Yeamans Hall compared to CC of Charleston?YHC apparently was only changed by greenkeepers who reduced green sizes (dramatically) with mowing patterns and filled in some bunkers with grass. Oh, and in 1989 Hurricane Hugo blew down a lot of trees (which no doubt helped relieve the suffocating look). Until Tom Doak redid the greens and some of the greenside bunkering last year, I'm pretty certain that was the extent of any significant work done there. It is a charming place from the time you turn off of Rhett Road and drive down the dirt road through the course to the clubhouse area until you leave. The course is fun, not great, but to know Raynor did something in SC and so much of his work is sill evident is special. The land is more interesting than CCC because there is some movement, particularly on holes #'s 7-18. YHC simply has more character than CCC and the atmosphere there is much more understated than CCC.CCC is a fun course, more open to the wind and has much more play than YHC. It has undergone many changes. After Hugo nearly destroyed everything there, the club did the right thing and hired John LaFoy to redo it. He did a wonderful job, but some of the neat stuff you'd expect a Raynor course to have is missing. The land is "pancake" flat, except for a ten foot elevation change of the last green. The 11th hole is perhaps the most controversial short hole in the world. Words cannot describe it. You'll have to play it (and hopefully miss the green) to believe it. The Green Committee Chairman tells me they are going to lower the green in 2000. You'll enjoy the course. It's a very nice second place to play in that city.Oakland Hills is a big course with greens that are very interesting. Read up on what RTJ did for the 1951 Open. Most of his work is still around--the green undulations, severe fairway bunkering making some drive areas exceedingly tight, etc. I like it because most holes have character. Holes that are strange: #'s 7(a wierd pond to the right of the fairway), 15 (a bunker in the middle of the fairway, 16 (where do you hit your tee shot?) and 18 (when you're supposed to make four during the Open). The North Course, designed by RTJ, is a pretty nice alternative to play when ther South is packed. The place is a factory.