Traces Golf Club & Shankers Grille

Traces Golf Club's Meadows-Woodlands course is a Ron Garl design located in Florence, South Carolina. Garl, a Florida-based architect who worked extensively throughout the Southeast from the 1970s onward, brings his characteristic approach to shaping and strategic bunkering to this layout in the Pee Dee region of the state. Florence sits in the coastal plain, and courses in this area typically feature relatively flat to gently rolling terrain with stands of pine and hardwood defining corridors and framing holes. The Meadows-Woodlands name suggests a routing that moves through varied landscape zones, likely alternating between more open meadow-style holes and tree-lined woodland passages. Garl's designs often emphasize playability for a range of skill levels while incorporating visual interest through mounding, water features, and bunker placement that rewards strategic thinking off the tee. The course serves as part of Traces Golf Club, which includes the affiliated Shankers Grille, indicating a casual, accessible club environment focused on recreational golf rather than tournament competition or exclusive membership. Florence's golf market caters primarily to local players and regional visitors, and courses here tend to offer straightforward conditions and a relaxed pace. The Meadows-Woodlands layout fits within this regional context, providing a Garl-designed experience in an area of South Carolina where golf operates year-round in a temperate climate with hot, humid summers and mild winters.