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Kiawah resort, Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head, Daufuskie and more: The best island golf courses in South Carolina
Kiawah resort, Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head, Daufuskie and more: The best island golf courses in South Carolina Much of coastal South Carolina is referred to as the "lowcountry," and you don't get much lower than the state's islands. South Carolina islands positively reek with history and ambiance; you can stand under a canopy of moss-draped oaks and imagine any number of Civil War battles. You don't have to imagine world-class golf courses, though. They're there, and we've played most of them. Here are some of our favorites ...
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The 44-year-old P.B. Dye is carrying the torch for the family business in fine fashion. He's currently working on a Dominican Republic course, already staked out with impressive views of the blue Caribbean.
Feature Stories
- Kiawah resort, Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head, Daufuskie and more: The best island golf courses in South Carolina
- Great golf, nightlife make Palm Springs bachelorette party central
- Long golf trip on tap? Here are packing tips from a journeyman
- Gulf Coast offers great golf and world-class fishing too
- Cheap, close and unpretentious: Florida's best municipal golf courses
- Forget your Philadelphia stereotypes: City boasts great golf, hot restaurants, nightclubs
- Red rocks, art, scenic courses: Sedona's a cool Arizona golf spot
- Grand Cayman: Great dining compliments small but impressive golf scene
- Head to east Tennessee for great golf in the Great Smoky Mountains
- Georgia's barrier islands: Great golf amid dazzling coastal views
- Las Vegas Strip tips: Avoid ripoffs and save big on a Nevada golf trip
- Florida, Alabama offer Gulf Coast's top island golf courses
- Antiques roadshow? Close by Scottsdale, Glendale, Ariz. boasts top shops, plus golf at Verrado, Wigwam, Vistancia, Arrowhead, more
- Southern California golf: Searching out affordable fun on and off the course
- Emeraude offers luxury travel in a bay where dragons spit pearls in Vietnam
- Good ol' Dad deserves some good new golf gifts this Father's Day
- Florida golf resorts: Ranking the best of the best
- Course superintendents want respect: Your golf game depends on it
- Fine dining in Myrtle Beach? It's a surprise, but no joke
- Better than jewelry: Mother's Day golf gift ideas for Mom!
- Travel tips for golfers: From playing private courses, to free rental car upgrades, the secret's out
- Family golf: The best kid-friendly vacation spots on the West Coast
- Great golf in the present complements Charleston's living past
- Golf, grassy knolls: Dallas perfect for conspiracy-minded golfers
- Nevada's best gorilla golf courses: Beat your chest and let it rip
- PGA Learning Center a golf practice field of dreams in south Florida
- Hawaii golf's little giant: Kauai courses gaining notice
- Top California golf resorts: Pebble Beach rocks, but La Quinta's no. 1
- Top Carolina golf resorts: Start at Pinehurst, then go coastal
- Golf's a sailing breeze for Seattle's cruise ship crowd
- No fool's gold: Ranking Nevada's top golf resorts
- Golfing Vietnam or The Great Escape: Golf travel ala Steve McQueen
- Miami golf courses primed for Super Bowl - book tee times now
- Top Caribbean golf resorts a cure for the winter blues
- International Junior Golf Academy: Golf's youth movement is here
- Gift ideas: All we girls want for Christmas is - golf stuff
- Christmas golf gifts: Something for every male golfer, new and old
- Chi Linh Star golf course is, in fact, a star in northern Vietnam
- Women's golf: Pinehurst makes women golfers feel right at home
- Want a little romance? Golf hot spots make for great couple trip
- Warm-weather golf spots serve up a Thanksgiving package feast
- Believe it or not: Post-war, pro-business Vietnam now looking to golf
- Podcasting: Getting a handle on the Internet's new wave
- Pinehurst top 10: In the "home of U.S. golf," No. 2 still tops
- Ryder Cup 2006: Can the Americans win on foreign soil?
- With golf travel insurance, you're covered against bad weather, post-ace drinks, more
- Caribbean travel: Bermuda offers much more than just golf courses
- Celebrity golf lessons from Ray Romano, Donald Trump and Ben Roethlisberger
- Something for every golfing dad this Father's Day
- Golf books: A summer 2006 reading list for golfers
- Duffing moms will be thrilled with Mother's Day golf gifts
- Young Korean golf star, 7, set to take world by storm
- Roger Clemens: An ace collects aces as he avoids retirement
- Luke Swilor working toward the PGA Tour, while blogging about it
- First on the First Coast: The Top-10 golf courses in Jacksonville, Fla.
- Cardinals ace Mark Mulder talks pitching confidence and golf
- Luke Swilor working toward the PGA Tour, while blogging about it
- March Madness on the court and on the golf course in Indianapolis
- High-end New West duel: The Top 10 golf courses in Arizona
- From ocean to desert: The Top 10 golf courses in Southern Calif.
- Going to Hilton Head? Try our top-10 golf courses
- Show and dough: The top 10 golf courses in Las Vegas
- From Sawgrass to Copperhead, here are Florida's top 10 golf courses
- Georgia’s top-10 golf courses on our minds
- Here it is: Myrtle Beach's top 10 golf courses
- Failing airlines, high gas prices shouldn't sway 2006 travelers
- College football's bowl season means big games, great golf
- This year's guide to stupid golf gifts for your loved one
- Is Annika Sorenstam's mojo gone? Teens stealing the spotlight
- Reciprocal Golf helps country club members play other courses
- Controversial golf course designer Mike Strantz was satisfied with his legacy
- Father's Day golf gifts for Dad - just in case he hated the tie
- Vijay Singh remains PGA Tour's mystery man heading into the U.S. Open
- The Over and under: Overseeding a necessary evil for winter turf health
- For women-friendly golf, try these U.S. links-style courses
- Behind center or behind the desk, Brady a class act
- GolfPsych says use your right brain more, quit worrying about your lousy swing
- Golf personality profile: World-record holding ball-striker David Ogron
- Leave the rat race behind and become a looper
- Gunslinger QB Tolliver struggles to tame his wild side in golf
- Future Ryder Cup venues learn from mistakes and successes at Oakland Hills
- Vacationing for dummies: Preparing for that golf getaway
- There's more than a trace of Nicklaus in all five Bear Trace courses
- Karma behind Bandon Dunes' newest course is strong
- Long-hitting Daly not such a long-shot for Ryder Cup
- PGA will spotlight beautiful Dye course at Whistling Straits
- Former TravelGolf.com associate editor criticizes story to SATW
- Looking for golf balls,divers dredge up reptiles, leeches, eels and more
- Saturday Night Fever: The night before Maggert's nightmare
- Threesome of Masters-related books published
- British Open champ Curtis dealing with changes
- Butch Harmon's School of Golf instructs aspiring golfers from around the nation
- The golf course in print: Books to own
- Former USGA equipment guru Frank Thomas on his own now
- Hit the links on a cruise ship
- Dynamic Desert Duo: Desert Willow, Shadow Ridge outshine sunny dryland options
- Some courses that just don't belong
- Low rolling: Local rates plummet at Las Vegas area courses
- Shopping analysis: New kicks, a good book and ordering online
- The golfing good life, because no man is promised tomorrow
- Sea Trail closing delayed until late February or early March
- Five great golf resorts for couples
- Survivor Thailand's Clay finds comfort zone in golf
- Where to play in Chicago when you're not watching the U.S. Open
- Reading the greens, and more, in Mississippi
- More to Club Selection than Meets the Eye
- Top courses around the globe
- City rankings raise as many questions as answers
- There's a course in Vegas for every fan during March Madness
- PGA Tour Event Pro-Am
- Is Tiger lowering the bar in golf fashion?
- Tiger prepares for U.S. Open with an old friend
- Phoenix gears up for a smashing spring training season
- Think it through before sending her to golf school
- Everybody loves Natalie
- Southern California's roads well traveled
- Sutton, Langer show respect for the game and each other in preparation for Ryder Cup
- Las Vegas Invitational turns magical 21
- Equipment is key to a successful golf trip
- Taste the changes in Napa vineyard golf
- Dan Quayle still comes out swinging
- Noonan is not just another face in the crowd
- Super Bowl, super holes
- Ben Curtis realistic about PGA Tour expectations
- The ABC's of choosing a Myrtle Beach golf package
- Theme-Based Golf Courses
- We like Mike! Weir's hometown proud of its champ
- Mexico native defies odds with PGA Tour success
- Safe and (economically) sound weekend golf trips out West
- Kelli Kuehne shoots from the hip
- On the Road to Augusta, Day One
- The Elite Eight: Golf Destinations: The Dream Itinerary
- La Paz Golf Club tops list of world's highest courses
- The debate rages about the meaning of "links"
- Playing in Palm Springs: Five great places to play for $75 or less
- Picking Best of Hawaii in 2002 is no easy task
- New-look No. 7 solidifies Rees Jones' status
- College Towns Offer More than Just Tailgating
- Florida golf is filled with sightly venues
Club House
- Basic Course Design 101: Become an Educated Golfer
- 2001 Roundtable: Weiskopf, Palmer, Nicklaus
- What it's Really Like to Own Your Own Track
- Day Two: On the Road to Augusta
- Don't think "Don't miss!" (Another of Golf's Mind Games)
- How Las Vegas matches up against Myrtle Beach
Architecture
- Inspections of Katrina's damage mostly encouraging
- Building a new golf course? Consider these factors first
- Here's what it takes to make a successful golf course
- Nothing taboo when carving out great Canadian course from ancient granite and unyielding forest
- Slow-Play: The Hidden Culprits
- Courses should adapt, but forget the pros when it comes to design
From The Rough
- This Thanksgiving, our man gives thanks for Lorena Ochoa, Paul Azinger and Nick Faldo
- Pinehurst or Kiawah Island for your next golf vacation?
- Cowgrass and canings: Golf in Malaysia is worth the trip
- Great Smoky Mountains boast excellent golf courses that'll go easy on your wallet
- Is the U.S. media to blame for Michelle Wie's sad decline?
- Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson on Sunday in the U.S. Open at Oakmont? Here's how it would go down
- Golf's 'fifth major': What decides The Players' status?
- The Masters: Is Zach Johnson just another major "freak?"
- A perfect golf course blends Dye, Nicklaus, Fazio and me
- Down around Biloxi: Is the golf better than ever? Come see it all for yourself
- A post-Thanksgiving tally: Tiger, Phil, Trump, Wie, more
- Ghosts, golf and Elvis in modern-day Vietnam
- The reason for our Ryder Cup failure? George W. Bush
- Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head golf courses for old farts
- Bivens worst thing to happen to LPGA since, well, ever
- PGA Tour's Big Five has turned into a big bore
- A beefy guy in a kilt should kick Trump out of Scotland
- Roads not taken lead to hidden Irish, Scottish golf gems
- Rush Limbaugh to join TravelGolf.com as writer
- Custom club-fitting: Past the pink tees and beyond
- Jacksonville, Fla., an underachiever when it comes to promoting golf
- A belated thanksgiving for El Tigre, course marshals, more
- Van de Velde rolls up skirt, wades right in - to misogyny
- Playing 18: How did golf get to be so damn expensive?
- "The Great White Choker" in good company on the geezer tour
- Italians: Good golf, beautiful women, great food and wine – maybe a little touch-up on organization skills
- Lesbians, the LPGA, talk-show hosts and the Biloxi Blogging Blues
- Tired of the same old golf tours? Try South Africa for a real golf safari
- New Year's resolutions: stop going for the risk every time, quit bashing Casey
- U.S. team woes in Ryder Cup may be unsolvable problem
Inside Media
- Embarrassing awards, John Daly's balls, Angry Golfers, Natalie Gulbis' lame golf blog, more
- PGA Tour should introduce match play into FedEx Cup for TV ratings
- Women's British Open at St. Andrews: Historic golf moment went unseen, unheard on television
- Why are our television golf analysts so darn British?
- NBC - mainly Johnny Miller - survives carnage at Oakmont
- 'Playing Lessons from the Pros' gets you inside the heads of golf's greats
- Golf for Women: Shill for advertisers or savior for women golfers?
- PGA Tour and NASCAR: An insidious media coupling?
- New-media golf deal brings together TV pretty boys, ink-stained wretches
- Is Nick Faldo the CBS media star a changed man?
- Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head golf courses for old farts
- Despite Stallion lawsuit and other scandals, Las Vegas course owner Billy Walters gets free pass from Golfweek
- Michelle Wie's saga: Blame the media - but only partially
- For my money, the major golf mags are missing the point
- A "new media" quandary: Bloggers and press credentials?
- The Ryder Cup: Thousands of Irish shut out of live television broadcast
- Golf Channel's PGA Tour deal could be the start of something big for golf nuts
- Can a magazine "partner" with, and cover the PGA Tour?
- Don't blame Wie for cashing in on American capitalism
- Tips for Finchem to make his TV talks "sexier"
- Wie's decisions spark flames among media and her fans
- ING writing awards spotlight what's wrong with media, travel writing
- Bikini waxes, body bags and 'perfect' golf shots: golf announcers are a funny, and not so funny breed
- Calling on the SATW to clean up the sorry state of travel writing
- Golf blogs: Everything from space-time continuums to bland architects and willing sperm donors
- Cart girl mania, Masters foul-ups, Ballesteros implosions and the most overrated golf instructor of all time
- Magazine golf tips often go far out of bounds
- This month's golf media: best clubs, richest golfers, petty Seve and wild dogs
- With Shark gone and Tiger slumping, 'self-absorbed' golfers turning off viewers
- Choosing from the world of golf magazines is like choosing which club to hit
On the Spot
- LPGA players are so much tougher than the PGA's best
- Don't fear the Mormons: You can find beer & cheap scenic golf in Salt Lake City
- Canada: Where ice wine's crack, politics are open season & golf's characters rule
- Feel sorry for Sergio Garcia after his British Open meltdown? Impossible
- Glitzy gambling & golf: Palm Springs to become a mini Las Vegas?
- Forget all the Tiger Woods daddy talk - LPGA golfers face the really tough parenthood choice
- Regular golfers and PGA Tour fans know Commissioner Tim Finchem is too late to the drug-testing party
- Ever-growing, golf-rich Atlanta turns its attention to tourism
- Torrey Pines "spat" a tale of rich, whiny San Diego golfers
- Tucson's star rises in Arizona golf scene
- Drop the attitude about kids golfing on your course
- Inside golf's most guarded gates: Frenchman's Creek shows how mega rich live
- We could learn plenty from Canada's golf myth-making
- What's wrong with turning 9/11 into a golf escape?
- Celebrity golf lessons from Ray Romano, Donald Trump and Ben Roethlisberger
- Avoid becoming a McDonald's-slurping golf tourist
- Try golfland: Reno-Lake Tahoe Sierra region defies stereotypes with fun golf courses, and more
- Ever-flashing right blinkers unite! Palm Springs golf rules
- Defending the undefendable: Men-only golf clubs
- Why do golf writers ignore what golfers care about most?
- When The Donald calls to let you know he doesn't love your opinion
- Real golfers put 'adventure traveler' trendies to shame
- Want great, cheap golf? Look past the corporate powers
- Should elite golf clubs be rewarded with majors?
- From dogs on private jets to "signature holes, has the celebrity golf architect phenomenon gone mad?
- Cancun golf full of promise and pitfalls
- Kootenays of all places shows how a new golf destination can bring the adventure
- A fake concierge sham: Las Vegas golf desks serve Walters Golf, not the customer
- Industry hypocrites bring down Vegas golf by staying silent on Shadow Mountain scam
- Supposedly staid Scottsdale actually more sinfully fun than Las Vegas
A Girl's-Eye View
- Dottie Pepper shoots straight on golf, the LPGA, TV
- Save your husband, hit a Titleist
- Mother's Day golf gifts for the rest of us
- March already? Time to get motivated for the new season
- Your grandma was right: What we learned about golf in 06
- Go girls golf! Why your area needs an LPGA-USGA club
- Family for Christmas? Golf to the rescue!
- Gift ideas: All we girls want for Christmas is - golf stuff
- Golf tip: Shaking off the first-tee shakes
- Golf with joy: Unlocking the magic of 'personal par'
- Golfers, know thy distance: In praise of SkyCaddie
- Michael Bamberger redux: Revisiting Michelle Wie's disqualification in the 05 Samsung World Championship
- When you golf with your kids, it's a good parenting day
- Golf and marriage: Match play can bring couples together
- Nothing to wear on the golf course? These women say, 'No problem'
- Golf's gender divide: All golfers are not created equal
- Duke University coach sounds off
- For Michelle Wie, it's all in the family
- John Feinstein: A good read, unspoiled
Column
- To succeed in Scotland The Donald can't trump tradition
- Course design: If you build it (correctly), they will come
- Nicklaus picks British Open at St. Andrews to go the way of Snead, Hogan and Jones
- Build it and they will come: Replica courses can be a big draw if they're designed correctly
- Ladies: What has the golf industry done for us lately?
- It's all right: Lefties strangely absent world of golf
- OK, I admit it - not all golf instructors are scam artists
- The boom you hear in the distance? That could that be 78 million new golfers
Commentary
- Butch Harmon to the contrary, why won't Stallion Mountain Country Club offer a guarantee?
- What the World Golf Rankings could learn from the BCS
- Woods' problems come down to too much love and too much muscle
- Comparing Woods to Singh: A subtle attempt to take luster off remarkable year?
- It's time Americans got nasty in Ryder Cup against Euro-weenies
- Golf world rankings are confusing, but where would we be without them?
- Travel writers often turn a blind eye to reality
- Olympic golf is for amateurs, unless in Moscow
- Golf isn't just a 'sport,' it's the hardest of them
- Golf born in France, not Scotland? If so, that changes everything
- European press should lay off Open Champion Hamilton
- USGA was wrong for banning saucy calendar of LPGA's Gulbis
- Mallon gives LPGA wisdom, Sharapova gives tennis sex appeal
- Ain't that America: GPS, koozie cups, range finders and more
- Is Augusta ready for 14-year-old Asian, a girl no less?
News
- Only in Scottsdale: Now named the Champion, TPC's former Desert track gets $12 million renovation revamp
- New St. Regis Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. puts Nicklaus course on hold
- Dennis Silvers, Las Vegas Golf Guru, first casualty of 'Walters-Gate'
- Kids and golf: Recent column draws sympathy and outrage
- Woods thrills fans with demonstration before Ryder Cup
- Company claims new high-tech tee adds distance, accuracy
- Southwest Florida golf courses slowly recovering from Charley's wrath
- Isabel tears through Virginia Beach, Ocean City 'back to normal'
- Grand Strand Resorts Going Deadbeat on Payments to Local Golf Courses
- Delta Airlines Puts Hold on New Travel Golf Bag Policy
- ECCO Golf Footwear unveils 2003 product line
From the forward tees
On Tour
Q & A
- Michelle Wie's first coach: Twenty minutes with Casey Nakama
- Questioning the best: Chuck Dunbar and Steve Murphy
The Ryder Cup
Others
- Is golf trying too hard to attract the new while shorting the rest of us?
- Golf 's problems start with money and time, end with difficulty
- The state of golf: Who can you believe?
- Three New Books Aim For Controversy: Do They Hit or Miss?
- Golf industry needs a better lie
- Having a beer with Arnold Palmer
- Looking under the tree for golf goodies and beer
- Roll out the barrel at the 19th hole
- On the road in Texas: Boom subsides in Dallas -- clip a coupon for best rates
- Isabel weakens as Carolina courses brace for high winds and storm surge
- Architects vs. Technology: Action or Reaction?
- The Golden Buckle of the Sunbelt
- Tucson's Golf Offerings
- North Florida Hub's Cup Runeth Over
