Dolphin Head Golf Club
Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina · Hilton Head Island golf market
- Access
- membership optional
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Gary Player
- Gated
- Yes
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Dolphin Head Golf Club, opened in 1974, was Hilton Head Plantation's first course and Gary Player's first design in the Hilton Head area. It is operated by GreatLIFE Golf Management (Brown Golf portfolio) as a semi-private, public-access daily-fee course with optional Single Golf and Family Golf membership tiers layered on top.
Golf & Course
Designed by Gary Player and opened in 1974.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
The course is open to public/daily-fee play; optional membership tiers (Single Golf: $3,500 initiation + $2,950/yr; Family Golf: $3,500 initiation + $4,853/yr, each with an optional annual cart plan add-on) provide discounted tee times, tournaments, and dining. Membership is not required for Hilton Head Plantation homeowners. GreatLIFE Golf Management markets the club as its 'Premier' brand -- classic championship golf with food & beverage, semi-private in structure, not the strictly private, member-owned model some older or third-party listings describe.
Living in Dolphin Head Golf Club
The fourth of Hilton Head Plantation's distinct golf clubs, alongside Country Club of Hilton Head, Bear Creek, and Oyster Reef.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located within Hilton Head Plantation, Hilton Head Island.
Costs & Fees
Figures below are labeled Current only when the source itself frames them as presently accurate. Everything else is labeled Historical — a source checked today does not make an old fee a current one.
Golf membership initiation
Current$3,500
One-time initiation fee of $3,500 plus tax, per the club's own membership page. Applies to the optional Single Golf / Family Golf membership tiers layered on top of daily-fee public play, not a country-club-style membership required for anything.
Annual dues
Current$2,950
Single Golf membership: $2,950/year. Family Golf membership: $4,853/year. Annual Cart Plan add-ons: Single $2,546/year, Family $4,074/year. Standard (non-plan) cart fees are $15 for 9 holes and $25 for 18 holes for members without a cart plan.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current membership fees directly -- $3,500 initiation / $2,950 (Single) and $4,853 (Family) annual dues found this session via the club's own membership page, but no explicit effective/revision date was visible on the page.
Notable
- Hilton Head Plantation's first golf course, opened 1974.
- Gary Player's first design in the Hilton Head area.
- Operated by GreatLIFE Golf Management under its 'Premier' brand -- semi-private, public daily-fee access with optional paid membership tiers, resolving the earlier discovery-pass conflict in favor of the public-friendly characterization.
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