First New Public Course Since 2001 Set to Open February, 2007
The newest Big Cat to premier at Ocean Ridge Plantation® is Leopard’s Chase Golf Club. The course is scheduled to open to the public February 15, 2007.
The newest addition to the Ocean Ridge Plantation “Big Cat” Family, Leopard’s Chase Golf Club will open for play on February 15, 2007, just in time for the spring golf season. The third Tim Cate course in the 72-hole Ocean Ridge Plantation community, Leopard’s Chase is the first Grand Strand public golf course to open in six years, since Shaftesbury Glen Golf Fish Club, Farmstead Golf Links, Grande Dunes Resort Course and Crown Park Golf Club debuted in 2001.
Located just minutes from North Myrtle Beach in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, Leopard’s Chase complements the area’s natural coastal beauty with subtle elevation changes, undulating fairways and greens, undisturbed wetlands areas and native vegetation. The par 72, 7,200-yard layout is spread out among 220 acres and features TifSport Bermudagrass fairways and bentgrass greens. One of the many distinguishing features of Leopard’s Chase is the significant number of holes which require short carries over both water and wetlands and the numerous bunkers strategically placed throughout the 18 holes.
"Leopard’s Chase Golf Club is an exciting and highly-anticipated new addition to the family of Big-Cat courses,” stated Becky Noble, president of Ocean Ridge Golf. “It is another dazzling Tim Cate design which will contribute to the perfect golf experience here at Ocean Ridge Plantation.”
For tee times, call 800.233.1801 or visit the website at big-cats.com.
For all you MB golfers out there....this is GREAT news! With all the course closings we've experienced lately, it's nice to see that golf is not dead in Myrtle Beach! (not that we ever really thought it was!) It is kind of sad though to see so many of what were stellar courses in their time fall by the wayside recently in favor of real estate development. I'm sure that Leopard's Chase will follow in the 'pawsteps' of the rest of the cats! The Cats was one of the first complex of courses we played a number of years ago and we've gone back to them on a number of occasions, always with pleasure! With varying degrees of skill levels within our familr, this is one of those areas that suits players of all levels...similar to the courses at St James Plantation in Southport and Carolina National in Boilivia. Not just lots of tee boxes, but tee boxes that give you a totally different look and play on the same hole. I can't wait to play it......hope you get to play it too! If you do...let us know what you think!
Gerry Pat
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