Thanks, Mike - the history of the course is really interesting - it opened in 1929 with no bunkers - all of the bunkers and hazards were added later, over time, by the long time golf pro, Johnny Adams.
While there is no tie to Raynor, the laborers who built it were the same that built Country Club of Charleston and Yeamans in the two years prior to Muni. As the only examples of golf in the Lowcountry at the time, there were certainly some similarities, and while the greens had shrunk down to tiny satellite dishes, the original rectangular pads still existed on many holes, and I often told people if squinted a little, you could start to see the Raynor influence coming out.
Being able to provide 12 template holes (CCC has 11 and YHC has 13) to the general golf public - to which access to this style of architecture is largely non-existent on a national level, I hope will add voices to the conversations so familiar among the GCA group.
Socially, it has played a large role in golf in SC - as the first Municipal course in the state, and the first course in SC to integrate.
This ‘Munisance’ we find ourselves in is my favorite movement in golf during the course of my life and career. I’m fortunate to have gone to school with Will Smith and Mike McCartin and their work with The National Links Trust will surely take this movement to another level.