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Golfing At Prestwick Country Club | Campground Conversations

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This week, on Campground Conversations, we are working on our golf game at Prestwick Country Club with Prestwick’s PGA General Manager, Jay Smith! Meet Jay |  Previously, Jay spent 21 years as the Head Golf Pro at Prestwick but has been playing since he was just 4 years old!  Jay attended Coastal Carolina University and played on the CCU Golf Team from 1988-1992 before graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Jay was elected to the PGA Membership in October 1995. He began his career at Blackmoor Golf Club prior to accepting the position as Head Golf Pro at Prestwick Country Club in 1999.  Jay was named the area’s “Golf Professional of the Year” by the Myrtle Beach Herald in 2009. Here is what Jay had to say about Prestwick Country Club | Prestwick Background |  Prestwick Country Club opened in 1989 as a private club. A division of The Jackson Companies, many of our guests may not realize that Prestwick was founded by the ...

New Year, New Guests

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A new year means a fresh start and most individuals like to start out the new year with goals. We thought we would help out our guests and offer them a few goals to keep in mind for when they visit us in 2019. Let’s Get Started Goal 1 | Catch more fish out of our eight freshwater lakes. Each of our lakes are stocked with Bass, Bream, Crappie, Catfish, and Carp. If at first you do not succeed, then keep trying… Maybe with different bait or at a different fishing spot. Goal 2 | Sink in more hole-in-ones at Sand Harbor Mini Golf. With eighteen holes, there are countless opportunities to perfect your golf game. After a few rounds in Ocean Lakes, head over to Prestwick Country Club! Goal 3 | Eat twice as much ice cream at the Meet n’ Eat. With sixteen different flavors of ice cream, it is a must that you try them all! Goal 4 | Increase your speed down the Drop Zone Mat Racer. If a ninety-four-year-old guest can fly down the infamous Mat Racer, ...