Hilton Head National Golf Club in Bluffton, South Carolina

BLUFFTON, S.C. - Even Hilton Head National Golf Club can't stop progress, and that progress, a new road, is going to take three holes of its Gary Player-designed course, leaving it with a hybrid of Player- and Bobby Weed-designed holes.

Despite the changes, the golf course, now offering 18 holes instead of 27, continues to excel in providing an excellently maintained golf course with good service. It's those qualities that bring golfers back time and time again.

It's a public golf course, pure and simple. No housing development, no memberships, just 18 holes of enjoyable golf.

Hilton Head National Golf Club - hole 2

The second hole on the Player nine at Hilton Head National Golf Club has a skinny fairway with a waste bunker the length of the left side. Leave the driver in the bag.

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Hilton Head National Golf Club - hole 3

No. 3 on the Weed course at Hilton Head National Golf Club puts a lot of hazards at the green.

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Hilton Head National Golf Club - no. 3

Be cautious trying to drive this 297-yard (from the whites) par 4 on the Player course at Hilton Head National Golf Club. A wall of bunkers serve as a backstop at the green.

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Hilton Head National Golf Club - hole 3 bunker

The No. 3 hole on the Weed course at Hilton Head National Golf Club puts a large bunker nearly across the fairway.

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Hilton Head National golf course - No. 3

The No. 3 on the Player course at Hilton Head National Golf Club brings the back tees into the fairway at nearly a right angle, requiring a well calculated drive.

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Hilton Head National Golf Club - hole 4

The par-3 No. 4 on the Weed course at Hilton Head National Golf Club is visually intimidating with bunkers snaking in front of the two-tiered green.

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Hilton Head National Golf Club - no. 6

The soon-to-be-asphalt No. 6 on the Player at Hilton Head National Golf Club features a water carry for the approach shot on the par 5.

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Hilton Head National Golf Club - hole 6

The No. 6 on the Weed course at Hilton Head National Golf Club is a fun par 4 because of the variety of hazards.

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No. 8 at Hilton Head National Golf Club

No. 8 on Weed at Hilton Head National Golf Club is a par 5 threaded between trees to an undulating green.

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Hilton Head National Golf Club - hole 8

Hilton Head National Golf Club's signature hole, No. 8, on the Player course, will become a road.

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Hilton Head National Golf Club - hole 9

No. 9 on the Weed at Hilton Head National Golf Club uses mounds and swales to put an even stance in peril.

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