Island West Golf Club

This course is deteriorating fast! Greens are terrible....hard, brown, patchy. Fairways rough and super hard. Fringe lumpy. Tee boxes hard. Purchased bag of range balls and decided not to use prior to play. Tried to return them for $6 refund after playing 13 holes and employee refused until manager heard me complaining. Scratch this place!

Ps. Did get my $6 back.

The course was in horrible condition. The greens were hard, brown and in most cases white due to lack of water. I played this course two years ago and it has deteriorated a lot. I've never played off so much hard pan in my life.

I have played this course before and thought it was a good value for the money. However the course is in really bad shape right now but signs of it coming around.

The first time we played here. Great layout with tight fairways and a little water.

Greens are still recovering but better than some of the other courses.

Clubhouse staff was good but starter let groups build on the first hole.

Right now the course is in TERRIBLE condition. The fairways are hard as rock..was like hitting off cement. The greens are in between season, so they had little to no actual grass on them and where also hard as rock....I have played this course all winter and it was in great shape, one of brown's best values. For now I would say don't waste your money and play somewhere else .

We have played Iland West since it opened. It's not in terrible shape but it's not a $45 course. Many greens have bare spots. The portions of the greens that don't were nice. We will try it again in another year or so.

Hard to believe they are charging full price for greens in this condition. Many of the holes were dried mud.

We annually try to return to this course since the layout is very enjoyable to play. This year the pace of play was great but probably due to the greens, which were as bad as we have every seen them. The starter/cart person was very concerned of our round and thoroughly explained the problems with the greens. We appreciated that and for the price of the round, we weren't extremely upset as probably the others were. We will still return in the coming years.

First round of golf for the 2016 season Island West is one of my favourite courses to play during our vacation in Hilton Head. Course conditions were generally good for this early in the season. A couple of greens had suffered from 'winter kill' but new grass was evident.

We plan to play Island West a few more times before returning to Nova Scotia.

Appears that the Island West Club has issues with the irrigation system and greens are clearly burnt out (like putting on dirt driveway). Only played 9 holes and decided to make a run for it. Very disappointing given the amount paid for the quality received.

I really enjoy this course. It's a fair design for beginners and intermediate players. The fairways are in decent shap for this time of year, but the greens were going through some maintenance today. Pretty much shaved bare on the front nine. Give this place a try. I think you'll enjoy yourself.

I enjoyed the layout and for the price we paid it is a value. I also enjoyed the greens they seemed to be hit hard by the wet winter but they are coming back. Very playable course.

The course was in rough shape. After experiencing other Brown Golf Group courses,(Eagle's Pointe and Cresent Point) this one was very disappointing. Not sure if it just didn't weather well this winter, but the greens were blotchy and uneven at best and the fairways patchy. Good layout for beginner or high handicapper.

The course is shorter than most in the Hilton Head area. There are challenging holes for the low handicappers hitting from the back tee's, but with the selection of tee blocks, high handicappers will find the course to be friendly. There are a few fescue areas to crossover on the par 4's and 5's and a couple par 3's cross over a pond. other than that, high handicappers can get from tee to green fairly easy with little to no obstructions. The traps are well cared for and the greens were in better shape than most off island courses. The pace of play was amazing as we were able to get around as a twosome in 2 hours 40 minutes. Keep in mind, we did start just before 8:00 am. The 16th hole (I think) was a 613 yard par 5 from the back tee block. Now that is a very challenging par!!

There was no printed layout of the course on the card or the tee signs. For the first time out, the marsh areas and encroaching water were sometimes hard to see. Need more yardage indicators.

A few cart path holes and a couple that probably should have been but weren't! Hard wet traps...some muddy tee boxes... slow greens (long and wet)... Overall, not in the best shape (I have played here at least a dozen times) but still very "playable". Enjoyed the round...

The course has a good variety of holes and brings water into play quite often I played it early in the year so it was not in the best of condition. It seemed hard to get the green to hold. However, the greens rolled fairly true. I would play it again.

Tee time 9:56. My wife and I found this to be a good challenging layout we enjoyed and completed in just under 4 hours. Only saw three other groups on the course during our round. The greens were in good condition and got better and better as we got deeper into our round. Very nice day and a good value.

Nice layout, challenging and enjoyable. The greens ran true and were in pretty good shape and got better and better deeper into the round. My wife and I enjoyed the round very much. Great value and very nice course. We had a 9:56 tee time and only saw three other groups on the course throughout our round.

Good for wife and I. Course is not in great shape but greens were true and fast.No attendant don't know if that is usual.

Enjoyed no monatary or time stress.