New private golf club announced for Greenville
scgolfclub.com • April 11, 2024
New private golf club announced for Greenville
By golfclubsc on April 11, 2024
It had been over 30 years since a new private golf club was opened in Greenville. The new Kawonu Golf Club is moving from planning to construction in the next year. The new golf club is located near Fork Shoals Road and Highway 418. (Ferrell Photo)
Over the last few months the rumor in clubhouses and golf courses around the Upstate has been about a new course being developed in Greenville.
Rumors had the new course being more demanding than the Ocean Course and more exclusive than Augusta National.
The rumors did not set a date for the new course to host a US Open, but if Scott Ferrell had not publicly announced the plans for Kawonu Golf Club in March, plans for a major in the Upstate certainly would have been added to the rumor mill.
It had been over 30 years since a new private golf club was opened in Greenville. The new Kawonu Golf Club is moving from planning to construction in the next year. The new golf club is located near Fork Shoals Road and Highway 418. (Ferrell Photo)
“Hopefully our announcement will settle down the rumors,” offered Ferrell.
A long time executive with the Gary Player Golf Group Ferrell moved to the Upstate with the company around 16 years ago.
With Player he managed the development of golf properties for the company all over the world, but a few years back decided Greenville would be home.
“We love Greenville and with my background I wanted to see if we could bring a new course here,” he said.
After a great deal of planning and with some help from noted Greenville golf developer Barton Tuck as an advisor the idea of an exclusive club on the order of Congaree in Ridgeland and Sage Valley in Aiken took hold.
Kawonu Golf Club will be the first new course in the Upstate since The Cliffs at Mountain Park opened,
It will be the first new private club to open in Greenville since Thornblade Club over 30 years ago.
