Nationwide Tour Championship on Daniel Island

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Daniel Island’s Ralston Creek golf course will be hosting the PGA TOUR's Nationwide Tour Championship for the next three years (2009-2011). This event is the final tournament in the Nationwide Tour. The culmination of the season-long contest is to distinguish the 25 players who will earn PGA TOUR cards for the following season. The inaugural “Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island” will be broadcast live on the Golf Channel. The dates of the competition are October 22-25, 2009.

The Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island is being hosted by the Student Transportation of America Education Foundation, the charitable arm of Student Transportation of America, the fourth largest provider of school bus transportation services in North America. A portion of proceeds will be donated to The First Tee Program of Charleston. The tournament is one of only three events offering a $1 million purse and $180,000 first prize, both of which are the largest on Tour.

Golfweek Names Ralston Creek One of Nation’s Best New Golf Courses

Monday, October 29, 2007

CHARLESTON, SC – The Ralston Creek Course at the Daniel Island Club, described as a “Lowcountry version of St. Andrews,” has been named to Golfweek’s list of Best New Courses. Designed by Rees Jones and opened in April 2006, Ralston Creek ranked 50th among more than 350 U.S. courses opened between 2005 and 2007.

“What impressed the Golfweek raters was the relaxed land plan of the Ralston Creek course,” said Golfweek senior writer Bradley Klein, who compiled the rankings based on input from more than 400 raters. “It’s a traditional out-and-back routing, where you essentially start in the community, head out from a central corridor, and come back in. It’s a journey with a rhythm to it. In that respect, it’s kind of a Lowcountry version of St. Andrews.”

Klein, who played the Ralston Creek course earlier this month, came away impressed with the course’s variety of par 4s and the way Jones used the marsh edge to lend aesthetic appeal and challenge to the 7,446-yard, par 72 layout. “The strength of the course is its integration of marsh, most of which is introduced on a diagonal, not as a penal cross hazard. So you have a lot of playing options and can choose to bite off as much as you want to,” he said.

The Golfweek ranking follows Golf Digest’s selection of Ralston Creek as one of the "2006 Best New Private Courses" and recognition from the South Carolina Golf Raters Panel for "Outstanding Achievement in Golf Course Design" for 2006. Since its opening, Ralston Creek has hosted an event on the Nationwide Tour (PalmettoPride Classic), a U.S. Open local qualifying event and a PGA Professional National Championship sectional qualifying event.

Located in the historic city of Charleston, S.C., Daniel Island is one of the nation’s most successful and highly regarded master-planned communities of the last decade. The 4,000-acre island – once a private hunting retreat – is a 2007 recipient of the Urban Land Institute’s prestigious “Awards for Excellence” and a national model for smart growth. Home to a wide array of traditional neighborhoods with a diverse selection of homes, townhomes and condominiums, Daniel Island also offers residents access to hundreds of acres of parks, 23 miles of rivers and creeks and more than 12 miles of leisure trails. Professional tennis and soccer facilities and a private country club featuring two nationally ranked golf courses provide endless recreational opportunities. The island’s downtown is a popular address for a growing array of schools, churches, shops, restaurants, medical offices and other conveniences, as well as a destination for area festivals and special events.

Ralston Creek Course Named Among Best in South Carolina

Friday, September 7, 2007

Released May 2007
Golf Digest magazine has ranked the Ralston Creek Golf Course at Daniel Island in its 2007 South Carolina Best in State listing. The Ralston Creek Course ranked number 15 on that list.

Ralston Creek Course Named New Course of the Year

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Released March 2007
The Rees Jones designed Ralston Creek Course at Daniel Island was named New Course of the Year by the South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel.

Executive Director of the panel Michael Whitaker said that the Ralston Creek Course was given the award for "outstanding achievement in golf course design."

“With the addition of the Ralston Creek course to the Daniel Island Club's golf offerings, our goal was to provide members with the finest quality golf experience. Rees Jones did a fabulous job. It is an honor to be named the 2006 ‘New Course of the Year,’ especially in a state with such a rich history of golf,” said Matt Sloan, President of the Daniel Island Company, the island’s master developer.

Ralston Creek Course named to Golf Digest Top 10

Released December 2006
The Ralston Creek Golf Course at Daniel Island was named to Golf Digest's Top 10 Best New Private Courses in 2006. The following is a press release from the Daniel Island Company:

The Ralston Creek Course at the Daniel Island Club, designed by renowned golf course architect Rees Jones, has been awarded one of golf's most prestigious accolades. The course was named among “America's Best New Courses 2006” in Golf Digest magazine. Ralston Creek was among the Top 10 “Best New Private” courses recognized in the magazine January 2007 issue.