Given the climate and sheer number of people of all ages moving to the Palmetto State, it has been somewhat surprising — not to mention, disappointing (to me, at least) — that South Carolina has been so late to the game when it comes to padel.
Granted, the state was initially an early adopter of padel, with its first court (which I actually had a hand in helping to make happen) opening at the Columbia Racquet Club all the way back in December 2022.
However, until very recently the only other court in the state was a single temporary court here in Charleston at the LTP Daniel Island tennis complex that hosts the women’s pro tennis tournament known as the Credit One Charleston Open.
Yet, all of the sudden, padel is now starting to explode across the state…
This is thanks to:
- The two outdoor courts that were recently opened at the Roy Barth Tennis Center at the Kiawah Island Resort, about 25 miles southwest of Charleston…
- Two more outdoor courts being added at LTP Daniel Island (bringing the total there to three)…
- An additional two outdoor courts being added to the private Daniel Island Club just across the street from LTP Daniel Island later this year…
- The opening of 40Forty Padel Club, a two-court outdoor venue in Mauldin, SC, just outside of Greenville…
- Two private outdoor courts recently being added to The Cliffs at Mountain Park residences in Marietta, SC…
- A third location of pATL opening in Mt. Pleasant, SC, (just across the Ravenel Bridge from Charleston) with six indoor courts plus a stadium court…
- At least one outdoor court reportedly being added to Snee Farm Country Club, also in Mt. Pleasant…
- A two-court club known as The Point Racket and Social Club set to open in the spring of 2026 on Johns Island, SC, and…
- Two outdoor courts set to be added to the Charleston Racquet Club sometime in late 2026 (along with more singles and doubles squash courts and even one of only about a dozen real-tennis courts in the U.S.).
Add it all up, and you’ll discover that in the space of less than a year, the number of padel courts in the Palmetto State is set to soar from just two to more than two dozen.…