Offering limited tee times to non-members, the Windermere Club in Blythewood, S.C., has given local golfers a rare opportunity to play a private course at a reasonable rate and enjoy an acclaimed design by Pete Dye and his son, P.B. Like so many Dye courses, Windermere leaves players with distinct memories of several holes.
As a public course under the new ownership of developer D.R. Horton, the fortunes of Cobblestone Park Golf Club have turned. The evidence is the elegant clubhouse -- in construction limbo for years -- which was finally completed in the fall of 2014.