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Charleston Area Golf

 
There is certainly much more to the historic Charleston and Resort Beaches’ golf scene besides Kiawah Island Golf Resort’s five superb resort courses. In fact, the region’s two dozen spectacular layouts are designed by some of the world’s finest golf-course architects, including Pete Dye, Tom Fazio, Jack Nicklaus, Rees Jones, Tom Jackson and Gary Player, among others.
 
However, Kiawah’s Ocean Course – which helped place Charleston on the world’s golf map after it hosted the dramatic 1991 Ryder Cup matches – is the region’s top dog. Dye’s link-style creation along the Atlantic Ocean is ranked 28th on Golf Digest’s “America’s 100 Greatest Courses” list, and is one of only 16 U.S. courses to have earned a perfect 5 stars in Digest’s “Best Places to Play, 2004-2005.” And the Ocean Course – which also hosted the 1997 and 2003 World Cup of Golf – will continue to draw attention to Charleston when it hosts the 2007 Senior PGA Championship and the 2012 PGA Championship .
 
Besides the Ocean Course’s perfect “Best Places to Play” rating, Digest readers gave three other area courses 4.5 stars – Kiawah’s Cougar Point and Turtle Point, and River Towne Country Club – and six area courses 4 stars – Charleston National Country Club, Seabrook Island’s Crooked Oaks and Ocean Winds courses, Kiawah’s Osprey Point, and Wild Dunes Resort’s Links Course and Harbor Course. Osprey Point is also ranked 10th in Golf for Women’s 2005 “Top 50 Courses for Women” ranking.
 
Charleston’s newest nationally acclaimed golf club is Dunes West. Golf Digest ranked the Arthur Hills design as a “Top 10 New Resort Course,” and it’s on Golfweek’s “America’s Best” list.
 
And Harleston Green, America’s first golf course, is believed to have been where the term “green fees” was coined.
 
Things to Do:
Charleston is a hit with golfers and non-golfers alike. For instance, Charleston has lots of historic charm (including numerous historic landmarks); beautiful sun-drenched beaches, countless lodging options that include world-class resorts, hotels, quaint bed-and-breakfasts and private home rentals; fine dining; antique and specialty shopping; boating, fishing and, of course, generous helpings of Southern hospitality.
 
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