Palmetto Dunes Golf Courses
Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina · Hilton Head Island golf market
- Access
- public
- Holes
- 54
- Architect(s)
- Robert Trent Jones Sr., George Fazio, Arthur Hills
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Palmetto Dunes is a large oceanfront resort and residential community with three championship golf courses, no membership requirement, and open public play -- a genuinely different access model from the plantation-club cluster that defines most of this market, but one where golf is still a defining, demand-driving amenity.
Golf & Course
The Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront Course, renovated at a reported $3 million cost, was rated among the best courses in the Southeast by Golfweek readers, with its par-5 10th hole offering an Atlantic Ocean view. The George Fazio Course is regarded as the island's most challenging championship course, ranked among America's top 100 courses, and is the island's only public par-70. The Arthur Hills Course is built across a series of rolling dunes.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
All three courses are open to public, daily-fee play with no membership requirement or residency link -- the most open access model of any golf anchor researched in this market.
Living in Palmetto Dunes Golf Courses
Palmetto Dunes Property Owners Association (PDPOA) manages a mix of year-round and part-time residents' properties, funding beach renourishment, marina operations, lagoons, and guard-gated common areas.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Tennis/pickleball, a marina, and beach access round out Palmetto Dunes' broader resort-lifestyle identity alongside golf.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located at the heart of Hilton Head Island, oceanfront, between Shipyard Plantation and Port Royal Plantation geographically.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current green fees for each course directly.
- Confirm current PDPOA residential assessment and whether it varies by property type/location within Palmetto Dunes.
- Confirm gated/access-control status -- not independently verified this session.
Notable
- The George Fazio Course is the island's only public par-70 and is ranked among America's top 100 courses.
- The Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront Course was named among the best in the Southeast by Golfweek readers after a $3 million renovation.
- All three courses are open to public play with no membership requirement.
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