Golf Scorecard History 101, South Carolina
Set #9
A few interesting facts about South Carolina:
- Campbell's Covered Bridge built in 1909, is the only remaining covered bridge in South Carolina. Off Hwy 14 near Gowensville.
- The salamander was given the honor of official state amphibian.
- The walls of the American fort on Sullivan Island, in Charleston Harbor, were made of spongy Palmetto logs. This was helpful in protecting the fort because the British cannonballs bounced off the logs.
- The City of Myrtle Beach is in the center of the Grand Strand, a 60-mile crescent of beach on the South Carolina coast. In the last 25 years, Myrtle Beach has developed into the premier resort destination on the East Coast.
- South Carolina entered the Union on May 23, 1788 and became the 8th state.
- David Robert Coker (1870-1938) conducted his early crop-improvement experiments on the family plantation in Hartsville. Beginning with 30 experimental cotton selections and methodically applying the latest techniques in the scientific breeding of crops, the work of Coker Experimental Farms played a great role in the agricultural revolution in the South.
- The state dance of South Carolina is the Shag!
- The first battle of the Civil War took place at Fort Sumter.
- South Carolina is the nation's leading peach producer and shipper east of the Mississippi River.
- There are nearly 500 golf courses in South Carolina. Twenty-seven scorecards from nine South Carolina courses are illustrated below.
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