Clipper/Galleon at Shipyard Golf Club

It was a two to three layer cool day when last played. Good company and some sunshine. The course was undergoing renovation and there were several areas without grass near the greens. No signs but played as if they were under repair. The layout is good and tight. Oh, there are very large gators so beware.

First time to play Shipyard. Enjoyed it and will return. Got a $0 green fee using credits on GolfNow and drove almost 1.5 hrs. Worth it.

Tee boxes were in great shape, fairways were dormant but got good lies. Greens were the best I’ve played other than Sea Island Plantation in December. Rolled very smooth but received iron shots.

Three nines and one was closed for work. Got held up a little on each side but the starter and clubhouse told me that when I checked in.

Very much worth playing!

Staff was able to get me with two other nice gentlemen one new the courses and it made the rounds much easier. Courses were in good shape for the time of year. Greens were very nice. Good day

Scheduled to play the shipyard on vacation. The entire course was ripped up. No grass around any of the bunkers three foot high mounds of dirt in the middle of the fairway. Greens and fringe were spray painted with a rattle can to appear in better condition. To make it worse staff was rude and un accomodating. The guy in the clubhouse named Tristan was extremely unprofessional and confrontational. To be honest his attitude was not acceptable.

27 hole layout. First nine all bunkers were torn up for drainage repair. Second nine greens were not cut. This should have been disclosed prior to reserving Rather repetitive layout.

Arrived at Shipyard to not the nicest greeting from the guys running the course outside. Little bit off-putting, and none of them even trying to pretend to wear a mask. Had to wait 20 minutes after my tee time to get on and then once we got to the first tee we had to wait a minimum of ten minutes for every shot due to the course being extremely backed up and players not paced out properly. It took us 3 hours to play 9 holes.

That being said the course was in pretty good shape (bunkers are being redone) but the greens were solid and the tee boxes were in great condition. After your round, the Brickyard pub provides a great place for an awesome happy hour.

Overall experience was okay, just wish it had gotten off to a better start and gotten to play more golf in a shorter amount of time.

I’ve play Shipyard many times over the years and on my visits to Hilton Head Island. Recently Heritage golf (parent company of Shipyard Golf) was purchased by another company. Currently they are doing quite a bit or work on drainage, bunkers, and the overall appearance of the course. That being said, it appears to be money well spent. What was completely was both more ascetically pleasing and made the course much more consistent.

Fairways were dormant and grass on fairways was extremely short. Sand traps were very bad - footprints all over - washed put places - needed raking badly..
Greens were good.

Shipyard is a beautiful design. Sad to see it in such bad shape. The starter was incredibly incompetent. There were 5 groups on the first tee when he sent us there. We could have hit balls and used the practice green for a half hour before our tee opportunity came.
Our round took 5+ hours - lots of waiting on each hole. The Clipper 9 is torn up with every bunker under repair. The greens are only moderately well cared for. The fairways are extraordinarily thin, it feels like you are hitting off the dirt most of the time. This was not at all the Shipyard of 3+ years ago. I won't play there again until I see a great review.

We played Clipper and Brigantine and thoroughly enjoyed. It’s winter so the course was under a bit of repair but it didn’t detract from our game. Bonus gator sighting on the 16th made our day!!