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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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Nice people, nice place
Played this course when it first opened many years ago. Some none playing areas are showing their age. But over all the course has aged well. It was a refreshing return. Staff was warm and welcoming. Greens were great.
good winter golf
A better than average course. Not a beginner's course with narrow fairways and most greens are surrounded with bunkers. Bring your straight shots for this course.
From MB
This is a lengthy course so makes it a bit challenging. The time of the year probably paid a big role in the course condition. There seems to be quite a few bare, muddy spots.
Bartender didn't know how to make a Bloody Mary.
Hilton Head visit
A beautiful day and beautiful course. I will play it again...
Pace of Play
We walked off after 10 holes because of the slow, slow play. No Rangers or marshalls, no beverage carts.
Very good course condition
Very good course condition, and the bang for the buck was great!
Great day at Island West
Quick pace of play, course in great shape. Greens were excellent, fairways played well. Challenging without being too difficult.
Slow,slow,slow
Quit after 10 holes and over 3 hours. The Ranger/Starter met us at the 8th hole and apologized for the slowness . Course was in good shape with greens fairly fast. Will not play here again.
Experience of Playing Course
We were pleased to play Island West. We found the course had several very wet spots in fairways, around greens and other places.
Good Day Out
You get what you pay for. Good price for the round $35, but pace of play was slow and a little disorganized at the start. A 2-some snuck out in front of us and pushed our tee time back. Play was super slow, but we were in no rush...but it got old later in the day. 5+ hour round kind of took some wind out of our sails. Give the course a shot if you have a 4-some and get out early.
Fantastic value for money
Great course, in very good condition. Greens bit bumpy, but quite fast.
Staff were really friendly picking up and taking clubs after the round and telling you what to look out for on certain holes.
Fantastic value for money, would defiant let recommend.
Ready for some shot-guessing?
Beautiful day. Play was sparse so nothing to hold us up. Bunkers well groomed. Greens ran 9 - 9.5 and were reasonably smooth. Fairways were in average condition but LOTS of bare spots in the rough. Tee areas were a bit soggy, a problem when you have to count on a good foundation for a full swing.
The biggest problem for a first round at this course is that there are several holes where it is essential to go forward to examine the landing areas -- otherwise there are ample surprises.
Never again
4 1/2 hours as a threesome doesn't get it. I was early for my tee time and was told they had filled my slot. So I waited for the next group who were members and had no interest in pace of play.
It's wet
This is the third time that I have played this course. Each time it seemed overly wet. Must have a drainage issue. Also, with a 9 AM tee-time, we had to follow a single player hitting multiple balls. Why was he on the course. Also, their were two twosomes next. They did combine, which helped. They needed a marshal, or at least a starter. The greens traps were fine. Tees were overseeded, which only make them better down the road.
best course ever played at this price
Every thing was great. Course was well gromed. Greens real smooth. Real challenging course.
Clubhouse mixup
I booked my tee time with Golf Now for 7:48AM. I showed up 1/2 hour early, but there was nobody inside clubhouse to confirm my tee time. The only person there was a guy pulling carts out. After waiting an additional 35 minutes past my tee time they paired me up with a couple of local members. The course is very nice and well worth what I paid. Glad I waited out the morning issues. Would definitely play this course again.
Course very good for money
Price is good for this course,greens could be faster , course in good shape
sloppy mess
We knew they were overseeding, but they were also watering very hard,,,,,,sprinklers were going on one hole ahead of us the entire round....my shoes are ruined and there was at least of 1-2 inches of water on the ground.The craziest thing was I received a e-mail saying the next day it would be 90 degree on the course.....NO WAY....it would take days to dry out....