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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6580 yards
Slope 131
Rating 72.1

Set across 300 acres of lush Carolina Lowcountry, Hilton Head National Golf Club has earned its reputation as one of the region’s premier public courses.

A unique collaboration between golf legends Gary Player and Bobby Weed, the course offers two distinct nines that complement each other beautifully. Weed designed the front nine with larger, more dramatically contoured greens to contrast and balance Player’s strategically crafted back nine.

Among the most memorable holes is the challenging par-4 sixth — bordered along its entire right side by the course’s largest lake and protected by deep pot bunkers near the green. The back nine features several standout holes, including the long and demanding 16th, which ranks as the No. 1 handicap hole for women and No. 5 for men. And finishing strong, the par-4 eighteenth tests precision with a deep marsh running the length of the narrow fairway.

Together, these elements create a course that’s scenic, strategic, and rewarding for players of all skill levels.

Course Details

Year Built 1989
Golf Season Year round
Architect Bobby Weed (1999) Gary Player (1989)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No - Softspikes only
Fivesomes Allowed No
Single Allowed No
Walking Allowed No

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3.7
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Played On
Reviews 134
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
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First Time Playing

Typical Hilton Head Course

Played this course on a Friday with my brother on a trip to Hilton Head Island. Got a great deal on Golf Now but was very disappointed in the conditions of the course . Part of this was due to having played Harbor Town and Atlantic Dunes in days previous as they were both in excellent shape with smooth greens. This course was more like the munis I play in Phoenix with semi green fairways greens that look good but were bumpy and somewhat slow. Would not recommend course if you are traveling from out of state as their are far better courses in the area. Again got a great deal on course but others were available as well on the day and would have booked one of them instead.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Response from on 02/26/2018:
Hi rathke, we appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We're sorry to hear the conditions of the course we're up to your expectations during your round. We appreciate you giving us a shot! Thanks for visiting Hilton Head National.
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Commented on 03/06/2018

Wow. Very surprised by this review. Played this course 3/2/18. Great shape overall and thought the greens were really nice. Oh well. He must have had a bad day.

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Commented on 02/28/2018

OK, this guy needs a reality check. The courses he is comparing HH Nat'l too run anywhere from 3 to 4 times the cost. If his game matches those prices he should stick to the high end and not try to compare more affordable courses to them. Jeezes, get a life!! I defy him to find a nicer course at the same price in Hilton Head!!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Friendly staff and nice conditions

Course was in great shape, especially for February. Staff was friendly as well. Golf carts had GPS which helped keep pace of play fast. Gnats/‘No see ‘ems’ were bad; recommend taking some bug spray... would have been nice if course had put some towels in the carts like other courses in area. Will definitely play again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 02/22/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We're happy to hear you enjoyed your round with us and appreciate your feedback about putting towels in our carts. We hope to see you again for another round soon! Thanks for playing Dos Lagos Golf Course.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun course

Wide fairways in good condition, very nice greens and very fair and fun course for average players!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Response from on 02/22/2018:
Hello, we appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review! We're happy to hear you enjoyed your round with us and hope to see you again for another round soon. Thanks for playing #HiltonHeadNational!
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 02/20/2018:
Thanks for the 5-star review, mschmalhurst! We appreciate your feedback about your round and are happy to hear you enjoyed it. We hope to see you again for another round soon at #HiltonHeadNational!
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great Course

Love the layout of Hilton Head National. In the area, it's my favorite daily fee public course. Other courses may have more scenery or better amenities, but from a hole-by-hole design perspective, it's a great layout. Condition of the course is always good. If you're in the area, it's definitely worth the effort to play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 02/14/2018:
Hi Allendr06, we appreciate the great review! We're so glad to hear you enjoyed your round with us and hope to see you again for another one soon. Thanks for playing #HiltonHeadNational!
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Nice course, very good facilities. It was a good value and we will return again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 02/12/2018:
Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review, Tom101515! We greatly appreciate your feedback and hope to see you again for another round soon. Thanks for playing #HiltonHeadNational!
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very nice public course in fantastic shape! Greens were around 10-11 on stimp and rolled well! Green complexs were tough with several false fronts. Would definitely play again!

Response from on 01/31/2018:
We appreciate the kind words and great review! We're happy to hear you enjoyed your round and hope to see you again for another soon. Thanks for playing #HiltonHeadNational!
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Excellent

I always enjoy this course. Course is challenging and Staff are great.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 01/30/2018:
Thanks for the great review, Brucebraun! We appreciate your kind words - your feedback is very important to us. We're happy to hear you enjoyed your round and hope to see you again for another one soon. Thanks for playing Hilton Head National.
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Greens in good shape.

Greens are in good shape. Green and roll

well. The rest of the course is yellow of course during winter. Not bad considering the price and the pace of play was great. Friendly staff.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Response from on 01/30/2018:
We appreciate the kind words and great review, petegreenmt. We're happy to hear you enjoyed the conditions of our greens, the pace of play and the experience with our staff. We hope to see you again for another round soon! Thanks for playing Hilton Head National.
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Much improved

I played this course frequently this summer, but not in about 4 months. Stumbled on this Hot Deal and jumped on it. They course is in outstanding condition -- and was a joy to play. Greens were medium speed as they have been overseeded -- but not too slow. Ball rolled true...fairways rough were in solid winter shape. Bunkers have been improved since the summer...

This is not the hardest course -- wide fairways make driving easier...but it is a fun course and green complexes can be challenging. We had a wonderful afternoon of winter golf...with a temp of about 73.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 01/25/2018:
Thanks for the great review, RUFJR! We're happy to hear you enjoyed your round and hope to see you again for another round soon. Thanks for playing Hilton Head National!
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Very good golf course

Played by myself on a very cold day, so course not crowded. Plenty of challenges but not overly hard. Many very attractive holes. Nice staff. Recommended !!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 01/17/2018:
Thanks for the kind words and great review! We're happy to hear you enjoyed your round, despite the cold weather. We hope to see you again for another round soon! Thanks for playing Hilton Head National.
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Reviews 12
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course, cold weather made it empty

The weather was pretty chilly and Breezy so I pretty much had the course to myself. Conditions of the course were very good for January, and of course layout is nice. Although shot placement in Club selection is important, this course doesn't provide an overly punishing set of Hazards if you aren't on your best game. Greens were in fantastic condition, rolled true and fast.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Response from on 01/16/2018:
We appreciate the great review, pauldbarnhart! We're happy to hear you enjoyed your round with us and hope to see you again for another round soon. Thanks for playing Hilton Head National.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pleasure to play

Have played Hilton Head National many times over the years and have NEVER been disappointed. Always a pleasure!

Joe V

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 01/16/2018:
Thanks for the great review, Joe! We appreciate the kind words and are happy to hear you enjoyed another round with us. We hope to see you again for another round soon! Thanks for playing Hilton Head National.
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 01/16/2018:
Thanks for the great review, craigmiddleton! We appreciate the great feedback and hope to see you again for another round soon. Thanks for choosing Hilton Head National!
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 01/12/2018:
Thanks for the great review, LamarM! We appreciate your feedback about our course conditions. Our staff has been working hard to preserve the course with the recent winter weather. We hope to see you again soon once the weather warms up! Thanks for playing Hilton Head National.
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Mgmt needs to get a clue

Nice course but shortest yardage for men is 5628. Most area courses have a USGA course rating and slope of less than 5628 yards for men. Ever heard of Tee It Forward? Very easy and low cost to add a rating for older men.

I won't be back until you get a clue.

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/27/2018:
Hello, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate your feedback about your round and apologize it wasn't up to your expectations. We appreciate you giving us a shot! Thanks for playing #HiltonHeadNational!
Played On
Reviews 10
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 01/03/2018:
Thanks for the great review! We hope to see you again for another round at Hilton Head National.
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

An honest test of golf

The National is an honest test of golf. It’s a very fair course an kept in excellent condition. The greens ran well and true good speed on them. Recommend it to anyone we were the only ones on our nine they started us on the tenth so we flew round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 01/03/2018:
Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review! We appreciate your kind words and are happy to hear you enjoyed your round. Thanks for playing Hilton Head National and we hope to see you again soon!
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 01/03/2018:
Thanks for the 5-star review! We're happy to hear you enjoyed your round and hope to see you again for another one soon. Thanks for playing Hilton Head National!
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 12/27/2017:
We appreciate the 5-star review, Sergei7890704 and hope to see you again soon at Hilton Head National. Thanks for playing!
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