CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA | A few miles southwest of Rainbow Row, the chichi King Street shops and one of the best collections of restaurants to be found anywhere, sits Charleston Municipal Golf Course.
It is the genuine article, a city-owned layout approaching its 100th birthday in a city where history is as ever-present as the live oaks.
Divided by the busy Maybank Highway that separates the front nine from the back nine and leads toward Kiawah Island about 20 miles away, the Muni has all the glamour of work boots that have undoubtedly been worn by more than a few players over the decades.
Not far from the Country Club of Charleston, which hosted the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open, and in the same area code as some of South Carolina’s most enchanting golf resorts, the Muni has a parking lot dotted with pickup trucks and a tee sheet filled by more than 50,000 rounds played by locals each year at the bargain rate of $20.
Like an aging family home in need of repair, Charleston Municipal – where city champions have been crowned for...
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