5 Things You May Not Know About Brunswick Plantation & Golf Resort

If you’ve teed it up at Brunswick Plantation & Golf Resort, you already know the greens run true and the pines frame every fairway like a postcard. But there’s more going on at this Calabash, North Carolina golf course than most golfers realize. Here are five facts that even regulars might not know.

It Was Built by Hometown Guys, Not Outside Investors

Brunswick Plantation traces back to 1991, founded by Caw Caw Land Corp., Inc. — a trio of Brunswick County natives (Jimmy McLamb, Mason Anderson, and G. Tripp Sloane III) who grew up in the area and wanted to build something that reflected genuine Southern golf culture, not a cookie-cutter resort transplant.

You’re Actually Playing Three Completely Different Golf Courses

“27 holes” undersells it. Brunswick Plantation is really three distinct 9-hole layouts — Azalea, Dogwood, and Magnolia — that mix and match into three separate 18-hole combinations. Play Azalea/Dogwood one day and Dogwood/Magnolia the next, and you’ve essentially played two different golf courses without leaving the property.

Two Golf Course Architecture Legends Designed It Together

The course carries the fingerprints of both Willard Byrd and Clyde Johnston, two of the most respected names in Southeastern golf course architecture. A Byrd-Johnston collaborative design is one-of-a-kind in the Myrtle Beach golf market, and it shows in how differently each nine plays.

The Azalea Nine Is Short but Sneaky-Tough

Playing just 3,022 yards from the white tees, Azalea won’t beat you up with length — but it’s widely considered the toughest off the tee. Narrow fairways pinched by water, sand, and Carolina pines mean accuracy off the tee matters a lot more than distance here.

It’s Owned by One of the Fastest-Growing Golf Companies in America

In March 2022, Brunswick Plantation was acquired by Heritage Golf Group, a company that has grown from a handful of properties to more than 25 nationwide in just a few years. That ownership shift has meant real investment back into the course — including re-grassing greens and bunker overhauls aimed at bringing playing conditions up another notch.

Bonus: Location Perk

Brunswick Plantation sits just three miles north of the NC/SC state line, making it one of the closest “true Calabash” golf experiences to Myrtle Beach — without ever feeling like just another Grand Strand course.