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Hilton Head Island Travel Guide

By Sheridan Alexander, About.com

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Hilton Head Island Golf

Photo: Courtesy of the Hilton Head Island Visitor and Convention Bureau
Known as The Golf Island, Hilton Head, along with nearby Bluffton, offers more than 20 public or semi-private golf courses with public access for visiting golfers. Approximately one million rounds of golf are played each year at Hilton Head by golfers of all ages and ability levels. An estimated one-third of all visitors choose Hilton Head strictly for the golf.

Many of the courses have been designed by some of golf's legendary figures, including: George and Tom Fazio; Arthur Hills; Rees and Robert Trent Jones; Pete Dye; Jack Nicklaus; Arnold Palmer; George Cobb; Gary Player; Fuzzy Zoeller and Willard Byrd.

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