The OCC is now ranked among the top 50 golf courses in the state, according to the South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel’s bi-annual rankings.

The course was rated #45 overall in South Carolina.  The ratings panel placed OCC #5 among courses in the Midlands region.  They also said the daunting 615-yard 18th hole was the most challenging closing hole in the Midlands.

Both public and private courses were surveyed by the panel, which is made up of golf enthusiasts representing a diverse range of occupations, handicaps and backgrounds.   They judged the courses based on routing, variety, strategy, equity, memorability, aesthetics and experience.