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Thistle Golf Club:
North Carolina’s own
‘BRIGADOON’
If you take a trip to Myrtle
Beach, just north of the border
into North Carolina you’ll
find the Thistle Golf Club
in Sunset Beach. It’s a true
treat to play, plus Thistle has
a Scottish flair to the names
of this club’s three nine-hole
layouts, Stewart, Mackay, and
Cameron. The exterior of the
clubhouse is also designed to
evoke memories of the old
country.
Once you step foot on
course, you enter a vacuum
of peaceful serenity, only
disturbed by a frogs croaking,
birds chirping, and leaves
rustling in the wind. The
atmosphere at Thistle is like
Brigadoon
, the 1954 movie
starring Gene Kelly and
Van Johnson. Thistle and
Brigadoon
have much in
common. Both are enchanted
places which are untouched
by the worries of the modern
world.
A good day at Thistle is only
playing nine holes, a great
By Mike May
NWO Golf Links