GCBC, Inc.

Golf Industry Consultants

Design and Renovation

Design and Renovation


Clyde Johnston

Clyde Johnston Designs, Inc.
Hilton Head Island, SC

Golf Course Design and Renovation Services

We are a golf course design firm with 40 years of experience in public, private and resort golf course projects. Land Planning of golf course communities is also one of our specialties.  We believe in designing golf courses in a sustainable, environmentally sensitive manner with careful attention to the client’s budget and the end users of the golf course. The following is a partial list of our courses with applicable recognitions:

  • Jacksonville Golf & Country Club, Jacksonville, Florida; an Arvida project. – The course has been the site for the 1990 Florida State Mid-Amateur Championship, 1990 U.S. Amateur Qualifying and the 1994 Florida State Golf Association State Amateur Championship.
  • Oak Point GC, Kiawah Resorts, Kiawah Island, SC – Ranked in “America’s Best Golf Courses” 1991-1994 by Golfweek Magazine
  • Old South Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, SC – Ranked by Golf Digest as one of 1992’s “Top 10 New Public Courses”and hosted the 1999 Teardrop Tour Championship.
  • River Landing, Wallace, NC; 36 hole complex – 1999-2008 Qualifying site for the U.S. Open. The River Course is ranked 16th in North Carolina by North Carolina Magazine for 2006 and No. 1 in the Coastal North Carolina’s Top Ten (2004-6).
  • Wachesaw East GC, Myrtle Beach, SC; site of four LPGA events.
  • Glen Dornoch GL, Myrtle Beach, SC – 1997 Golf Digest’s “Myrtle Beach’s Top 10”; 1998 Golf Digest’s “South Carolina’s Top 25”
  • Norwood Park GC, Southwell, England
  • St. Johns G&CC, St. Augustine, FL; a St. Joe/Arvida project and US Open qualifying site.
  • Cherry Blossom GC, Georgetown, KY – “America’s Best Courses You Can Play”, No. 1 in Kentucky 2004-2009.
  • Sea Pines Country Club (R), Hilton Head Island, SC
  • Pine Lakes GC (R), Jekyll Island, Georgia
  • The Legends at Parris Island (R), Beaufort, SC – “Top Ten Military Courses” 2001.

Contact GCBC for a Free Consultation on Design and Renovation

Clyde Johnston Designs, Inc.
31 McIntosh Road
Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
Office (843) 689-3370