SoutheastCoastal Georgia and South Carolina supply great golf with a Southern charm. Florida supplies great golf with everything else.
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GT Selects (cont.)
| | Sea Pines Resort—Harbour Town Golf Links
Hilton Head Island, SC
 The lighthouse. The tartan jacket. The world’s best struggling against a short that’s deceptively short yet long on challenge. Play at the home of the MCI Heritage Classic and one of the all-time modern classics—Harbour Town Golf Links. Ranked the top-ranked course in South Caroliona is a Scottish-style layout that, above else, requires perfectly positioned shots, arrow-straight accuracy and unwavering consistency.
Par 71, 6916 yards (74.0/136)
(Pete Dye & Jack Nicklaus)
(888) 807-6873
www.seapines.com
| TPC at Sawgrass—Stadium Course
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
 The Pete Dye TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course is the ultimate combination of brawn and beauty. As easy as it is on the eyes, it’s just as demanding on your ability to hit targeted golf shots with little room for error. Nevertheless, this Florida favorite is admired by the world every year at the PGA Tour’s Players Championship. Also noteworthy is its sibling, the Valley Course. The Marriott hotel on site is deluxe.
(Pete Dye)
Par 72, 6954 yards (75.0/149)
(800) 457-4653
www.sawgrassmarriott.com
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| Walt Disney World Resort—Osprey Ridge
Orlando, FL
 Truly dramatic fairways cut through forests of scrub oak, pine, palmetto, cypress and bay trees. The serene splendor of an elegant wilderness envelops a superb design. This spectacular course is one of the best in Florida.
(Tom Fazio)
Par 72, 7101 yards (74.4/131)
www.disneyworld.com | Walt Disney World Resort—Palm Course
Orlando
 The natural beauty of the Florida woodlands also makes this course one of Disney’s toughest courses. Sparkling lakes and tropical sand, with strategically placed palms. Offers golfers plenty of challenge, just as it does during the PGA Tour’s Funai Classic.
(Joe Lee)
Par 72, 6957 yards (73.9/138)
www.disneyworld.com
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Southeast Must-Plays
| | The Hampton Club
St. Simons Island, GA
 The 18-hole Hampton Club, located on the historical Hampton Plantation on St. Simons Island, literally hopscotches several marshes, connected by a series of cart bridges that look as if they serve as anchors to make sure the holes don’t drift away into sea. The course looks challenging, but it’s more fun than it is demanding. It’s also a must-play for nature-loving golfers.
(Joe Lee)
Par 72, 6465 yards (71.1/135)
(912) 634-0255
www.hamptonclub.com | Jekyll Island—Indian Mound
Jekyll Island, GA
 This 18-hole challenge with its trademark strategically situated fairway bunkers plays through some of Jekyll Island's most pristine lakes and marshes. It’s named Indian Mounds after the large oyster shell middens deposited by aboriginal tribes hundreds of years prior.
(Joe Lee)
Par 72, 6496 yards (71.3/130)
(877) 4-JEKYLL
www.jekyllisland.com
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| Jekyll Island—Oleander
Jekyll Island, GA
 Created in 1964 on the grounds on what was once the 34th oldest registered golf course in the United States. Oleander, a local favorite, challenges golfers with numerous doglegs and holes that play only 300 yards from the ocean—watch out for those trade winds!
(Dick Wilson)
Par 72, 6521 yards (71.7/126)
(877) 4-JEKYLL
www.jekyllisland.com | Kiawah Island Golf Resort—Cougar Point
Kiawah Island, SC
 Good value and great condition define Cougar point, a layout featuring holes that play hard against broad expanses of tidal marsh and which offe panoramic views of the Kiawah River and acres of needlerush and spartina grass. Cougar Point is designed to test the scratch player while providing an enjoyable round for all.
(Gary Player)
Par 72, 6887 yards (73.0/134)
(800) 576-1570
www.kiawahresort.com
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