Today, Caledonia, the Mike Strantz designed golf course meanders through the property, but the remnants of the rice plantation and the fish and hunt club aren't hard to find. The Fishhead shed was part of the original plantation house, the clubhouse is vintage Antebellum, and an old boat dock sits in the shadows of the property's 150-year-old oak trees, waiting to take the course's owners out on the Intracoastal Waterway for an afternoon of fishing.
Built upon the site of an authentic colonial rice plantation, Caledonia Golf & Fish Club has captured world-wide recognition for its breathtaking aesthetic beauty as well as its exceptional design. Careful to preserve the natural surrounding, including hundreds of centuries old live oaks. The original plantation was named by its founder, Dr. Robert Nesbit, a Scottish immigrant who named it Caledonia, the ancient Roman name for Scotland. Dr. Nesbit acquired the plantation in the 1700's by marrying Elizabeth Pawley whose family originally founded Pawleys Island and after whom Pawleys Island is named. Historic land records from Georgetown County indicate that Caledonia was, at one time, one of the largest plantations in South Carolina with land stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the rice fields on the western edge of the Waccamaw River. Perhaps the most striking aesthetic feature of the plantation is the impressive avenue of live oaks leading to the clubhouse steps. These century-old trees, laden with Spanish moss, mark the site of the old King's Highway as it made its way along the coast in the 1700's.
BOOK CALEDONIA
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Course Information |
| Tees |
Yardage |
Slope |
Rating |
| Pintail |
6526 |
132 |
70.9 |
Wood Duck |
5710 |
114 |
68.2 |
| Mallard |
6121 |
122 |
68.8 |
| Redhead |
4957 |
113 |
66.7 |
Designer: Mike Stantz
Opened in: 1995
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Directions |
From Myrtle Beach Airport Area:
Take Harrelson Boulevard to Highway 17 Bypass, Make a Left onto
Highway 17 Bypass South, Continue on 17 South until Pawley’s Island, While driving through Pawley’s Island make a Right onto King’s River Road (McDonald’s), Go past the other Golf Courses (True Blue, Heritage Club) and follow signs to Caledonia, the course will be on your Left.
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