Orangeburg Country Club in Orangeburg, SC

Originally built in 1963, Orangeburg Country Club (formerly known as The Country Club of Orangeburg) has been one of the more prestigious clubs in the state and has always been a destination for major regional amateur events.  But over the past few decades, the golf course infrastructure slowly eroded as did its reputation.  For the past twenty years, the club operated on a minimal maintenance budget, prompting regional golf associations to pass it up for newer venues and jeopardizing the loss of the annual Big “I” Insurance Junior Classic.

New ownership of the Orangeburg Country Club (OCC) undertook an extensive renovation specifically to update the golf course’s infrastructure and to re-capture its standing as one of the top golf courses in the state.  The effects of insufficient annual budgets each year required complete renovation of the sand bunkers as well as the tee complexes.  The new ownership expected the golf course to be upgraded to a higher standard in design, conditioning, and service in a very short time frame.  Returning the “Wow” factor to the golf course and restoration of the original Ellis Maples design features were primary goals of the project as well.