Penny Branch Club - Furman, South Carolina

Golfers were the true beneficiaries when the McKenzie family decided to showcase its course maintenance company by building Penny Branch Club in Furman, S.C.

The fairways and greens are as close to perfect as one can get. The golf course was built on the family farm, 45 minutes from any population center, such as Beaufort, Savannah or Hilton Head. Take the trip. You won't regret it.

Penny Branch Club - Hole 1

The first tee looks out on a narrow window to a wide fairway at Penny Branch Club in Furman, S.C.

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Penny Branch Club - Hole 2

The second hole at Penny Branch Club is a sharp dogleg right to a sharply sloped green.

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Penny Branch Club - Hole 3

No. 3 at Penny Branch Club in Furman, South Carolina is a tight hole that shifts left.

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Penny Branch Club - Hole 4

No. 4 at Penny Branch Club is a short island green. It's easier than it looks.

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Penny Branch Club - Hole 7

The green on the seventh hole at Penny Branch Club is amid several bunkers and flanked by a pine wall.

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Penny Branch Club - hole 8

To attract more birds and other wildlife, a few acres of wild flowers were seeded around a few holes at Penny Branch Club, including the par-3 eighth.

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Penny Branch Club - Hole 11

The first par 3 on the back of Penny Branch Club, No. 11 is the only elevated green on the golf course.

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Penny Branch Club - Hole 16

A permeable wall of trees and shrubs tries to block approach shots to the No. 16 green at Penny Branch Club in Furman, South Carolina.

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Penny Branch Club - Hole 17

The 17th hole at Penny Branch Club sits in front of a backdrop of pines.

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