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Travel Guide to Hilton Head Island Golf Resorts and Golf Courses

By Sheridan Alexander, About.com

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Where to Play Golf on Hilton Head Island

Eighteenth Hole on the famed Harbour Town Golf Links located in Sea Pines Resort

Eighteenth Hole on the famed Harbour Town Golf Links located in The Sea Pines Resort

Photo: Courtesy of the Hilton Head Island Visitor & Convention Bureau / The Harbour Town Lighthouse

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.

This guide to golf courses on Hilton Head Island provides information about many of the area's most popular golf resort communities with basic statistics and contact information for the public access courses located within each resort complex.

Popular Public and Semi-Private Hilton Head Golf Courses

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