Colonial Charters Golf & Country Club owner Mike Matheny initially planned to close his course for less than a year to make alterations that would allow for additional housing on the property.

What he did was take a lot more time to create a lot more course. The layout is opening with a new name and a much different look.

Gone are 300 yards of length from the 1988 John Simpson-designed Colonial Charters, fairways cut almost exclusively through heavy wooded areas, and slightly elevated, push-up greens that repelled offline shots.

In their place is the 6,486-yard par-71 Rick Robbins-designed Palmetto Greens Golf and Country Club. The layout features more water hazards, a pair of man-made waterfalls, a lot more open space on and around fairways, and L93 bentgrass greens with more undulation and surrounding mounds as a backdrop....

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