Golf and Travel: Coastal South Carolina
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The tricky Harbour Town Golf Links were designed in 1969 by Pete Dye on Hilton Head Island - which is now today a well known golf and resort community. Harbour Town is thought to be one of Dyes' best designs. During the construction process he sought out the 'Shot Value' advice of Jack Nicklaus Dye's Harbor Town still holds it's mettle against todays long hitting touring professionals. Cut out of virgin lowland and intercoastal South Carolina terrain and at only 6800 yards - the front and back nines loop clockwise bringing all possible wind directions and a complete variety of golf shots into small and relatively flat but tricky greens. Many of the golf holes are surrounded by their characteristic jet black brackish ponds and large dark 100 year old Spanish Oak trees. Add in the abundant gray Spanish Moss hanging from the oak trees, and white sandy soil against the backdrop of green fairways and greens, and you capture a Mystique reminiscent of Robert Trent Jones’ west coast counterpart -the hilly Spyglass Hill golf club. Reeds and intercoastal marsh land was part of what Pete Dye got to work with here at Harbour Town - a golf architects delight. Dye does a great job with railroad ties bordering bunkers and fronting the greens with the finishing holes along the marsh and historic Calibogi Sound. CaddyBytes image 18th Green Harbor Town- (Click Here to See our Harbour Town Slide Show ):
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Kiawah Island Golf Resort
The Kiawah Island Resort is one of the most-acclaimed in the world. There are five courses at the resort the famed Ocean Course - designed by Pete & Alice Dye, and it opened in 1991. Turtle Point course was designed by Jack Nicklaus. It has also received accolades from Golf Digest magazine. Turtle Point has hosted regional tournaments such as the Carolina Amateur. The Osprey Point course at Kiawah Island was designed by Tom Fazio. It is recognized as one of the "50 Best Golf Courses for Women" by Golf for Women magazine. Designed by Clyde Johnston, the Oak Point course was purchased by the Kiawah Island Resort in 1997. He designed the course on what was once plantations that grew tomato and indigo. The Cougar Point golf course was originally named Marsh Point, and Gary Player redesigned it in 1996. It is a par 72 course, and from the tournament tees it measures 6,875 yards. It has a slope rating of 74.0/138. The famed Ocean Course which hosted the 1991 Ryder Cup, the 1997 and 2003 World Cup, the PGA Club Professional championship in 2005, the Senior PGA Championship in 2007, and will host the 2012 PGA Championship. (Review partially sourced here from Wikipedia.com)