Panther's Run at Ocean Ridge Plantation

Thank you for taking the time to review your recent round at Panther's Run. As you stated, the heavy rain the previous day, from the passing of Tropical Storm Elsa, made conditions on the day you played far less than ideal. Certainly far less than they were the day before the storm or a couple of days after, when conditions allowed for typical maintenance practices to resume. We can only apologize for the weather circumstances you encountered, which seemed to contribute heavily to your issues with the course. As for other concerns, please know that we are working daily to continue to improve all aspects of condition on all of The Big Cats courses, including a significant fairway renovation and enhancement on Panther's Run, which may have also looked less appealing after the heavy rains of the previous 24 hours. But we apologize we were not able to meet your expectations on this visit and hope you will give us another opportunity in the future.

Thank you for the nice four star review! We appreciate it very much!

Thank you for the good review of Panther's Run and for the feedback on pace of play. Summertime is the toughest season to get golfers around the course because we get a lot of players who rarely play and even many first-timers who are down on a beach vacation and decide to try golf. The summer heat also tends to make people move a little more slowly as well. But we will definitely continue to do our best to keep our pace of play to around 4 and half hours, which is typical for Grand Strand area golf courses. We hope you will visit us again soon and see our continued progress.

Thank you for the nice review! It is rare that people take the time to post a positive review, at least far more rarely than a negative, so we really appreciate it! All of the Big Cats courses are actually in much improved condition right now and we expect them to continue to improve daily as we move through the rest of 2021. Thanks again!!

Thank you for taking the time to review your recent visit to Panther's Run. We will definitely be doing some cosmetic work on bridges this summer and again in the winter. They are structurally very sound, but do need some sprucing up. With the exception of a couple of spots where some sodding is yet to completely tack over and fill in (damage repaired from winter kill), the greens are actually in very good shape and getting even better daily. We also are completing an extensive re-sodding of one of the fairways and this will be completely covered over by Mid July. So overall, we are happy with the direction Panther's Run has taken in recent weeks! Thanks again.

Thank you for the nice review! With the much needed rain in recent days, the entire course is already looking even better. We hope you will return soon and see our continued progress!

Thank you for the great Five Star Review!! We really appreciate it!

Thank you very much for the nice review! We truly appreciate it. It has definitely been a challenging year all around for us and other golf courses, but the last two months have been particularly difficult as we have been in drought conditions and have had to ration our very limited water supply and also go very lightly on chemical applications that can harm the weakened golf course grass. Fortunately, the recent break in the drought has led to quickly improving overall conditions and we are thrilled to see the courses all looking much better already. We hope you will return again in the future and see our continued progress.

Thank you for taking the time to review your recent visit to Panther's Run. We apologize we fell short of meeting your expectations. Due to extremely dry conditions over the past two months, we have had to be very careful with herbicides and other applications to make sure we do not harm the weakened golf course grass along with any invasive plants. The great news for us is that we have finally received some rain and things are looking much better already. this is allowing us to more aggressively treat any invasive grasses and weeds as well and overall course conditions will be improving daily as we move forward (Assuming we get a reasonable amount of rain!) Thanks again and we hope you will come visit us again in the future and see our progress.

We sincerely apologize we were unable to meet your expectations on your recent visit. You are correct, it has been an extremely hot and dry period for us over the past 2 months. In fact, we did not have one drop of rain on our courses in over 8 weeks and this made maintenance extremely difficult. We have addressed the issues you mentioned, but we have to be very careful in such extreme conditions to make sure you do not kill the weakened golf course grass along with the weeds. The really good news is that we have FINALLY received some significant rainfall and things are greening up quickly all over. We are now able to more aggressively treat any invasive plants and restore the course to a more preferred overall condition. We again apologize you did not catch us at our best, but we hope you will return again in the future and see our progress. Thanks.

Thank you fro the nice Four Star Review! We really appreciate it and we are also glad you enjoyed your recent visit. Please come see us again at any of the four Big Cats courses!

Thank you for taking the time to review your recent round at Panther's Run. We deeply apologize we were unable to meet your expectations on this visit. The extreme drought conditions of the past couple of months have adversely affected many of the courses in the area and Panther's Run is no exception. The dry warm conditions this spring have caused the winter rye grass in the fairways and on the tee boxes to check out much earlier than usual, before the bermuda has broken dormancy, which has led to the brown, firm conditions you noted. This will improve quickly when the bermuda comes completely out of dormancy soon (Sooner, if we can get some rain!) We have applied as much selective herbicide as possible under the current drought conditions, as too much could potentially kill the weakened bermuda. We will continue to address this and other issues as we move through the next few days, but we fully expect much better conditions very soon. It sounds like you did bring this matter to the attention of our pro shop staff, which is definitely the right thing to do, as they are always instructed to work with any guests who may have any issues or concerns, to make sure they are satisfied with their overall experience. In your case, an offer to play one of the other Big Cats courses instead, or a rain check to come play another round anytime in the future would have been in order. If these options were not offered to you, I would ask that you reach back out to me personally at blong@oceanridge.com and I will make sure we do whatever we can to make amends for your unsatisfactory experience. Again, we deeply apologize and look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you for the Four Star Review. At the time you played Panther's Run, the course was undergoing the yearly transition from winter rye grass in the fairways and on the tees, back to bermuda, which is dormant in the cooler weather season. Due to the unusually warm and dry spring, this transition is occurring much earlier than we would typically expect, but fortunately, with the recent rain, the bermuda will be breaking dormancy and the course will be greening up quickly again. We apologize you did not catch us at our very best, but we hope you will come again and see our continued progress and improvement. Thanks again!