Myrtle Beach Golf
Designers & Architects - Edmund Ault
Edmund Ault was born in 1908 and is considered to be one of the pioneers of golf course architecture. After getting a degree in Construction Engineering, he would enter private practice as a course designer in 1946, before partnering with Al Jamison to create his golf architecture firm.
While a one-time golfer in the National Amateur, Ault was always drawn to building courses around the United States. He was a past president of the District of Columbia Golf Association and he chaired the Design Standards Committee of the ASGCA. Well known for his flexibility in designing courses, he pioneered the use of coordination of pin placements with tee marker locations.
Ault died in 1989, but his son Brian has taken the helm of Ault, Clark and Associates Ltd to keep the name of Ault alive in golf course architecture.
Back in 1966, Ault designed the Myrtlewood Golf Club’s Palmetto course along the Intracoastal Waterway. Since its opening, it has provided excellent golf and top facilities to golfers who have made their way out to the course to try their hands on an expertly-designed course. The course features generation fairways that are lined with pine trees and have a magnificent view of the surrounding countryside. The most memorable hole on the course is the 18th, which runs along the shore of the Intracoastal Waterway. In addition, the course features an 8,000 square foot clubhouse that has a full-service pro shop so that golfers of all skill levels and experience can come and find everything they need for their golf game.
Edmund B. Ault may have died in 1989, but the courses he designed over the course of 50 years live on, as well his contribution to Myrtle Beach golf. They are the courses that generations of golfers have played and loved. They are the courses that have helped to influence golf course architects for years and they are the courses that stand as a testament to the joy of golf and the power it has to be a tranquil and loving experience for the avid golfer who plays a course designed by Edmund B. Ault, one of the pioneers of golf course architecture.
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