Rankings

Best Golf Courses in South Carolina

The best golf courses the Golf Course Gurus have played in The Palmetto State.

Kiawah Island Resort (Ocean) (Pete Dye 1991; Johns Island, South Carolina)*
Congaree Golf Club (Tom Fazio 2017; Ridgeland, South Carolina)
Tree Farm, The (Zac Blair/Tom Doak/Kye Goalby 2023; Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina)
Old Barnwell (Brian Schneider and Blake Conant 2023; Aiken, South Carolina)
21 Golf Club (Brian Zager 2026; Jackson, South Carolina)
Sage Valley Golf Club (Tom Fazio 2001; Graniteville, South Carolina)
True Blue Golf Club (Mike Strantz 1998; Pawleys Island, South Carolina)*
Tidewater Golf Club (Ken Tomlinson 1990; North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)*
Caledonia Golf & Fish Club (Mike Strantz 1994; Pawleys Island, South Carolina)*
Long Cove Club (Pete Dye 1981; Hilton Head Island, South Carolina)

Kiawah Island Resort (Ocean)

Kiawah Island Club (Cassique) (Tom Watson 2000; Johns Island, South Carolina)
Palmetto Golf Club (Herbert Leeds 1895; Aiken, South Carolina)
Bulls Bay Golf Club (Mike Strantz 2002; Awendaw, South Carolina)
Broomsedge Golf Club (Kyle Franz and Mike Koprowski, 2024; Rembert, South Carolina)
Anson Point at Palmetto Bluffs (Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw 2026; Bluffton, South Carolina)
May River at Palmetto Bluffs (Jack Nicklaus 2005; Bluffton, South Carolina)*
Dunes Golf and Beach Club (Robert Trent Jones Sr. 1948, with remodels 1978 and 1993; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)*
Grande Dunes Resort Club (Roger Rulewich 2001; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)*
Kiawah Island Club (River) (Tom Fazio 1995; Kiawah Island, South Carolina)
Barefoot Resort (Love) (Davis Love III 2000; North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)*

Kiawah Island Club (Cassique)

Harbour Town Golf Links (Pete Dye 1969; Hilton Head Island, South Carolina)*
Legends Resort (Heathland) (Tom Doak 1990; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)*
Pawleys Plantation Golf and Country Club (Jack Nicklaus 1989; Pawleys Island, South Carolina)*
Quixote Club (Kris Spence and Jack Nicklaus II 2020; Sumter, South Carolina)
TPC Myrtle Beach (Tom Fazio 1999; Murrells Inlet, South Carolina)*
Arrowhead Country Club (Raymond Floyd 1994; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)*
Barefoot Resort (Fazio) (Tom Fazio 2000; North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)*
Prestwick Country Club (Pete Dye and P.B. Dye 1989; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)*
Surf Golf and Beach Club (George Cobb 1960; North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina )
Kiawah Island Resort (Cougar Point) (Gary Player 1976 and redesigned 1996; Kiawah Island, South Carolina)*

Harbour Town Golf Links

Pine Lakes Country Club (Robert White 1927; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)*
Reserve Golf Club, The (Greg Norman 1998; Pawleys Island, South Carolina)
Barefoot Resort (Norman) (Greg Norman 2000; North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)*
Atlantic Dunes at Sea Pines Resort (Davis Love III 2016 (Original George Cobb 1961, Mark McCumber 1995 renovation); Hilton Head Island, South Carolina)*
Wachesaw Plantation Club (Tom Fazio 1986; Murrells Inlet, South Carolina)
Crossroads at Palmetto Bluffs (Press) (King-Collins 2024; Bluffton, South Carolina)

Pine Lakes Country Club