Jones course at Palmetto Dunes Resort - Hilton Head Island, S.C.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - The Robert Trent Jones course at Palmetto Dunes Resort makes great use of the resort's elaborate canal system to craft a watery course. Holes skip to and fro from No. 11 to 15. The primary hole that will stay with you is the one that leads to the beach. The golf course combines a lot of challenges - trees, bunkers, doglegs and ocean breezes - to create a round that is anything but boring.

Palmetto Dunes Resort - Jones golf course - hole 1

The bunker on the first hole of the Jones course at Palmetto Dunes is fairly typical - sprawling, well position and perfectly manicured.

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Palmetto Dunes Resort - Jones course - hole 10

No. 10 is the flagship hole on the Jones course at Palmetto Dunes Resort in Hilton Head. It marches right up to the Atlantic Ocean, with just a short, see-through fence between golfers and beachgoers.

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Palmetto Dunes Resort - Jones golf course - hole 12

The 12th hole on the Jones course at Palmetto Dunes Resort, a par 3, has an elevated green, water and if you clear that, sand.

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Palmetto Dunes - Robert Trent Jones course - hole 13

No. 13 on the Jones course at Palmetto Dunes Resort is another hole over water, this time to a short fairway that turns hard left.

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Palmetto Dunes Resort - Jones golf course - hole 14

The 14th hole on the Jones course at Palmetto Dunes Resort teeters on the edge of a canal its entire length with sand on the left side to keep you centered, hopefully.

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Palmetto Dunes Resort - Jones golf course - hole 16

No. 16 on the Jones course at Palmetto Dunes Resort is the first hole where one can catch their breath after a long series of water-imperiled, ocean breeze-swirled holes.

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Palmetto Dunes Resort - RTJ golf course - hole 17

The 17th hole on the Jones course at Palmetto Dunes Resort, a par 3, is well protected with sand in front and a tree right.

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Palmetto Dunes Resort - Jones golf course - hole 2

The second hole on the Jones course at Palmetto Dunes Resort waits until about 100 yards from the flag before it adds a water carry to an offset green.

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Palmetto Dunes Resort - Jones GC - hole 7

No. 7 on the Jones course at Palmetto Dunes Resort is a formidable par 4 with water at first, then a series of bunkers on the left.

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Palmetto Dunes Resort - Jones course - hole 8

The eighth hole on the Jones course at Palmetto Dunes Resort is a perfectly manicured par 3 visible from the heavily traveled road to the left. Ocean breezes invariably push your shot left.

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Palmetto Dunes Resort - RTJ golf course - hole 9

No. 9 on the Jones course at Palmetto Dunes Resort in Hilton Head is a bunker-laden dogleg right.

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