89 of the best courses in South Carolina that take public tee times, in 5 areas. Pick an area to see its courses. Private member clubs are left out.
When to go: Best March to May and September to November; summer is hot and humid but cheap, and winter golf is mild on the coast.
⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡5/5 Golfing Volts rate each area from 1 to 5 on four things, weighted equally: how good the best courses are (national rankings), how many good courses there are and how varied, value for the green fee, and how long the golf season runs.
⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡5/5 Golfing Volts
Myrtle Beach · Pawleys Island · Murrells Inlet · North Myrtle Beach · Little River · Longs
Top picks: The Dunes Golf & Beach Club, Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, TPC Myrtle Beach
⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡5/5 Golfing Volts
Hilton Head Island · Bluffton · Okatie (Bluffton)
Top picks: Harbour Town Golf Links, Palmetto Bluff - May River Golf Club, Atlantic Dunes by Davis Love III
⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡5/5 Golfing Volts
Kiawah Island · Seabrook Island · Isle of Palms · Charleston (James Island) · Mount Pleasant · Hollywood · Johns Island · Summerville · Charleston (West Ashley)
Top picks: Kiawah Island Golf Resort - The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island Golf Resort - Osprey Point, Kiawah Island Golf Resort - Turtle Point
⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡3/5 Golfing Volts
Clemson · Greenville · Campobello · Duncan · Travelers Rest · Anderson · Inman · Fountain Inn · Westminster · Gramling · Pickens · Pendleton · Easley · Taylors · Greer · Piedmont · Spartanburg
Top picks: The Walker Course at Clemson University, Furman University Golf Club, The Preserve at Verdae
⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡2/5 Golfing Volts
Chapin · Blythewood · Santee · Columbia · Lexington · Saluda · Prosperity · West Columbia · Orangeburg
Top picks: Timberlake Country Club, Cobblestone Park Golf Club, Santee National Golf Club