Golf in Lyman

Lyman is a Harrison County community in the pine barrens of south Mississippi, north of the Gulf Coast resort zone. The pine barrens landscape — longleaf and loblolly pine flatwoods with distinctive open understory — creates a natural setting for the golf courses that have developed here as an inland alternative to the more developed coastal resort districts. Lyman's position on US-49 between Gulfport and Hattiesburg creates connectivity for residents who work in either city's economy while choosing the quieter residential environment of the pine country. The pine barrens landscape's distinctive ecology — open longleaf pine flatwoods with wiregrass understory — is one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the nation and one of the rarest due to historical clearing.