Courses played and reviewed in the Palmetto State.
I understand how golfers that have played the iconic Harbour Town Golf Links could overlook the Heron Point G.C. on the Sea Pines Plantation as just one of the “rest” of the courses on Hilton Head Island. Heron Point lacks the breathtaking views of Calibogue Sound, the PGA tournament pedigree, and the immaculate conditioning that…
On my several jaunts to Hilton Head Island (“HHI”), the fairly steep discounts offered by the off-island, Bluffton area golf courses are always intriguing. On the course websites and on GolfNow, 18 holes with a cart seems to go for half, or even less, of what the HHI-proper courses charged for greens and carts fees.…
My round on the Robert Trent Jones (“RTJ”) Course at Palmetto Dunes made me wish I’d had two weeks of vacation to spend on Hilton Head instead of just one. No, not because the course was that spectacular, though it was great. It absolutely was a beautiful course in pristine condition for being so early in…
The best golf I played of the entire week on Hilton Head was, by no coincidence, on the easiest golf course I played all week. My round at Oyster Reef Golf Club was my last lone wolf round for the week, and played on what proved to be the final day of horrendous weather. It…
Admittedly, being the course that follows getting to play Harbour Town as the only golfer on the course is a tall ask and a bit unfair. Nonetheless, I was really looking forward to playing Country Club of Hilton Head (“CCHH”). That was until the weather report came true. It was 41 degrees and raining when…
On this fourth trip to Hilton Head Island, I finally played Harbour Town Golf Links. Since The Wife and I began planning this year’s trip last fall, I looked forward to playing the epochal Sea Pines plantation course and crossing it off the Golf Bucket List. It is a course every golfer has heard of,…
Day two of this year’s Hilton Head experience was vastly different from Day One, as the temperature plummeted overnight, producing a high temperature Tuesday only in the low 40’s. The polar vortex had picked up our scent as we’d fled Kentucky, and followed us to the Lowcountry. Undeterred by the elements, The Wife dropped…
After an extended winter of miserable weather in Central Kentucky, the Wife and I finally escaped to warm, friendly Hilton Head Island, South Carolina for a much needed vacation. We were driving south as four to six inches of freezing rain and snow were falling in Lexington. I could barely get sleep in our beautiful…