Jason—
Where will you be playing while at Kiawah??
It’s interesting considering I made a trip to Kiawah this past New Years (Yes the middle of Winter) for a long weekend. I hadn’t touched a club in about three months. The first night I was there it reached the coldest it has ever been in Charleston (17* I believe) and the first round I played was in about 38* weather. Needless to say I had the weather playing against me. I didn’t play any better or worse than I expected that day, playing the fun and sporty Briar’s Creek Club just down the road from Kiawah. The next day / round was at the famed Ocean Course, I’m not sure if it was the intimidating tee shots and course, weather (40* and windy), or my lack of practice, but I had a tough time getting around, probably shooting 15 shots over my handicap! However after that round I played the nearby Osprey Point course, a fairly easy Fazio layout with a cart hitting several balls to regain my form a bit. After feeling a little better, I decided to try out TOC the next morning. The weather was great (50* and sunny) and after hitting balls for an hour before the round, I played a really fun round birdying 18 to shoot 79! (One of the best three woods I think I have ever hit into the wind to 3 feet!)
By the way, I know it has been talked about often on GCA…but if you can, get out and play TOC. It really is an amazing experience…the par-3 14th hole is probably one of the best par-3’s I have ever seen. Also the winter there is highly underrated!, Considering the weather was a little rough, I played two rounds at TOC in roughly 3 hours each being the first person to tee off both days…can’t beat that!