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Your guide to every course, current conditions, local news, and insider tips for golf in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
Beaufort Golf Weather Now
- Overcast conditions often mean slower greens — add one extra foot of break.
- Winds 17 mph — keep the ball low, choke down 1-2 inches.
Beaufort Course Conditions Today
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Beaufort SC Golf Courses
Greens: Bermuda
Ranked among the top private clubs in South Carolina, Secession is a walking-only, caddie-required club on Port Royal Sound. P.B. Dye's design emphasizes strategic angles over length, with marsh views on nearly every hole. The men's-golf-only culture and no-tee-time policy give it a distinctive character.
Walking-only. Caddies mandatory. Consistently ranked in Golf Digest America's 100 Greatest.
Greens: Bermuda
Original Fripp Island course, designed by George Cobb in 1964. Ocean Point runs along the Atlantic with marsh, dunes, and pine as recurring hazards. Six holes touch the ocean. Recent renovations updated the greens and drainage while preserving Cobb's classic routing.
Six holes with direct ocean views. Wildlife (deer, alligators) part of the experience.
Greens: Bermuda
Davis Love III's design threads through Fripp's maritime forest, tidal marsh, and lagoons. Considered the more strategic of the two Fripp courses, with narrower fairways and more forced carries than Ocean Point. Alligators are common; carry-yardages matter more than raw distance.
Davis Love III's design signature: elevated tees, framed doglegs, water on 14 holes.
Greens: Bermuda
Fazio's Cotton Dike opened Dataw Island's golf program in 1983 and remains the flagship. Set on former Sea Island cotton plantation land, the course uses tidal marsh, live oaks, and antebellum ruins as design features. Cotton Dike hosts most Dataw member tournaments.
Antebellum ruins along the fairways. Frequently ranked among the top private courses in the Lowcountry.
Greens: Bermuda
Arthur Hills routed Morgan River along the tidal river that gives it its name. More open than Cotton Dike, with longer forced carries and dramatic elevation changes near the closing holes. Members typically call it the tougher of Dataw's two courses.
Long carries off the tee. Wind exposure higher than Cotton Dike.
Greens: Bermuda
Callawassie is a 27-hole private community with three nine-hole layouts (Palmetto, Magnolia, Dogwood) that can be played in three combinations. Tom Fazio designed the original 18 with Jack Nicklaus consulting on greens. The Old Tabby Links designation refers to Callawassie's history as a Sea Island cotton and tabby-lime plantation.
27 holes routed in three loops. Community includes tabby ruins from the plantation era.
Greens: Bermuda
18-hole course on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. Set along the Beaufort River with live oaks and marsh views. Access requires military ID or being the guest of an eligible player. One of the more accessible affordable rounds in the Beaufort area for those with base access.
Access-restricted (military base). Gate check required.
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