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Conditions
3.8
Value
3.8
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.9
84.4%
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4.7
12 Reviews (12)
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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.6
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.7
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5.0
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3.9
53 Reviews (53)
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Conditions
3.8
Value
3.8
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.1
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4.0
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4.7
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6918 yards
Slope 136
Rating 73.7

The experience of playing the Arthur Hills Course at Palmetto Hall takes on an added dimension when you discover that the golf course was built on an old Civil War garrison. History aside, however, the Hills Course, which opened in 1991, stands proudly as yet another grand achievement by the legendary Ohio-born designer.

"At Palmetto Hall, golfers have to deal with another element when they miss their mark - the rough," said former TravelGolf.com writer Shane Sharp. "The cabbage is grown thick in the summer months, consisting of a deadly blend of Bermuda around the greens and Bahia along the fairways.

"Arthur Hills can be notorious for creating difficult courses like his course at Palmetto Hall. This course really demands accuracy or you can put some big numbers on your scorecard."

Playing the forward tees will give resort golfers enough of a challenge to keep them happy, while better golfers will be heavily challenged from the tips, which play nearly 7,000 yards, with a slope of 136.

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Course Details

Year Built 1991
Golf Season Year round
Architect Arthur Hills (1991) Spencer Holt (1991)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - " Bird Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

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4.0
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Handicap 10-14
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Plays Once a week
2.0
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First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Way over par.

Gents in the pro shop were very personable. Had to pass through two gated roads along the course. Very strange.

Tons of leaves on the back nine. Not very well maintained.

Driving range had few stalls. Most were reserved for members.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played

Disappointed

Very disappointed with the condition of the course in relation to the green fees.. Won't be going back any time soon..

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course for all golfers

Fairways in great shape for early in the year. A few spots on a few greens but overall course in great shape. Wide fairways and numerous tees makes the course pretty friendly. That is until you get to the verybinfulsting greens. Put lag putts at a premium dir scoring.

Only draw back was sprinklers on while on several greens and two greens with standing water from over watering.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 03/02/2018

Nice layout with tees for all handicaps. Fairways were great. And very wide. Several greens had a some bare spots but not bad. Greens are very undulating with few if any flat areas putting a premium on lag putts. Good pace of play early in the day. Only problem was sprinklers on three greens as we tried to putt thru puddles

Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great layout poor maintenance

Great layout poor maintenance this is a great course unfortunately the maintenance in the last two years has gone downhill you do not expect to hit a ball in the fairway and not be able to find it because of the leaves if you attempt to use one of the ball cleaners at the tee boxes your ball will come out dirtier than it went in.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great layout, will challenge golfers at any level

Wonderful golf course, good condition for winter months. Excellent layout with demanding holes from tee to green. Bring your A game

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Fazio

I have a habit of being 1 hour early of my tee time, today wasn't any different. I drove 10 hours to play golf on Hilton Head Island south Carolina. This is my 3rd trip here 1st was Port Royal last year was Harbour Town this year is Palmetto Dunes. Winter hit this area hard a deep plunge from l, came down from Canadian territory to disturb the northeast from stealing days.of golf at this time of year. 1st, the staff was very welcoming to me when I checked in,, i was given a complimentary YARDAGE BOOK ( all of you courses who don't even have them ) this is a great part of the game,, not the app. There is no range here but a swi g area to warm up. The putting green got my attention with how fast they were. The fairways where green for the most part, rough was brown the Bunkers where very nice i was in a few mot many though. Cart path in some spots are in need of repair. But on a scale from 1 to 10 a solid 7 or light 8. Play it when you come here.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Review - Arthur Hills - Palmetto Hall Plantation

Weather was cold - but the conditions of the course were great. Staff was very friendly. Fairways have a nice flow and offer some challenges. Greens are tough and well protected. This was the fifth course we played in Hilton this week - highly recommend this course over Golden Bear, Bear Creak or even RTJ. In addition to the golf we also had lunch in a wonderful club house. Great experience!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Course On Hilton Head Island

The Arthur Hills course in Palmetto Hall is one of my favorite courses on Hilton Head. Challenging, beautiful and always in good condition.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 46
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

nice course, good round

good conditions , steady pace , nice staff, no issues

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 37
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Given Price Better Alternatives

Course was more like a public course than a private course. Never saw a marshall or any other staff to move along play.

Course was not tidy and felt worn. Given other alternative on the island avoid unless it is a last resort

The only person who seemed to was at the bag drop who assigned the cart.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 99
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Texas Advisor
Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Where Golf is Fun

We had an amazing day of golf here, the weather was perfect, we paired up with another couple and this course was very impressive.

We had a 9 AM tee time but our friendly pro shop guy said we could go right out now

if we wanted.

Ron was the nice starter who got us going.

There was nobody in front of us for the entire 3.5 hour round.

The fairways were pristine and cut short so the ball got rolling good.

The fairways here are wide with little Bermuda grass encroachment.

The amazing variety of scenery and the presence of tall pines that occasionally come in

make this course so much fun.

The greens here are rolled twice a week and are slick and tricky. With all the undulations

on these greens, your putting skills will be tested. It's a good bet that these are some of the best rolling greens on Hilton Head Island.

There's some interesting variety in this Hills layout. There are tough par fives and short and tough par fours, but the par three holes are really difficult.

Hole #18 is a nasty narrow dogleg left with a lake in play along the left side. This hole requires a long tee shot to the right-center avoiding all the daunting berms placed along the right side.

The landing area for your second shot is too narrow and then you have another long shot over the water and into the wind. This little devil should be a par five hole.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great layout. Course was in very good condition except for a few of the forward tees used by my wife. They offered a very good rate for tee times before 8:00am. We were able to play 18 in 3 hours and beat the hear. Arthur Hills courses are always interesting and this one is no different.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Good course. Challenging holes. Would definitely return.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Steve

Good course. Great layout, average greens, good pace of play .good value

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Nice course

Course was in very good condition. Loved all about it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 78
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Impressive

Palmetto Hall is a beautiful area. The Arthur Hills course is outstanding. Greens were rolled and cut, traps were well maintained, fairways and tees were in great shape and the layout is great.

I will definitely play here again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Arthur Hills

The course was in great shape. You will need to manage you shots. The greens tend to be fast, and easy to overshoot. Great value for the money.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/23/2017

Thank you for playing with us! We are very glad to hear you enjoyed your round an will pass along your kind words to the staff. We hope to see you again soon!

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