Summerville, South Carolina
FOR MUCH THE SAME REASON,
Legend Oaks Golf Club is both a
beautiful place to enjoy a Lowcountry
day and a stiff challenge for golfers.
The course, built where rice
once thrived in the heart of South
Carolina’s plantation country,
offers a pic-
BY BRIAN SHERMAN
turesque peek
at all Mother Nature has to offer.
Ponds, lakes, streams and wetlands
dot the course, while ancient oak
trees that have been around since
long before the Civil War can be
found throughout.
But the peaceful water, bursting
with a wide variety of Lowcountry
birds and wildlife, shows its dark
side, greedily guarding Legend
Oaks’ greens and fairways, gob-
bling up balls that venture too back tees to a large, treacher-
close and forcing golfers to make ous green. More danger awaits
crucial decisions about club in the pond between the tee and
choices and risk-to-reward ratios. the green. Since it’s home to a
The water comes into play on nine large alligator, swimming is not
of Legend Oaks’ 18 holes, daring recommended.
golfers to make the wrong decision The finishing hole is a 507-yard par
about whether they have both the 5 that beckons big hitters to go for
club and the guts to move from the green in two and putt for an eagle.
dry land to dry land without suf- Accuracy is vital because the large, un-
fering the pain of a penalty stroke. dulating green is surrounded by sand.
The signature hole at Legend Legend Oaks is located on High-
Oaks, where Joey Bradley is the way 61 near Summerville. The
head golf pro, is the 10th, a 372- course plays at 6,974 yards from
yard par 4 where golfers must carry the championship tees but can be as
the wetlands to an elevated green short as 4,954 yards for those who
guarded by traps, a ravine and a gi- choose to play from the red tees.

ant oak. First, off the tee box, they
must carefully avoid water on the For more information about Legend Oaks,
left, as well as deep woods on the visit www.LegendOaksGolf.com or call
right. (843) 821-4077.
Another challenge is presented
to golfers on number 17, a par 3
that requires them to carry the
ball almost 175 yards from the
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