I pull up the cart and there are hundreds of balls to choose from. Knowing the adventure I would have in front of me, I bagged a few. These are the kinds of things that you don't learn in golf school. Pawleys challenges you on just about every hole. There are many holes where if you don't grab par, you're looking at double bogey.
Every hole is decision time.
Take a break from thinking and you will add strokes to your score all day. Nicklaus designed this course to challenge you mentally more than physically. Having played both Tidewater and Pawleys on consecutive days, I left with admiration for the great playing condition that this fine Plantation course was in. Here it was in the middle of June after months of heavy play and the greens were true and the fairways had only moderate wear and tear. On playing conditions alone, Pawleys was a few strokes ahead of the better known Tidewater.