November 2013
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for a 27-hole experience unlike any other
in golf.
In describing the design achievement
manifest here by Jack Nicklaus, Arnold
Palmer and Gary Player, Champions Re-
treat Golf Club General Manager Bill
Fitzpatrick says each course is so distinc-
tively different as well as fun and chal-
lenging to excite golfers of any talent
level. The Bluff (designed by Nicklaus)
accommodates up-and-downhill play
on a course complemented by dramatic
shifts in elevation. The Island Course (by
Palmer) features greens nestled between
the Savannah River on one side and the
waters of the Little River on the other
while The Creek Course (by Player) of-
fers challenges posed from playing amid
the combination of marshes and native
hardwoods. Fitzpatrick says each course
