Eve VanderWeele

PGA Director of Golf

Spring has sprung! The temps are rising. The grass is greening up. The no see-‘ums are biting, and azaleas are in bloom just in time for The Master’s! We look forward to your next visit! As we get into our busy season, please read the following expectations:

Reminders for peak season

• Call ahead for your time
• Check in to the Pro Shop before Play
• Maintain proper etiquette- rake bunkers, pick up broken tees, sand divots and fix your ball marks
• Please remind guests to adhere to our Club Rules and Etiquette – music is not allowed to be played on the golf course. Follow our Club dress code.
• Pace of Play is very important to us. Rounds are expected to be played under 4 hours and 10 minutes. Please refer to your cart GPS to know if you are on track. Please keep pace with the group ahead of you.
• When approaching the green with a VIP cart, please park your cart in front of the green complex and not to the sides. Please avoid uneven slopes and the sides of the greens and any uneven terrain.
  

Ghin App Update

The Golf Course has been re-rated and the slope and ratings have changed slightly for each set of tees, which are updated on the GHIN app. This will alter your handicap slightly.

Upcoming Tournaments

April

4

April

15-16

April

26-27

Young Professionals Partner Game

1st Tee Blocked Beginning at 2:30pm

Casual 9 Hole Partner Game at 4pm

Ladies Member-Guest

Tee blocked beginning at 11am

15th: Optional 9 Hole Scramble, 1pm

High Tea and Desserts 3:30-5pm

16th: 18 Hole Shotgun 9:30am

2 Best Balls of 4 Format

Awards and Light Bites to follow

McNair Cup Member-Member

Course opens at about 1:30pm or once cleared

26th: Breakfast, 7:30am

18 Hole Shotgun, 9am

Best & Shamble Format

Lunch to Follow

27th: Breakfast, 7:30am

18 Hole Shotgun 9:30am

Scramble & Alternate Shot Format

Lunch and Awards to Follow

Interested in participating?

Let us know by clicking below!

McNair Invitational

January 16

We’ve had a busy start to 2024 beginning with The Robert and Janice McNair Invitational! Please see this video made by Jim Bowdon about the tournament and fundraising. Our benefactors helped raise to date over 3.5 million dollars for scholarship students!

This video is about what the members of The Golf Club at Briar's Creek do for the students at Charleston Collegiate School. The members contribute thousands of dollars so 29 students at Charleston Collegiate have scholarships to attend the private school on Johns Island, SC. In this video, we hear from students, school administrators, club members and club management about this very successful and beneficial program.

Home & Away, February 7 & 15

1st Place, Peter Foss and JJ Butcher (KIC) at -17

2nd Place, Tim Wilmott and Travis Diebert –(The Ridge at Black Brook, NJ) at 14

3rd Place, Jamie Macdonald and Marion Danezler (Orangeburg Golf Club) -12

Low Professional- Travis Deibert at 40 Stableford points

I was grateful to participate with my partner Gina Zangrillo. We hope to add more female teams in the future as well!

Guys & Gals Mixed Member-Member

March 1-2

Because of the weather, the Guys and Gals, Mixed Member-Member became a 1 day event with 9 holes Best Ball and 9 holes Alternate Shot. Congratulations to our winners!

1st, Tara and Tom Olson score 65

2nd, Brad Yount and Gina Desko score 72 , 35 on the back 9

3rd, Rich Salinaro and Elyse Spalding score 72, 36 on the back 9

Briar’s Creek Invitational

March 10-12

Individually

All tied for individual honors with a score of 211 (-5)

Katie Lu and Brook Biermann (MSU) and Lauren Olivares Leon (NC State) and Isabel Sy (Illinois)

Congratulations to our winning Pro-Am teams:

Front 9 1st Place with CofC:

Joe Muscari

Anothony Caravetta

Diego Mahecha

Christopher Ibsen

Fron 9 2nd Place with CofC:

Terri Pauls

Doug Pauls

Brad Yount

Back 9 1st Place with UCF

Ed Hill

Brian Hill

Rob Jones

Fred Morgan

Back 9 2nd Place with Illinois

Jim Ramich

Paul Edwards

Jerry Post

Mike Post

HOLE IN ONE

Congratulations to Mary Vain who got a Hole in One on #15 on March 19, 2024!

Course Update

Kyle Bibler

CGCS, Golf Course Superintendent

Projects & Progress

Shaping of the New Practice Tee

The new back range tee (12,000 sq. feet) is sodded and will just sit and grow-in until the grand opening in the fall. It is designed for members who like to hit balls for an extended period of time in a private, peaceful setting. Kyle will re-orient the greens closest to the new range tee this summer. Our current range tee will be described as the warm-up tee and the back range tee will be the practice tee.

Projects

2023

Membership Survey

New Porch Furniture

Dining Room Refresh

Projects

2024

New Website/Mobile App

Restroom Addition on the Front 9

12,00o sq. ft. Practice Tee

Lightening Shelter Addition on #12

Kayaks & Kayak Storage by the Dock

Firepit/Adirondack Chairs by the Dock

Clint Wood

CCM, CCE, General Manager

Dear Members,

It’s that time of year! Our season always starts with the Ladies College of Charleston Invitational. We had a group of 17 teams from around the country this year and it’s always such a special event. As always, we had a small challenge with weather starting

Saturday when we had to close the course with 5.5 inches of rain on and already wet course, (8.5 inches since March 1). Thank you to all of you that participated as sponsors for the ladies.

We have a new addition to the Briars Creek Team. Mikaela Greenburg is joining us as our new Clubhouse Manager. Mikaela has spent her career around food and beverage and most recently has worked for Grassroots Wines and the last four years was the General Manager at the I’On Club. Please make her feel like a part of our family as she gets to know the staff and all of you in the coming months.

Welcome

Mikaela Greenberg

We are breaking ground on the restrooms on the front nine after months and months of back and forth with the county. Please be patient with us as you play through the area behind 3 green while the contractors get this up and running. We are also planning to build a shelter on the back of the existing restrooms that will be lightning protected in case you get caught out there during a storm. Some new enhancements to the clubhouse are also on our schedule in 2024. All in we are adding almost a million dollars in capital improvements to the club this year.

I am looking forward to seeing you all this spring! As always, if you ever need anything, please don’t hesitate to reach out

All my best,

Clint W.

Clubhouse Manager

Membership Candidate Waiting List

Last Updated on March 5, 2024

Below is a current list of Membership Candidates on the Waiting List (38) in alphabetical order. To assist the Membership Committee in fully vetting candidates, we ask you to contact the Membership Director, Sharon McGuirk, in full confidence to share any insight.