The former Sea Gull Golf Club is now one of the beach's golfing gems. Set in beautiful Pawleys Island, this course offers breathtaking visuals that only this area can provide. The course, which appears challenging, is actually very fair and you will leave remembering not only your best shot, but every shot.

Because of the fast growing golfing paradises neighboring it, Sea Gull's owners decided to close it down because its dated features and looks weren't able to compare to the up-and-comers around it. After a large renovation project, the course has joined its top-notch neighbors Caledonia, True Blue, and Pawleys Plantation.

Founders Club features wide bowled-in fairways which are encircled with waste bunkering. Visually dramatic bunker complexes, new Emerald Bermuda grass, wide fairways, and large greens were all incorporated as part of the upgrade. The sculpting of mounds and bunkers give it a wider more dramatic canvas with water coming into play on many of the holes. However, water can be avoided except for the intense 12th hole.

The biggest change to the course was the widening of many of the former Sea Gull holes. The most widened hole was the par-5 12th which now features a two-tiered double fairway which is split by moguls with bunkers dotted within them. If you play the hole just right, you should have a 65 yard carry over a pond after two shots for the wide elevated green.

The first hole uniquely allows you to tee off from the 20,000 sq. foot putting green. You may break out your hybrid here but try to avoid the single bunker on the left. The 17th hole is slightly more than 500 yards from the back tee and features a gaping natural sand area that runs the entire length on the left. Its coupled with the shape of the fairway, making a fade the preferred shot. This hole is a difficult and challenging par 4 but many good golfers will make a bogey.

Hope you brought your game face, because Hole 2 will force you to get serious. This par 4 features water down the right side as well as a mixture of sand and water on the left. A well executed tee shot is crucial here. The green is framed with mounds to catch any stray shots.

Hole 3 features eight sets of tees- four to the far left and four to the far right. This green is set to a slight angle and runs diagonally away from the tee left to right. A lake and greenside bunker are added into the equation giving you even more of a challenge.