Country Club of Hilton Head

The 18-hole championship golf course at the Country Club of Hilton head is built around the pristine Low Country marshland and pine forests along South Carolina’s beautiful Intracoastal Waterway. The Country Club of Hilton Head Course has a variety of holes that offer a challenge for golfers of all levels.

Designed by Rees Jones, the 18 hole course is spectacular and the amenities at the Country Club of Hilton Head are endless. The Club offers a practice driving range and putting green as well as a practice chipping and bunker green. The Country Club also offers private lessons from PGA Professionals Chip Pellerin and Jeff Picus.

Playing a round on this exceptional but unexpected Low Country course with 14 doglegs and water on 16 of its 18 holes is quite the golf experience. The Club course has proudly hosted the U.S. Open Qualifier twice – once in 1999 and again in 2005.

The challenging, but conquerable layout offers superb bunkering and elevated greens that present a unique set of opportunities to test a golfer’s skills. There are tons of new strategically placed sand in the bunkers all around the course around every green and at the corners of almost all of the doglegs.

The Country Club of Hilton Head is a must play during your visit to the Island and if you can’t bring your clubs, no worries, they have Cobra and Titleist rental sets available!

Golf Course Statistics
Tee     Par     Yards  Slope  Rating
Gold    72      6919   138     74.0
Blue    72      6543   135     72.4
White  72      6162   129     70.6
Green  72      5658   120     68.7
Red     72      5373   123     71.3

Country Club of Hilton Head Course Information:

Country Club of Hilton Head
70 Skull Creek Drive
Hilton Head, SC 29926
www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Country-Club-of-Hilton-Head
(843) 681-4653

Barony at Port Royal Golf Club

Designed in the early 1960’s by George W. Cobb, the Barony Course at the Port Royal Golf Club was one of the first courses built on Hilton Head Island. Located in tree lined Port Royal Plantation and oozing with Southern hospitality, the Barony Course demands accuracy is the desired skill for an eagle game.

This course is also very deceptive, as it appears to be fairly open shots with generous fairways when you approach the tee box, but you quickly realize that the Lowcountry trees, bushes and other landscaping, combined with well placed bunkers requires good use of your irons and short shot.

At just under 6,000 yards from the regular tees, this par 72 George Cobb course is the most user friendly of Port Royal’s three courses. Play is interesting as you approach the doglegs with water on both sides of the fairway and a carry over the water (and alligator’s head) on the 14th.

In addition, Port Royal Golf Club features the first John Jacobs School of Golf in the Carolinas, offering 35 years of teaching experience. This well respected school has helped thousands of golfers become their own best teachers. Port Royal also boasts a new 15,000 square foot clubhouse that is tucked under a canopy of Southern oaks and magnolias that brings a modern southern plantation feel to your golf experience. Relax before or after your game on the beautiful 6,800 square-foot wrap-around veranda.

Golf Course Statistics:

Tee                    Par    Yards   Slope    Rating

Championship        72      6543    139       71.6
Back                    72      6223    126       70.1
Middle                  72      5964    122       69.0
Forward               72      5183     115       65.2


Barony Course at Port Royal Golf Club Course Info:
10 Clubhouse Drive
Hilton Head, SC 29926
www.portroyalgolfclub.com
(843) 689-4653

Shipyard Golf Club

Named by Golf Digest as one of the "Top 75 U.S. Golf Resorts", Shipyard Golf Club, ,located in beautiful Shipyard Plantation on Hilton Head Island, offers incredible golf, even by Hilton Head standards! Boasting 27 holes of golf with a scenic Low Country backdrop of mossy oaks, blossoming magnolias, seaside marshes and towering pines, Shipyard Golf Club is as unique as it is challenging. Open to visitors and Island residents for year round golf, Shipyard is a must play course on Hilton Head Island.

This championship course features large greens with Low Country lagoons, well placed, challenging bunkers and beautiful terrains. A unique feature of the Shipyard Golf Course is that you can combine any 2 of the Clipper, Galleon, or Brigantine Courses to make a truly unique and challenging 18-hole round each time you play. Whether you enjoy long fairways with tons of hazards or scenic lagoons with a Low Country view, Shipyard Golf Club lets your choose your course’s features.

No matter which combination of courses you choose, you have to bring your “A” game to make par at Shipyard Golf Club. This championship course with well-measured approaches demands your attention around every winding turn.

Golf Course Statistics:

Tee                                    Par      Yards     Slope     Rating

Galleon/Brigantine

Middle                                  72       5859      119        68.9
Forward                               72       5127      118        70.5
Championship                       72       6735      133        72.7
Back                                   72       6200      123        70.1

Brigantine/Clipper

Middle                                  72      5984      123         69.4
Forward                               72       5202      121        70.5
Championship                        72       6855      138        73.3
Back                                    72       6356      129        70.8

Clipper/Galleon    

Middle                                  72       6073      126         69.5
Forward                               72       5391      124         71.0
Championship                        72       6878      133         73.2
Back                                    72       6448      131         71.2


Shipyard Golf Club Course Info:
45 Shipyard Drive
Hilton Head, SC 29928
http://shipyardgolfclub.com
(843) 689-4653 or (800) 234-6318

Oyster Reef Golf Club, Hilton Head Plantation

Established in 1982, the Rees Jones designed Oyster Reef Golf Club, located inside the gates of beautiful Hilton Head Plantation, is popular among locals and visitors of the Island. This semi-private18-hole award winning championship course has been voted one of the “Top 20 Courses in the Carolinas”, one of the “Top 75 U.S. Golf Resorts” by Golf Digest and was voted the 2006 Low Country Golf Course of the Year. Oyster Reef Golf Club enjoys a quite a prestigious reputation on Hilton Head Island and is a “must golf” course during your visit.

Situated on 190 picturesque acres of beautiful SC Low Country land, the course is surrounded by marshes, lagoons, moss dripping oak trees and lush foliage. The Oyster Reef Course utilizes Hilton Head’s natural landscape to create a challenging course with breathtaking Island views. Designer Rees Jones used the natural landscape and terrain of the Low Country to make one of the Island’s most awe inspiring holes, which has graced the cover of many golf magazines. The signature hole, the Par 3 #6 hole at the Oyster Reef Golf Club has a beautiful view of the Port Royal Sound that seems to go on for miles. The play is 192 yards from the championship tees to the green and the spectacular view makes it hard to concentrate on anything other than the Low Country scenery. For even more distraction, Jones added an extra large bunker right in front of the hole to offer a challenge for even the most experienced golfer!

Ranging from 7,014 yards from the championship tees to 5,288 yards from the forward tees, Oyster Reef challenges and rewards golfers of all skill levels.  The 18-hole championship course offers 66 bunkers, elevated tees, tiered greens, and numerous dogleg fairways for interesting and challenging play. The well designed tiers and varying greens size calls for planned approaches for every shot on the course. The two back tees require you to call on your golf skills while you attempt to hit tee shots through the tall Carolina pines and around the bunkers, and the water hazards throughout the 18 scenic holes keep you alert and intrigued as you prepare for each unique shot.

Golf Course Statistics:

Tee      Par    Yards    Slope   Rating

Gold     72     7018     137      74.7
Blue     72     6440     124      72.6
White   72     6071     121      71.0
Ladies  72     5288     120      71.1

Oyster Reef Golf Club Course Info:
155 High Bluff Rd.
Hilton Head, SC 29926
(800) 234-6318
www.oysterreefgolfclub.com

Heron Point, Sea Pines Resort

The old Sea Marsh Golf Course in Sea Pines Resort is no longer. It has been completely transformed into a magnificent new course, designed by legendary golfer and course designer Pete Dye. Also the designer of the famous Harbour Town Golf Links in Sea Pines, Pete Dye has completed a total transformation of the old course, now known as Heron Point by Pete Dye.

True to Dye’s unique golf course design schemes, Heron Point has tree lined fairways, sprinkled with plenty of eye catching landscape distractions along the way. His trademark visual deception adds to the structure and challenge of the course, giving you a run for your money to meet par.

Heron Point is a fun course to play and always leaves you guessing with its hidden bunkers, ever present water hazards, and dramatic greens with shifting elevations. The new course offers seven sets of tees including a special set of permanent tees for family enjoyment and novice players. The new Heron Point Course offers beautiful views of the scenic Low Country landscape with the marshlands and forests spotlighted from various holes. 

Heron Point is the perfect addition to Sea Pines and the world famous Harbour Town Golf Links. You could make a vacation on Hilton Head just playing these world class courses in Sea Pines.

Golf Course Statistics:

Tee             Par      Yards

Special         71       7103
Heritage       71        7007
Dye             71        6625
Sea Pines     71        6168
Carolina       71        5802
Palmetto     71        5261
Family         71        3743


Heron Point Golf Course Info:
100 North Sea Pines Dr.
Hilton Head Island, SC
(843) 842-8484
www.seapines.com/golf/heron-point-by-pete-dye.asp