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Unlike South Carolina's coastal regions, the Upstate doesn't have a wealth of resort properties to use as a base for stay-and-play golf vacations. But the golf in the region, with its good courses, mountain views and pleasant summer temperatures, is worth going to a little extra effort to find and enjoy.
And there are ready-made packages available for vacationers in search of those. Many can be found at Golf Packages of SC. Here are some options:
Golf Packages offers more than a dozen Upstate area public access courses. Tops among those are The Walker Course in Clemson, Links O' Tryon near Campobello and The Preserve at Verdae, conveniently located off Interstate 85 near downtown Greenville.
Other package courses include Greenville's Furman University Golf Course, Boscobel Country Club (Pendleton), Brookstone Meadows Golf & Country Club and Cobb's Glen Country Club (both Anderson), the Gary Player-designed River Falls Plantation (Duncan), Southern Oaks Golf Course (Easley), Willow Creek Golf Club (Greer) and Woodfin Ridge Golf Course and Village Greens Golf & Country Club (both in Inman).
Also listed on the Golf Package website are partner hotels in Greenville, including the Quality Inn & Suites (Haywood Mall) and Holiday Inn Express (I-85 and Woodruff Road). If the Preserve at Verdae is a favorite, there's the adjacent Embassy Suites Hotel Greenville Golf Resort Conference Center.
Greenville and Spartanburg are just 30 minutes apart via I-85, so golf across the Upstate is accessible from either. But perhaps it suits better to stay close to the "Hub City" (named for its former status as a railroad hub). Courses available for public play include River Falls Plantation (Duncan), Woodfin Ridge and Village Greens (both in Inman), Links O' Tryon (Campobello), and Willow Creek (Greer).
For accommodations, check out the centrally-located Spartanburg Marriott at Renaissance Park. Also close to I-85 and I-26 is the Holiday Inn Express Westgate Mall.
Located closer to Charlotte (20-30 minutes) than the Greenville-Spartanburg area (about an hour away), I-85 connects Rock Hill to the Upstate and has its own selection of courses and accommodations, available via Golf Packages.
Courses listed on the website include the Hale Irwin-designed Waterford Golf Club (Rock Hill), Springfield Golf Club, Tega Cay Golf Course, Fort Mill Golf Course, Regent Park Golf Course and Carolina Lakes Golf Course (all in Fort Mill), Chester Golf Course, and Edgewater Golf Club and Lancaster Golf Course (both Lancaster).
Partner hotels include the Hilton Garden Inn (I-77 and Dave Lyle Blvd., Manchester Village Center), Home2 Suites Hotel by Hilton in Rock Hill and Spark by Hilton, located off I-77.
