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September 28, 2009, Pawleys Island, S.C. — Pawleys Plantation in Pawleys Island, S.C., is one of the best golf facilities in the nation according to the 2010 Golf World Readers Choice Awards, posted online September 23. Pawleys Plantation also ranked among the top 27 in South Carolina, which has more than 360 golf courses.

“There was more competition for the awards this year, so it’s especially nice to rank so highly again,” said Jann Walker, director of marketing at Pawleys Plantation. “We work hard to provide a golf experience that is memorable and reader surveys like this show that we are on the right track. It’s also exciting to be ranked up there with much more expensive resorts like Kiawah and Hilton Head. More and more, golfers are realizing that an upscale golf experience doesn’t have to be expensive. Pawleys Plantation delivers an upscale experience at a value price and we thank the readers of Golf World for recognizing that.”

The Readers Choice Awards are based on more than 46,000 evaluations submitted by readers. That number is more than double the participation rate of 2008. Readers based their evaluations on 13 criteria, including quality of the course, conditioning, reputation/prestige, value and speed of play. About Pawleys Plantation Pawleys Plantation, a 582-acre resort and golf course community in Pawleys Island, S.C., is nestled among moss-draped oaks, natural wetlands and salt marshes. Pawleys Plantation is the South Carolina Lowcountry’s finest property providing visitors firstclass accommodations and amenities, an award winning Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course, catering, and an elegant 4,500 square foot ballroom, perfect for banquets.

Pawleys Plantation has been recognized as one of South Carolina’s best sites for corporate meetings, private vacations and golf getaways. It also offers one of the Grand Strand’s premier meeting facilities, a 6,500 square foot conference center. In 2006, readers of Meetings South magazine judged it “Best of the South,” one of the top 15 meeting facilities in the Southern U.S., Caribbean and Yucatan Peninsula. Golf Digest has applauded Pawleys Plantation’s “spacious and private villa accommodations … along with fine clubhouse dining and after-round relaxation in the Palmetto Pub.” Black Meetings & Tourism magazine reported, “Pawleys Plantation is the ideal destination [for those] in search of a tranquil meeting site, and golfers seeking an upscale resort experience.” And, Pawleys Plantation’s signature Jack Nicklaus–designed golf course is rated a four star facility in Fodor’s Golf Digest Best Places To Play guide.

. Conveniently located near a wide variety of cultural and recreational amenities, Pawleys Plantation is approximately one hour from Charleston, S.C., a city well known for its Southern grace and charm; the historic port of Georgetown, S.C., is less than 15 minutes south on U.S. 17. More than 100 golf courses and 1,000 restaurants are in nearby Myrtle Beach.

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