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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.9
Value
4.1
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.8
89.4%
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4.1
26 Reviews (26)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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Conditions
4.1
Value
4.0
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.5
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4.2
91 Reviews (91)
5 Stars
32
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.0
Value
4.0
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.5
90.1%
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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.

Available Facilities

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4.1
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Conditions Excellent
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Handicap 15-19
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Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Consistency Breeds Return

Bear Creek continues to be one of our favorites on HHI. This time around we enjoyed the friendly staff, the well-kept greens, the well-groomed fairways, the challenging layout and the new quiet carts. The only thing missing (unless they were hidden somewhere) was water on the course for players.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 9
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
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Great Course

Course was awesome! Hands down one of the better courses, open to the public, in the area. Staff was friendly, prices were reasonable, fairways and greens, what I saw of them, were immaculate.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

👍 Bear Creek

Everything at Bear Creek was excellent. Super friendly staff. Course is in good shape. Nice layout and fair.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Great round

Course in good condition. Challenging but not overly difficult. Friendly staff. Played at 8:30 a.m. Foursome finished sub 4 hours.

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Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Enjoyed our time at the course, would play again for the 99$ at 8am and free range balls. Fairway bunkers are played as regular, with grounding club and no rakes. They’re not much of “sand” the regular bunkers are slightly better but not fantastic. Other than that course is in great shape, greens are fantastic and course layout is almost never straight which makes it fun. Only complaint really is the course has like 3 holes that are straight, Which is fine, but the scorecard has no map and the T box signs don’t have a layout of the hole either. Also their course tour on the website doesn’t show the entire hole just is a picture from the T box. So navigating the course is really difficult even with a range finder. Had to skip around a golf YouTuber’s video who did a Drone view of each hole to have a clue of what was up ahead.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Slow play

There is no ranger and even when it’s 90 degrees outside the locals want to play a 4.5 hr+ round.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Needs work

Sand traps have not been racked in days, some debris on course that has been there for days cart paths have pot holes no one to monitor pace. Did not see anyone working on the course the entire time we played. It could be a good course but it needs work.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Solid course

Very challenging, and a nice layout. Staff is very friendly. Worth playing if your visiting the island

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Sandy Bear

Course was nice. Lots of sand on the greens for aerating. Stuck behind twosome that did not get paired up with tee time.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Layout and Value

Course was a great value for the money you pay for courses in the HHI area. Tees and fairways were in good shape, greens had been aerated a couple weeks ago so were still recovering but overall not too bad. Greens appeared to be a newer variety Bermuda which would lend to a good green speed. Overall would recommend, great layout for scratch player to higher handicap.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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