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1155 Reviews (1155)
5 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
36
1 Stars
23
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.0
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.8
87.4%
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3.6
7 Reviews (7)
5 Stars
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Conditions
3.6
Value
3.7
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.1
71.4%
Recommend this course
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4.0
61 Reviews (61)
5 Stars
20
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.8
Value
3.9
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.4
86.9%
Recommend this course
53 out of 61 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Private
Par 72
Length 6804 yards
Slope 139
Rating 74.2

Bear Creek Golf Club is one of the courses that makes Hilton Head Island one of the country's most popular golf destinations. Rees Jones designed the course, routing the layout through majestic pines and sparkling blue lagoons. Jones kept much of the existing landscape intact, earning the golf course Audubon certification. There are five sets of tees total, with the longest stretching over 6,800 yards. It's a course that players of all skill levels can enjoy regardless of handicap. The tight, bunkered fairways are an infamous feature of the course but Bear Creek is also known for having some of the best greens on Hilton Head Island. The finishing hole is the course's signature. You'll have to navigate your way past a narrow chute of pines to reach the green, which is fronted by a large lagoon.

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Course Details

Year Built 1980
Fairways 419 Tifway Bermuda Grass
Greens Super Dwarf TifEagle Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Rees Jones (1980) Bryce Swanson (1980) Rees Jones (2006) Arthur Hills (1986)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire.

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4.1
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Reviews 24
Skill Advanced
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3.0
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Needs love

Course definitely needs investment. Weeds and limited sand traps need attention

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Father & Son Golf

Liked the course a lot. I have a natural draw and the "dogleg rights" forced me to use my hybrid and 3 wood...that is a good thing.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 24
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Needs work

Nice layout…very challenging from the blue tees. Cart paths are horrible and many fairways need some attention

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Reviews 1
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1.0
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Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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First Time Playing

Great course, disappointing conditions

The course seems like a great layout. The greens were in good shape. The traps, a prominent hazard, were often shallow and not been raked. I finally resorted to taking a drop from them. Most holes were unique, in feel from one another.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 53
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Georgia Advisor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

The Shaggy Bear

Bear Creek is a fun course on HHI. Tee to green the course is in great shape. Off the fairway though and you can find yourself in some deep stuff, and not always fair. (5' off fairway, and it's 4' rough because they didn't mow around a tree?) Helpful starter - and lunch included!

Course is kind of similar: tough par-3s, par-5 doglegs with more yardage after the turn, and most every par-4 a dogleg with multiple cross bunkers at the turn. Greens were in good shape. Limited water on the course and no drink cart. Great value compare to other on-island courses. Play the Bear!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Reviews 43
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Good bones…needs some tlc

Check in easy. Pro shop friendly. No starter at 2:30. Started close to on time. Pace of play was ok with the round completed in 4:15.. Have played this course in the past and was a little disappointed with the conditioning. Layout is good but the course needs a lot of help with the bunkers. Practically no sand in bunkers and no maintenance of them as well. Fairways good but trees need trimming on several holes as several tee shots had narrow lines. Seems that maintenance is understaffed as small items such as trimming around bunkers and tees is being neglected. Too bad…good bones.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
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Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

What course are these other people reviewing?

If you come to Hilton Head to golf, spend the extra money and go elsewhere. I only wish I could post the picture of the driving range i took. I should have known by the condition of the proshop, staff, and driving range, I was in for trouble. If this is what you see when you pull up to the course, imagine what you dont see until your already on the course.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Challenging layout. Greens were little slow. Shot making at a premium. Definitely need to shape your shots for a great score. Fun course

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Coarse Review

Coarse is in excellent shape. People are very friendly. The pace of play needs some work. Took ( hours to play a round of golf. I played 1& holes in 3 hours and 10 minutes thus past Friday at another coarse.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Had a good day on the golf course. Course we in better shape than the reviews I’d read. Good value for the money.Plan on playing it again tomorrow.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very nice course

Tee boxes, fairways well-maintained. Greens aerated about 2 weeks prior to our play date, but were in playable shape. Only real downside was that the sand traps were hard-packed from hard rain the day before, and the 2 impatient old f@rts that both hit into my wife while we were on the fairway (we were stuck behind a foursome).

Would definitely play again prior to, or after, June once greens heal back up.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Greens just aerated greens

Bear creek is a very nice course. By my own error and failure we ended up playing on newly aerated greens.

When I leave a revue - I want to leave a fair and accurate description. Attempting to leave a fair revue of this course in the condition we played would not be fair or accurate.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 181
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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