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Arthur Hills at Palmetto Hall Plantation
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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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 6918 yards | 73.7 | 136 |
| Blue | 72 | 6582 yards | 72.3 | 131 |
| White | 72 | 6257 yards | 71.0 | 127 |
| Forward (W) | 72 | 5006 yards | 70.6 | 123 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 74.3/147 | 438 | 395 | 192 | 437 | 490 | 191 | 397 | 382 | 546 | 3468 | 398 | 526 | 378 | 158 | 442 | 521 | 403 | 190 | 434 | 3450 | 6918 |
| Blue M: 72.9/141 | 420 | 385 | 186 | 407 | 472 | 170 | 383 | 366 | 525 | 3314 | 381 | 513 | 347 | 151 | 424 | 500 | 380 | 161 | 411 | 3268 | 6582 |
| White M: 71.7/137 W: 78.1/144 | 405 | 371 | 171 | 375 | 461 | 148 | 367 | 354 | 501 | 3153 | 371 | 491 | 328 | 133 | 412 | 472 | 365 | 143 | 389 | 3104 | 6257 |
| Green M: 65.7/116 W: 71.1/123 | 334 | 241 | 125 | 270 | 380 | 121 | 302 | 296 | 425 | 2494 | 302 | 411 | 231 | 104 | 338 | 404 | 320 | 99 | 303 | 2512 | 5006 |
| Orange M: 63.0/109 W: 66.4/115 | 253 | 241 | 125 | 270 | 310 | 121 | 255 | 227 | 344 | 2146 | 208 | 344 | 231 | 104 | 286 | 360 | 269 | 99 | 244 | 2145 | 4291 |
| Handicap | 1 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 1 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 2 |
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Save your money
The Arthur Hills course was beat up. Then having customers pay for a course with no pre warning of air raided greens that were awfully long as heck also.. Not exactly what I was expecting on vacation. Not the best first impression. The Cupp course was better, but not worth the price of admission compared to other affordable gems in the area
Great course, greens were aerated , but still had fun , a got the hot deal at 1:00 , would play this course again
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Course in good condition but several holes with tree limbs extending into too far into fairway obstructing reasonable ball flight
No washrooms
They’ said there were washrooms at two holes on the course, didn’t see any, cart girl came around once so we could get a drink! No water on the course. Finished the round at around 6pm the clubhouse was closed, once again no drink, no washroom!!! Would not recommend this course to anyone
Very Pleasant
This is a really nice course and in good condition for spring. The staff is very friendly and helpful. A few difficult holes with trees and water to navigate. I would definitely return to this course.
Course wasn’t very green
The course layout is good, but from the white tees it’s a long course. Thought the course would be in better shape this time of year, but it wasn’t.. It wasn’t very green compared to the courses in the northeast. Also a little pricey for this time of year considering the condition of the course.
Enjoyable
Top marks to the Starter. He sensibly put us on the Cupp coarse as there was a big group in front of the two of us on the Hills coarse.
Its an interesting course and has some challenges like sloping greens.
Enjoyed the round and played in 3 hours after we were let through a fourball.
Great time!
Had a great time playing this course, for the second time in as many years. Excellent weather and enjoyable course.
Underrated
The Hills course at Palmetto Hall does not get enough credit for the quality of the layout. It is a challenging course that offers a variety of holes with a variety of challenges. It has some tighter corridors due to a good number of trees which overhang the fairway.
Pace of play was good but slow. Finished in 4 hours so I shouldn’t complain. But group in front was slow, so could have been even better. Course is a little dry. Area needs some rain after I leave. Greens really quick and in good shape.
I will be back.
Palmetto Hall Pass
We had one day following attending The Masters to tee it up and selected Palmetto Hall - Arthur Hills course on Hilton Head. Without question this place sits comfortably in the top 10% of bad courses for the money that I've played in 40 years of golf. Tee boxes worse than an old county track in the Midwest. Spotty fairways and unkept bunkers. Greens were a C+ in terms of condition. That's the highest rating I could give the place on anything. Certainly not what we had in mind visiting Hilton Head for the first time. Avoid playing here, not worth it even if the round was free.
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