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The Cliffs at Keowee Falls Golf Course is an 18-hole private course in Salem, South Carolina.

Designed by Jack Nicklaus. It plays 7,171 yards from the Black tees, rated 75.6/144 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
7,171
yards (tips)
144
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES410582369476202415251383609328168419217597427537235546142534445364738495104113124133145154165173185PAROUT 3,697 YDSIN 3,474 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Jack Nicklaus reported
access
private
address
770 South Cherry Laurel Way, Salem, SC, 29676
elevation
909 ft derived
opened
2007
turf
Champion Ultra-dwarf greens · Bermuda fairways

34.89513, -82.92498 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. The course outline is inferred from the mapped holes — OpenStreetMap has no outline for this course, so the shaded area is our own and the real property line may sit wider or tighter. 36 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one. The map below draws everything that has been traced.

266 traced features across 7 layers for The Cliffs at Keowee Falls Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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266 traced features across 7 layers for The Cliffs at Keowee Falls Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
18
Fairways
81
Bunkers
11
Water
18
Greens
73
Tee pads
7,171yds
Black tees
609yds
Longest hole
168yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-04-11 – 2023-04-12

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 5 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 5 rows.

BlackM72717175.614436973474
BlueM72668672.613934003286
WhiteM72635470.813732343120
GoldM72588468.613329642920
RedF72518269.112926882494

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 454434345434354535 72
Black 410582369476202415251383609328168419217597427537235546 7,171
Blue 348541351449176388223366558320162388195573379505229535 6,686
White 336526338434160361194336549312150377185561369499151516 6,354
Gold 321512313410139325166280498301137313148549359478139496 5,884
Red 262442290379129311156227492242104307141465266428116425 5,182
Handicap 155131177119312186142108164

Plan it in the Studio

Plan The Cliffs at Keowee Falls Golf Course hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

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Book nearby

The Cliffs at Keowee Falls Golf Course states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Windsor at Walhalla (7.6 mi, public) · The Rock Golf Course And Resort (12 mi, resort) · Pickens Golf Club (14 mi, semi-private)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn South CarolinaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest7,171 yds=22nd of 351=748th of 12,0252nd of 56 in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC combined area · =283rd of 2,954 private courses · =746th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 144=17th of 227=379th of 8,7105th of 30 in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC combined area · =190th of 2,300 private courses · =370th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 75.6=9th of 215=257th of 7,6151st of 28 in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC combined area · =120th of 2,143 private courses · =256th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,989 yds between tees=120th of 345=2,304th of 11,52316th of 55 in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC combined area · =717th of 2,885 private courses · =2,259th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 2007244th of 253=8,984th of 9,36833rd of 34 in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC combined area · =2,339th of 2,418 private courses · =6,704th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level909 ft derived 26th of 374=4,050th of 12,43718th of 58 in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC combined area · =776th of 3,026 private courses · =2,807th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 5 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold a phone number.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

The Reserve at Lake Keowee

3.3 mi · Sunset · private · 18 holes

The Cliffs at Keowee Vineyards

3.5 mi · Sunset · private · 18 holes

Keowee Springs Golf Course

4.1 mi · Six Mile · private · 18 holes

Keowee Key Golf Country Club

4.3 mi · Salem · private · 18 holes

Windsor at Walhalla

7.6 mi · Walhalla · public · 18 holes

The Rock Golf Course And Resort

12 mi · Pickens · resort · 18 holes

Pickens Golf Club

14 mi · Pickens · semi-private · 9 holes

Burlingame Country Club

15 mi · Sapphire · private · 18 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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