SoutheastCoastal Georgia and South Carolina supply great golf with a Southern charm. Florida supplies great golf with everything else.
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| Must-Plays (cont.) | | Kiawah Island Golf Resort—Oak Point
Kiawah Island, SC
 This Scottish-American-style course borders the historic Haulover Creek and the Kiawah River. Wide areas of windswept fairways stretch alongside salt marshlands interspersed with densely forested areas of live oaks.
(Clyde Johnson)
Par 72, 6759 yards (73.8/140)
(800) 576-1570
www.kiawahresort.com
| Kiawah Island Golf Resort—Turtle Point
Kiawah Island, SC
 Opened in 1981, Turtle Point is a low-profile design with fairways and green settings blended into the existing landscape. Nowhere is this more evident than along a specatular three-hole stretch woven through rolling sand dunes directly along the Atlantic Ocean. With sparkling renovations completed in 2000, the new Turtle Point invites both past and new guests to experience the beauty of the course.
(Jack Nicklaus)
Par 72, 7054 yards (74.2/141)
(800) 576-1570
www.kiawahresort.com |
| Sea Island Resort--Plantation Course
Sea Island, GA
 Built on the Walter Travis’ venerated Plantation nine, the course was reshaped in 1998 and combined with Dick Wilson’s Retreat nine to create the brilliant 18-hole Plantation Course. Liberal sight lines between holes create a parkland feel with breathtaking ocean views, ancient live oaks, lakes, and flower-filled landscapes set against an artful canvas of fairways, bunkers and greens.
(Rees Jones)
Par 72, 7058 yards (73.9/135)
(800) SEA-ISLAND
www.seaisland.com | Sea Island Resort--Seaside Course
Sea Island, GA
 A 1999 Tom Fazio redesign transformed two of Sea Island's brilliant original nine-hole courses into an 18-hole thriller. Elevated tee boxes inspire play with magnificent vistas of Seaside's ancient oaks and cedars, the salt marsh and sand dunes, and the St. Simons Sound.
Par 70, 6945 yards (73.1/131)
(Tom Fazio)
(800) SEA-ISLAND
www.seaisland.com |
| Sea Palms Golf & Tennis Resort
St. Simons Island, GA
 Located on St. Simons Island and home to 27 newly remodeled holes, each nine has its own unique character. The Tall Pines nine is narrow, the West nine is shorter but full of water, and the Great Oaks nine is a hybrid of the two. All three feature stunning vistas and a healthy mix of easy and difficult holes destined to become memory-makers for novices and advanced players alike.
(George Cobb)
(800) 841-6268
www.seapalms.com | LPGA International
Daytona Beach, FL
 Home of the LPGA and its Tour Titleholder Championship, the 36-hole International Club begins with the Rees Jones-designed Champions Course, a thought-provoking and picturesque layout with heavy Scottish influences and a variety of integrated nature preserves. The newer Arthur Hills-designed Legends Course is equally beautiful, with heavily bunkered greens and water on more than half its holes. Even though both these courses were designed specifically for women’s competition, both are man enough to challenge anyone.
Legends: Par 72, 6984 yards (74.5/138) (Arthur Hills)
Champions Par 72, 7088 yards (74.0/134) (Rees Jones)
(386) 274-LPGA
www.lpgainternational.com
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| Walt Disney World Resort—Eagle Pines
Orlando, FL
 Rolling fairways and surrounding wetlands give Eagle Pines a unique look and an equally matchless challenge. A low-profile, Carolina-style course that follows the natural contours of the land where water and sand await errant shots.
(Pete Dye)
Par 72, 6772 yards (72.5/70.1)
www.disneyworld.com
| Walt Disney World Resort—Magnolia
Orlando, FL
 Another course that plays host to the PGA Tour’s Funai Classic, the Magnolia—with its beautifully manicured links and abundance of fragrant magnolias—offers a natural setting with large greens and tranquil water hazards.
(Joe Lee)
Par 72, 7190 yards (74.9/136)
www.disneyworld.com |
| Westin Innisbrook Resort--Copperhead
Tampa, FL
 Innisbrook is one destination where you can literally stay and play—for good. There’s no reason to ever leave this magnificent property, with 72 holes of golf, six large pools, 600 guest suites, four restaurants, numerous tennis courts and a nature preserve—literally everything is here. The golf ranges from subdued to difficult, with its flagship course being the treacherous Copperhead, home to the PGA Tour’s Chrysler Championship.
(Larry & Roger Packard)
Par 72, 7295 yards (75.6/140)
(877) 752-1480
www.golfinnisbrookresort.com | |
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