Best Golf Courses In South Carolina

The best golf courses in South Carolina include two of the finest public courses on the southeastern seaboard – The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island and Harbour Town Golf Links at Sea Pines Resort. Both these tracks have hosted some of the best golfers in the world, Harbour Town for the annual Heritage Classic, now known as the RBC Heritage, on the PGA Tour, and Kiawah Island hosted the War On the Shore Ryder Cup of 1991 as well as two PGA Championships. But there are many other great golfing layouts in the Palmetto State, as we recount below.

Caledonia Golf & Fish Club

Location: Pawleys Island
Designed by: Mike Strantz
Par: 70
Yardage: 6,526 yards
Green fee: $109-$249
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In the world of monster par 3s, the 9th at Caledonia Golf & Fish Club is a welcome change, running only 118 yards to the centre of a shallow green which lurks behind a sprawling bunker which defends the entire front of the green. Flamboyant bunkering is a feature of the often imaginative designs, with risk-and-reward golf options, holes which barrel through avenues of mature oak trees and — the clue’s in the club name — a fair few water hazards sploshed about.

Congaree Golf Club

Congaree 8th hole — (Image credit: Getty Images)

Location: Ridgeland
Designed by: Tom Fazio
Par: 71
Yardage: 7,655 Yards
Green fee: Private
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Congaree was founded by two philanthropic billionaires ‘to provide underserved and well-deserving high school students who aspire to play collegiate golf access to the highest level of athletic coaching and academic tools to enhance their opportunities for success.’ The course was carved through a forest, with large sandy areas, lakes and ponds added. In 20021 it hosted the PGA Tour for the Palmetto Championship at Congaree, a one-off event designed to replace that year’s Canadian Open, which had been cancelled due to Covid.

The Dunes Golf & Beach Club

Dunes Golf & Beach Club 11th hole

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Location: Myrtle Beach
Designed by: Robert Trent Jones
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,340 yards
Green fee: Semi private, fees on application
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Generally regarded as the best golf course in Myrtle Beach, it experiences Ocean breezes despite only one hole, the 9th, actually offering views of the sea. In the main the course is a combination of parkland, woodland and marshland. The later gives rise to the many of the water holes. The majority of the holes…

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Best Golf Courses In South Carolina