Island West Golf Club

Not among our favorites in the area but got a reasonable price. However we were disappointed in the overall condition, especially the greens.

Nice layout, reasonable price (golfnow.com). Course needs marshals, slow round 5 hours. Backshop has this dangerous practice of jumping on the back of the cart to go to the parking lot. Carts have warning signs not to do this, but they are ignored.

Jim Taylor

I am a local so I play many courses in Bluffton. This course is in great shape considering the weather here this winter has been wet and cold. Greens were fast but in great shape. Fairway was dry 85% of the course. This is the best value around. All courses in Bluffton are in the same shape but cost more. Will play again soon.

I enjoyed the layout however the course was a bit rough (early season). The greens were a bit bumpy. All told I would play it again.and we got a Hot Deal thru Golf Now which made us happy.

This course is good for the price cant complain its great to get out and have fun or if you are more serious and are working on your game you can do it in relative privacy staff is friendly. I would recommend.

For the time of year the course was in excellent condition.

The Fuzzy Zoeller designed layout was extremely challenging due to narrow fairways, water in just the wrong (for my game) places and unnervingly fast greens - we didn't get a straight putt the whole round.

After feeling good coming off the drving range I had one of the worst rounds in a long time due to the unnervingly fast greens, bad hits and judgement.

Would love to play again.

We stayed in HH on our way to FL. Found the discounted round ,booked it and enjoyed the course and the weather .

Affordable nice course. Was the first out and played in 2 1/2 hours.

Really enjoyed our day. Know second time around would do better. Some challenging holes.

Course conditions were average. Many greens needed some attention. Pace of play was great.

I'll start with the good. For $24 I got to play my favorite game on a course that is laid out very well in a quality golf cart. I played 18 holes in just over 2 hours because the other golfers, including the groups of IJGA kids bunched up randomly around the course, were kind enough to get the heck out of my way. The staff was accommodating and helpful, loading my clubs without asking and even escorting me to my truck after finishing the round. The driving range was perfectly adequate. I value local businesses in the age of large scale corporate mediocrity and I love golf, so it pains me to write bad things about a local establishment. That being said, it's not fair to stop my review there. Ughh, here we go. I have two complaints. The first one I will not defend and I will not excuse. That is the story of the cart paths. The cart paths here are an absolute disgrace. I will not play here again without neoprene covers for my irons and I'm being dead serious. The banging and clanging around in my bag is going to cause damage to my clubs if I play here again the cart paths are that bad. It's inexcusable. Gravel would be better than what they have. It's insane how bad they are, to be honest. Alright, second complaint. The greens at this course are a a shame. I don't know if they're having a water or disease issue, but they're in rough shape. To Island West's credit, they appear to be trying really hard. It's not like they are just ignoring them. They know. I see headlights on their lawn equipment every morning on the way to work. They're out there in the dark working on the greens, but they're bad. Look, you can putt on them, you can read them fine. Unless you are a better golfer than I am, and I shot an 80 yesterday, they aren't going to affect your game too much. Just hold on tight because your ball is not gonna stick them and the slightest tap of a putter is gonna send your ball racing. They're patchy and they're dry. They aren't bumpy though, and they're not uneven. Just ugly. That being said, I paid $24 and I had fun. The course is relatively challenging. The front reminds me of some courses out west. Wide in spots, large fairway humps that will eat your carry. Well placed hazards that put you in a pickle at times. I hope they get their course management straightened out before it turns into a municipal practice facility rather than a golf destination, which it totally could be given its design and location.

We played this course in March 2017 and since then, it seems that the course maintenance has deteriorated, perhaps due to financial troubles(?). The Greens were infested with what looked like miniature bunchgrass weeds that were pressed into the soil together with the odd colored grass which ruined the greens aesthetics . I felt as though I was putting on something “artificial” and not on a regular green. Fairways were acceptable but the rough immediately adjacent to the fairway sometimes “hid” the ball and unless you were directly on top of the ball, you would not see it. Cart attendant seemed “selective” in his choice of who to help or not help. He never greeted us nor assisted with course information and from the first tee to the parking lot at the end was nowhere to be found. We have played just about all the surrounding courses on 278 and sadly I have to say Island West’s condition is at or near the bottom of the list for recommendations for places to play.

Course has seen better days. Tee boxes need attention and maintenance. Fairways were good with only sporadic spots of crabgrass and weeds. It is necessary to stay in the fairway. Even 6 inches off the fairway could cause time searching for lost ball. A number of times we were lucky to find the crown of the ball. The fairway had no first cut, just Bermuda rough. When able to find the ball, the rough was still tough to escape unless using wedges. The greens are where this course could use a lot of work. Weeds and crabgrass are on most, in some places they deflect putts. All in all we had an enjoyable day with perfect weather, it was still better than working.

I started playing here 10 years ago, and haven't played since February, 2017. The course lay out is so-so, but the conditions are just horrible. Greens were BROWN, tee boxes chewed up, and the cart paths were so bad you need a kidney belt when driving the cart on them. Don't bother going there

Course infrastructure such as bridges and pathways in disrepair

50% of greens terrible

Fairways good

$20 value and that is what I paid

Having played this course every year during our visit this was the worse year for the conditions of the course. The greens have weeds grown up in them, tee blocks very bare with grass and overall the rough was definitely that, ROUGH! Even though the rate was reasonable we understand why as the course was not worth more than we paid through Golf Now. Com. We cannot recommend to our friends who are coming next week that this is the course to play.

Best golf day . Weather was perfect, course in great shape

The course was in excellent condition. The starter got me off even though the course was busy. You will not be disappointed if you play this course.