Anson Point—the newest course at @palmettobluff which officially opened earlier this year—was intentionally designed without residential components to preserve its natural surroundings and wildlife corridors.
Crafted by @coorecrenshaw, the par-71 layout plays through four different forest types with no formal bunkering or rough, and fairway grass lines bordered by native areas.
📸: courtesy of Palmetto Bluff
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw have done it again @palmettobluff with Anson Point. A treat to walk holes with them and design associate Ryan Farrow, who spearheaded the project. He’s also handling Pinehurst 11 for C&C.
ANSON POINT GOLF CLUB
Bluffton, S.C.
Coore & Crenshaw, 2026
Private
Course #706
It would be difficult to envision a course that more completely embraces its pure Lowcountry setting than this one. It wanders between forest and marsh with confident gentility. Another C&C triumph.
@wokekenzie pretty cool, right? Let me know your favorite golf course and I'll show you how it can be improved with extensive tree clearing, short grass, natural bunkers, and some Raynor templates. Woke AI golf architecture is the next great frontier.
@gcamagazine If only there was a 9 hole short course built a few years ago named "The Loop".... Or a Top 100 public course built by Tom Doak.... have we run out of names for things?
@thempspec@KYGolfHoles I believe this was dated to 1919 and those trees were still there in 1938. The large scale tree planting happened much later. The removal of trees right of #12 was a big mistake and opened up long views and road noise from the turnpike.
@BPBlackMetal His argument was that he got tired of playing 18 wild greens, not his cup of tea. Seems like he could even handle half of them. It's a fair critique, if true. I'm unfamiliar with the course, but I also agree. Too many wild greens is not a great thing, variety rules the day.
@JosephLaMagna@fried_egg_golf is this a bit? the ball is 100 percent underground from this angle, no doubt an animal hole and completely unplayable. What am I missing?
A Massachusetts makeover: Bill Coore’s and Ben Crenshaw’s reimagination of the The International’s Pines course is set to debut this fall: https://t.co/9r0KtswIa6
Welcome to Brambles.
Located north of Napa Valley, this Coore & Crenshaw design is ready to turn heads and be a trendsetter for American golf. Longtime C&C associate James Duncan describes the Brambles mission