Caledonia Golf & Fish Club With sister course True Blue standing nearby this golf opportunity is unmatched in South Carolina’s Grand Strand area. All the major golf publications have recognized the beauty of Caledonia, to say nothing of the good food served in its clubhouse. It was named Golf Digest’s Best New Course of 1997. The lateMike Strantz designed Caledonia Golf & Fish Club on Pawleys Island. Unfortunately, Strantz, succumbed to cancer at age 50 in 2005, while at the peak of his designing career. He also designed both True Blue, adjacent to Caledonia and Tobacco Road, near Pinehurst, another wellregarded Carolina layout. I find it hard to pick a course better than Caledonia in the Myrtle Beach area, but a survey of club professionals ranked Caledonia second behind the Dunes Club. It had been six years since our last visit to Caledonia and our morning tee time was drenched in bright sunshine. The course seemed even better than we remembered and given all that has happened in the golf world in recent years, we found that a most pleasant surprise. By Len Ziehm Myrtle Beach has been South Carolina’s golf hotbed for many years. We have visited several times over the past 13 years, but our latest visit was a bit different. Our travel writing itinerary called for stops at three courses, Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, World Tour Golf Links and the Love Course at Barefoot Resort. Caledonia, a Mike Strantz classic, is one of the most decorated of Myrtle Beach’s nearly 100 courses. At World Tour Golf Links we uncovered a course that we had never heard of, and in the Love Course we got our first good taste of a four-course facility that holds a unique place in golf history. All three have their own story to tell. Michigan Golf Journal
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