(Part 3) Cheraw Country Club, 2431 Old Cash Road: February 2024

Continuing where we left off with Part 2, the following shots are of the back of the clubhouse.






The mats and the wooden platform were added to the driving range during the last decade. I cannot stand to hit off of a mat.




Excluding the branding, the leaderboard for the various tournaments that were hosted here over the years has been here for as long as I can remember.

The tennis courts behind the 18th green were converted to golf cart storage back in the late '90s. Before then, I cannot tell you when I last saw anyone play tennis on these courts.

I helped maintain the golf carts during my senior year in high school. On golf carts, there is a safety mechanism called a governor that will prevent the driver from being able to reach the golf cart's actual maximum speed. I liked to keep in mind the numbers of the carts (e.g. #7) that had their governors disabled. I may or may not have gone for a joy ride or two on a slow evening at the golf course. I still have my EZGO cart key from that time.





This foolish child was caught stealing a fountain Pepsi and tube of Mentos from the pro shop. Perhaps someone should finally notify his parents.



Cheraw Country Club had a pretty swanky ballroom for events over the years. I recall having to attend someone's wedding reception here as a kid and being bored out of my mind. There was a band, and I remember them playing the Motown classic "My Girl". Also as a kid, I remember several of us boys venturing into the ballroom to explore at times during the summer. It would be a sunny afternoon but fairly dark in the ballroom. Spooky!









It would be nice if someone else were to buy Cheraw Country Club and try his hand at running it. I still think it could be a success in the right hands. Maybe a new owner could fix up and open the nine holes on the front side (holes 1-4, 7-9, 17-18). That would be less golf course to maintain therefore less money to spend. The back side has perennially been a problem over the years when the creek floods, although with the worst flooding, I have seen holes 4 and 7 also under water, but it's not like that happens often. After some good initial success, maybe the back nine holes could be reopened. At one point, there was "talk" about the state buying Cheraw Country Club, though I think the state is doing just fine with the state park course.

There has also been talk about developers turning the land into a residential neighborhood. It seems to me that the very real threat of flooding would significantly reduce the amount of land that could be used for housing, but maybe some folks would like to pretend that they live in Venice.

May the spirit and memories of Cheraw Country Club live on!




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