{"id":735302,"date":"2026-08-12T05:26:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T05:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/735302\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T05:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T05:26:28","slug":"new-golf-resort-in-south-carolina-to-open-for-preview-play-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/735302\/","title":{"rendered":"New golf resort in South Carolina to open for preview play in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Candyroot Lodge \u2013 a new destination in development in the Carolina Sandhills near Jefferson, South Carolina \u2013 will open its first planned course to preview play Oct. 28. The course is slated to open fully in 2027, and the destination plans to eventually expand to four full courses plus a par-3 layout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a data-ylk=\"slk:new 18-hole, public-access layout;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/golfweek.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/golf\/2026\/03\/13\/candyroot-lodge-south-carolina-sandhills-opens-2027-mike-koprowski-new-resort-golf-course\/89145370007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">new 18-hole, public-access layout<\/a> was designed by Mike Koprowski,\u00a0a former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer who broke into golf design working for architect Kyle Franz and eventually built the well-received Broomsedge Golf Club in South in concert with Franz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The preview play at Candyroot Lodge will follow a day-pass model with a price of $175 and will be available Wednesdays through Sundays. The fee includes as much golf as a player wants each day, select food and beverage, and a welcome pouch with golf goodies. A forecaddie is required, and that fee is extra. The preview play will be available at Candyroot Lodge&#8217;s website starting Sept. 8, and each day will be capped at 40 players.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Check out a selection of photos from Candyroot Lodge&#8217;s first course below. These were shot as the course still grows in before preview play.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"No. 1 at Candyroot Lodge during grow-in of the first course at the new resort planned near Jefferson, South Carolina.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/usa_today_sports_golfweek_articles_635\/2e50cc3abd835bed8af51015d5f37cca.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>No. 1 at Candyroot Lodge during grow-in of the first course at the new resort planned near Jefferson, South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"No. 3 at Candyroot Lodge during grow-in of the first course at the new resort planned near Jefferson, South Carolina.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"664\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/usa_today_sports_golfweek_articles_635\/4e5d7226440169223f49a10769f1f133.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>No. 3 at Candyroot Lodge during grow-in of the first course at the new resort planned near Jefferson, South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"No. 15 at Candyroot Lodge during grow-in of the first course at the new resort planned near Jefferson, South Carolina.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"623\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/usa_today_sports_golfweek_articles_635\/31d3b3414ac3fd0fc75b5e58f4eef64a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>No. 15 at Candyroot Lodge during grow-in of the first course at the new resort planned near Jefferson, South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"No. 16 at Candyroot Lodge during grow-in of the first course at the new resort planned near Jefferson, South Carolina.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"539\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/usa_today_sports_golfweek_articles_635\/d2c2bbcaa0c4514ffea9320cf7bf5afe.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>No. 16 at Candyroot Lodge during grow-in of the first course at the new resort planned near Jefferson, South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"No. 17 at Candyroot Lodge during grow-in of the first course at the new resort planned near Jefferson, South Carolina.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/usa_today_sports_golfweek_articles_635\/cf19ecf53ff3943b8dd5a7b991900ca1.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>No. 17 at Candyroot Lodge during grow-in of the first course at the new resort planned near Jefferson, South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"An overview of the first course at Candyroot Lodge during grow-in at the new resort planned near Jefferson, South Carolina.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/usa_today_sports_golfweek_articles_635\/5713ba0c24cc396c90f139cf0256dda4.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An overview of the first course at Candyroot Lodge during grow-in at the new resort planned near Jefferson, South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Jason Lusk;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/golfweek.usatoday.com\/staff\/5532928001\/jason-lusk\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Lusk<\/a>\u00a0is Golfweek&#8217;s travel and golf course architecture editor, as well as the print magazine&#8217;s creative director. He has written for and designed Golfweek for more than two decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on Golfweek: <a data-ylk=\"slk:New golf resort in South Carolina to open for preview play in October;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/golfweek.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/golf\/2026\/08\/11\/candyroot-lodge-south-carolina-open-new-golf-course-preview-play-october\/91246261007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New golf resort in South Carolina to open for preview play in October<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Candyroot Lodge \u2013 a new destination in development in the Carolina Sandhills near Jefferson, South Carolina \u2013 will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[243044,243045,5904,243043,243046,16798,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-735302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-candyroot-lodge","tag-carolina-sandhills","tag-golf","tag-jefferson","tag-mike-koprowski","tag-south-carolina","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}