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Pete Dye's Ocean Course is the centerpiece of Kiawah Island Golf Resort. Gary Kellner/PGA of America If, like James Taylor, you’ve gone to Carolina in your mind, that’s understandable. A lot of our thoughts are tilting in that direction with the U.

S. Open on tap next week. As most fans know, the championship will be held at Pinehurst No.



2 , the centerpiece of an eponymous resort in a region rich with golf destinations. But while most people know of Pinehurst Resort, where the world’s best prepare to tee it up, here are five other great options in the Carolinas — North and South — you should have on your radar. Location : Asheville, N.

C. / Learn more or book here Tucked into the folds of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the historic destination, which has welcomed travelers for more than 100 years, is an enchanting mix of old and new. The original hotel is still standing, and no wonder: its five-foot thick exterior walls were fashioned, throwback-style, out of granite boulders.

But two modern wings have since been added, and a stunning subterranean spa underpins it all. Its golf, too, balances past and present, in the form of a Donald Ross design, which is impeccably conditioned, brims with strategic options and is unapologetic in its emphasis on fun. Location : Kiawah Island, S.

C. / Learn more or book here The Lowcountry property that staged “ the War by the Shore ” (aka the 1991 Ryder Cup) is the prettiest battleground you’ll ever see, its acreage fringed by Palmet.

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