The Club at Pine Forest
About
The 18 semi-private holes at Pine Forest wind through the tall Summerville pines with numerous live oaks, dogwoods and a lake system thrown in for good measure. With an equal balance of straightaways, doglegs and elevation changes, this course is nicely balanced, with challenges and fun in store for golfers of all levels. Rental clubs and electric carts are available.
At 6,905 yards with a 138-slope rating, Pine Forest lives up to its name, as the course has numerous barriers of tall Summerville pines to cause problems for an errant shot. The Bob Spence design also makes use of water to add to the difficulty of some holes. It's a semi-private course, and they've named each hole, with No. 12 being known as "Little Augusta" while No. 15 is "Wastelands."
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6905 yards | 73.9 | 138 |
| Blue | 72 | 6614 yards | 72.5 | 137 |
| White | 72 | 6256 yards | 70.5 | 132 |
| Gold | 72 | 5782 yards | 68.7 | 121 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 4990 yards | 70.8 | 115 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.8/147 | 416 | 406 | 498 | 452 | 151 | 384 | 403 | 189 | 535 | 3434 | 425 | 532 | 348 | 178 | 360 | 380 | 551 | 173 | 452 | 3399 | 6833 |
| Blue M: 72.4/145 | 401 | 390 | 477 | 435 | 141 | 370 | 380 | 179 | 524 | 3297 | 406 | 522 | 329 | 167 | 345 | 362 | 523 | 148 | 436 | 3238 | 6535 |
| White M: 71.1/141 | 383 | 377 | 464 | 420 | 129 | 357 | 358 | 167 | 515 | 3170 | 393 | 503 | 319 | 145 | 331 | 347 | 508 | 135 | 420 | 3101 | 6271 |
| Gold M: 68.7/124 W: 74.6/144 | 348 | 326 | 446 | 367 | 118 | 338 | 333 | 147 | 487 | 2910 | 349 | 482 | 305 | 119 | 305 | 328 | 467 | 105 | 399 | 2859 | 5769 |
| Red M: 64.9/117 W: 70.2/124 | 308 | 305 | 366 | 313 | 92 | 274 | 296 | 121 | 434 | 2509 | 304 | 444 | 258 | 99 | 300 | 281 | 369 | 84 | 327 | 2466 | 4975 |
| Handicap | 3 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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Photo submitted by wolfdss on 09/06/2025
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Photo submitted by DavidVernonLustig on 06/14/2023
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Photo submitted by DavidVernonLustig on 06/14/2023
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Photo submitted by birdiebabe2 on 04/14/2022
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Pretty cool and challenging hole #8 Photo submitted by thejesusromero on 03/20/2022
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Photo submitted by DougTinaHunterAdam on 07/05/2020
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Photo submitted by DougTinaHunterAdam on 07/05/2020
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Photo submitted by Fishman102 on 04/28/2019
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short par 3 on the back 9 with lots of water and undulating hills surrounding the green Photo submitted by zuschlagzd on 12/30/2015
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3rd Hole approach shot, Par 5 Photo submitted by tomumps2000 on 04/22/2013
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5th Hole, Par 3 Photo submitted by tomumps2000 on 04/22/2013
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8th Hole, Par 3 Photo submitted by tomumps2000 on 04/22/2013
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17th Hole, Par 3 Photo submitted by tomumps2000 on 04/22/2013
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Photo submitted by CartgirlLins on 04/03/2013
Good not great
Decent course. Biggest problem was the ground was extremely hard. Broke several tees trying to get them in the ground. Greens are sooo slow. Hard to take a good divot when the ground is so hard. Nice layout and views.
Fun course
Course was in good shape and at times challenging. It was fun.
I like it here very much.
Today, our family came here for a very happy afternoon. The people here are very friendly. The curriculum design here is very exquisite and relatively difficult. The only regret is that the green and fairway maintenance are not very good, the weeds are overgrown, and the ground is relatively hard! I hope I can play golf here next time. I hope it can be maintained better and the design is very good!
Pine Forest
The staff was very friendly The course was in good shape considering the hot weather. Had a great time. Would receive this course.
Never been so embarrassed to bring my friend's to this place
I will start off by saying I'm a super intendent of golf . I have never been so ashamed to say my favorite course in Charleston is in this bad of shape! I know the superintendent and am very upset how bad the course was . The greens were terrible absolutely terrible , dollar spot dollar weed , algee all over just the worst maintenance I have ever witnessed . Do not waste your time nor money ! There was kids fishing in every pond, a man and lady fishing for golf balls , two kids riding back and forth on motr scooter all over all afternoon yelling and having a blast .! Got to one hole and there was someone working on there pitching and putting on green we were on had twenty five golf balls all over. Then there was a gaggle of geese of about 65 on green and it was all POOP!!! This course was the best layout and was in such good shape and now I wouldn't play again if it was FREE! Get it together KH ...
Great layout, rough greens
Absolutely loved the course all the way up until the greens. The layout was fantastic. It was challenging in a good way. The greens were just in horrible shape. Not a lot of green grass and almost every putt outside of 2 feet bounced a lot. Dead spots on greens were prominent as well. If the greens were in great, or even good, shape, then I would give this course 5 stars.
Pine Forest Review
I like the layout of this course BUT the condition of the Greens are TERRIBLE! Some greens are completely burnt out, others have been aerated & putting on them is impossible. Do NOT play here until they FIX the greens. :-(
Save your money
Let’s start by saying the pro shop staff and the starter were very friendly, and the layout was fun and interesting - that’s the only good I can report. Most of the range balls were purchased in about 2010, plus we were hitting off mats (at least the mats were new). Then we moved to the putting green, my comment to my partner was “ I hope this isn’t indicative of the conditions out there.” Well, it was. The pace of there greens were a snail-like 3.0 on the Stimp, except where there was no grass - which was often. (How can one NOT grow grass in South Carolina in May?) The tee pads were hard and beat down, and general course maintenance was generally poor, though the greenside bunkers were above average (at least the few I was in). A side note, we had a reserved tee time at 7:52, but we were after a LARGE group of members (I understand), but there were so many that showed up for the “Blitz”, we teed off about 30 minutes late, and pace was average at best. I don’t know HOW IN THE WORLD this course got a 4 out of 5 rating….
Read Before You Book!
I never write reviews, but my experience at this golf course warrants one. Save your money and play elsewhere. The course did not have enough carts and I did not get one until after my booked tee time had passed. The management does not adhere to a schedule for tee times and sends people off without regard for bookings, resulting in some of the worst pace of play issues I have ever experienced. There is no ranger or staff patrolling the course to ensure pace of play is reasonable. The first 9 holes took approximately 3 hours, which is unacceptable. When we finished the 9th there were two foursomes backed up and still waiting to tee off on the 10th. I would estimate the full 18 would have taken almost 7 hours. The pace of play was so bad I did not play the second 9 and lost out on my money as there are no refunds on GolfNow hot deals. The greens were bumpy, bunkers were not raked, and there was goose feces everywhere. Fairways were in good condition. I watched another player on a different hole drive his cart through a green side bunker and straight onto a green where he parked before putting. There were multiple groups of 5 or more playing as slowly as possible. I watched one guy in a group in front of us hurl his wedge 35 yards into the green after blading a shot resulting in green damage. If you are a serious golfer then this is not the course for you.
Yikes
Rough shape. Geese are the lawn mowers here. Cant find a lie even in the fairways. Greens are slow and manicured like a temp green Not worth it
Had to wait 15 minutes for a cart past tee time
It took my two some A little over 5 hours to play 18. Had to wait 15 minutes for a cart pst out tee time. The course looks a lot better then it did a couple month ago. I believe it should be a little cheaper I don’t think it’s a 40$ course after 3pm but it’s close to home.
All Around Great Place to Play
What a nice course. Played 18 holes in 3 1/2 hours. Course was in fine shape. Definitely a bargain
Grandma's outing w/5 yr old Grandson
As a grandma who was born with a natural swing and raised on a country club in Peachtree City GA before it was overpopulated, I take as many opportunities as possible to teach golf etiquette and the general game to my young grandson.
We had so much fun, we saw 100 turtles, 100 geese- it was entertaining to watch one chase off a 2 man group off the tee box, and a rare South Carolina fox squirrel - never seen one before.
The red tee boxes were in better shape than most courses I have played. The greens and sand traps were in great shape too.
Pro shop was awesome, great with info as it was our first time there, grill was friendly, cart was ready and in good shape. The other golfers on the course were helpful when we had to ask for directions to the 11th hole (it was straight ahead....no directional sign means its up ahead) and when we suggested a team skip ahead of us. Turns out we were waiting on them most of the time, but it was great because it offered me time to coach my grandson or watch the wildlife. It took us 4 hours to play 18 holes with about a 20 minute break for grabbing hotdogs to wolf down and inquire at the pro shop about the squirrel that we saw before we set out for the back nine.
If I lived in the area I would recommend this club to be the home club. Should be playing this one again while visiting my grandson.