Beth Daniel rates her Charleston favorites

Hall of Famer Beth Daniel names her favorite Charleston spots in the March 8 issue of GolfWorld magazine's regular feature, bunkerTravel. Professional golfers give highlights of their hometowns including their favorite courses -- Wild Dunes Links, Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Turtle Point ("the Ocean Course is great but it beats you to a pulp."), Golf Club at Briar's Creek, Kiawah Island Club's Cassique along with the Country Club of Charleston and Yeamans Hall. Daniel also names several of her dining favorites, where to stay and tourism highlights.

Kiawah Island Golf Resort is featured on the following page in the 2010 GolfWorld Readers' Choice picks of "Where We Play."

Golfweek's best

Golfweek magazine has released its 2010 Best Classic and Modern golf courses in the U.S., and South Carolina layouts received plenty of kudos on both lists.

The Classic rankings (built before 1960) include Yeamans Hall Club at No. 39, Palmetto Golf Club in Aiken at No. 97 and the Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach at No. 100. The top five Classic courses are: Pine Valley, Cypress Point, Shinnecock, National Golf Links and Merion.

Six South Carolina courses made the Modern (post-1960) rankings, led by the Ocean Course at No. 17. Harbour Town was No. 31, Long Cove was No. 53, Cassique was No. 66, Secession Golf Club in Beaufort was No. 95 and Caledonia Golf & Fish Club in Pawleys Island was No. 98.

The late Mike Strantz of Mount Pleasant, who designed Caledonia, also had another course recognized. Monterey Peninsula Country Club, which was part of this year's AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am rotation, was No. 33 on the Modern list.

Charleston Interclub

Coosaw Creek won the Charleston Area Men's Interclub Golf Association match played at Pine Forest with a score of 4. Crowfield was second with -3, Charleston National third with -6, followed by: RiverTowne, -7; Shadowmoss, -10; Charleston Municipal, -15; Miler, -16; Pine Forest, -22; Legend Oaks, -27; Dunes West, -28; Wescott, -38; Stono Ferry, -39; and Berkeley, -53.

Paul Kattawar of Charleston Municipal was the top individual with 8. Stan Petrohovich of Wescott, Steve Radin of Stono Ferry, John Bliss of Crowfield and Chuck Byrden of Stono Ferry tied for second with 5.

RiverTowne leads the yearly standings with 33, followed by Crowfield, 29; Charleston National, 26.5; Berkeley, 25.5; and Miler, 24.

Waggoner triumphs

Grant Waggoner of North Charleston took first place in the boys 13-15 age group in the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour's Amelia Island Junior Open. Waggoner shot 70-71--141 and won by one shot.

National Junior Tour

Jamie Wilson of Mount Pleasant won the boys 10-11 age group in the National Junior Golf Tour event played at Patriots Point with a score of 81. Kyle Spencer of Mount Pleasant and Wil Sheppard of Mount Pleasant placed third and fourth in boys' 10-11. David Glasgow of Mount Pleasant placed third in boys 12-13. Andrew Novak of Mount Pleasant was second and Kyle Wilhite of Goose Creek was fourth in boys 14-15. Hope Harrison of Mount Pleasant was second in girls 8-10.

Charleston EGolf tour

Chris Collins shot 77 and beat Shaun Miles by one shot in the Charleston EGolf tour event played at Savannah Harbor Golf Club. Other flight winners included: A -- Jace Gause, 85; Cade Slaughter, 85. B -- George King, 82; Mark Morris, 85. C -- Todd Saylor, 93; John Donat, 93.

Upcoming

--Saturday: Summerville High School Golf Tournament, Miler Country Club, e-mail Steve Cotter at scotter@dorchester2.k12.sc.us.

--Saturday: S.C. Junior Golf Association Clubs for Kids, Wescott Plantation, 3-5 p.m., (803) 732-9311 or www.scjga.org.

--March 20-21: Lowcountry Invitational High School Tournament, Plantation Course at Edisto, call (843) 869-1111 or visit www.theplantationcourseatedisto.com.

--March 25: Kevin Higgins Golf Classic supporting The Citadel football program, Miler Country Club, (843) 452-9801 or Elcid58@knology.net.

--March 29: Coastal Christian Prep School, Snee Farm Golf Club, $75, call (843) 884-3663 or e-mail golf@coastalchristian.org.

--April 1: St. Andrew's Parks and Playground Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament, Shadowmoss Plantation, (843) 763-4360 or www.standrewsparks.com.

Reach Tommy Braswell at (843) 937-5591 or e-mail braswell@postandcourier.com. Also, check out Lowcountry Links at www.postandcourier.com/blogs.