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Designed by Clyde Johnston and popular PGA Tour star Fuzzy Zoeller, the Island West Golf Club is a course built around natural marshland and follows the landscape presenting a rolling, tree-lined course.
As one would imagine a course with Zoeller's fingerprints, Island West in Bluffton was built to be a fun, entertaining play, and has succeeded in its mission. Playing to 6,803 with a 129 slope rating from the tips, it's a solid test for the skillful yet playable for the not-so skillful.
Water comes in to play on 10 holes here, so the bold will have many risk-reward opportunities. Accuracy off the tee is a must on many of the tree-lined holes, yet other holes feature wide fairways. Island West is exactly the type of course you'd imagine Zoeller being a part of, but Johnston's expertise also shines through.
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A little wet but playable
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...
Good 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.
Good course layout, challenging and good value.
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.
Had course to our selves!
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.
fast play econmical
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.
Fun and challenging course by Fuzzy
An enjoyable, but challenging layout with a good combination of tighter tree lined and open holes. The greens were fast and the fairways gave good lies for February weather. The staff was friendly and attentive. Good value. We will definitely play again soon.
crazy canuck
Most of the courses in the low country needs to try out, they had a lot of rain for February. The course conditions was wet, soggy, muddy etc...your ball is forever plugged and full of mud, greens were rough in certain areas overall they were ok. Very nice layout with great holes, would go back for sure.
Enjoyable round
Excellent playing conditions despite the time of year. Very nice cou she layout. Will play here again.
Course too wet
I have enjoyed playing Island West when it was dry. Current condition is too wet. There has been just too much rain and muddy. The fairway is so wet, the ball sunk in the mud. I would play it again only when it is dry.
good bang for the buck
Course was wet due to rain the previous day, so naturally cart path only. All things considered an enjoyable round.
Too wet
Course should not have been open....many fairways were unplayable...hard to find a lie in fairways that was not very wet...course usually in very good shape...
Too wet
Course should not have been open....way too wet...many fairways were unplayable....too bad because it is a good course ...
Great value
Three of us played 7 courses in 7 days. Island West was the best value of all seven. Enjoyable experience. We highly recommend this course.
Fun course to play
Very wet due to rain over the past week. Needs time to dry out.
Scenic Fun Course
Had a tee time for 12:00 but with rain coming tried and was able to get there and start early. By the 14th hole the rain was coming down again so yes, the course played wet. However with the exception of 3 of the poor drainage holes the course played well. I thought that it is a nicely set up course as you weave in and out of the community. Greens played fine. Overall a nice course, friendly staff and good value.
Not the best condition
Tee boxes need some work. The cart paths are very beaten up and full of large pot holes. Some of the greens had damage.
Used to be a nice course but seems to be a little tired now.
Island West October 2015
with the exception of a couple of holes this course is challenging moderately.However the rough is too long and it takes forever to find a ball that is less than a yard off the fairway.
Having played the course I would go back and play it again.
Get off HH to play golf
Island West golf club is a nice track in Bluffton,SC, just off of Hilton Head island. The course was in good condition & the greens roll true. It was my first time playing the course & I wouldn't hesitate to play it again.