Barony at Port Royal Golf Club

We called the course 2 weeks before playing and they confirmed they would not be aerating greens until after our vacation, so we booked a round. Unfortunately, the greens were freshly aerated and terribly sandy when we arrived. Disappointing round of vacation golf on an otherwise decent course.

This was my first time visiting the course, after hearing many great praises from locals around the area for about 2 years.

To say I was disappointed was an understatement. I've played a bunch of courses on HHI and many of them have similar designs (a lot of dogleg holes, narrow, small greens etc..) but this one seemed as if every hole was nearly the same. I found myself saying "Oh another dog leg left" on nearly every hole. Maybe I missed something, but I didn't feel like it was a very compelling design or very scenic. I will admit a bit of bias since this style of golf requires a lot of patience and execution which I admittedly did not have on a 88+ degree day.

I understand all courses in this area punch their greens and top coat with sand around this time of the year but there was no notification when I booked my tee time, no warning in the pro shop, no heads up from any staff member. After hearing this was a GREAT golf course for almost 2 years I was just disappointed. The practice green was in excellent shape, and I was so excited to play on greens that fast, and what we got was 18 straight holes of bumps, sand, uncut greens etc..

We were there quite a bit early for our tee time, and although I never expect to go out early if I show up early the starter was rude to me when I asked if there was any chance we could get out early, almost laughing at me.

With less than desirable course design for my game, poor green conditions during my visit, a rude staff member, no incredibly unique holes that are must plays.. I'm not sure this will be a repeat visit for me.

Course greens had been aerated and top dressed and of course no one told us about it. Greens very slow and bumpy and inconsistent. Round took almost 5 hours. Charged $35 for my wife to ride along which I thought was high.

Played this course today and could not have had a worse time. Pace of play was slow and the course Marshall got irritated that we complained about pace of play. The greens were aerated but in terrible condition not caused by the aeration. I would never recommend this course to a friend or anyone. The staff (other than the pro shop employee) were rude and unfriendly. Stay away and don’t waste your money here.

For the price be prepared for a slow round, lots of narrow holes through a housing development, and average conditions. I played this course and Hilton Head national in the same trip, highly recommend HHN over this even though it's a bit of a drive from those staying on island. Would rather spend the extra money and play sea pines than go back here.

Nice shape. greens were in great shape. my only complaint is that there is no map of the course layout which would be helpful considering the carts don't have GPS.

Great conditions throughout the entire course! I was originally scheduled to play there on a Friday afternoon, but I canceled because of early morning rains were heavy. Re-scheduled on Saturday and I was fully expecting the pace of play to be slow. Hardly anyone out there, kinda strange. I’ll return!

A very enjoyable experience.

This course has always been fun to play.

Fairways were good compared to other courses on the Island

Pace of play was good

Enjoyable round on an interesting track in good condition. I'd recommend it.

After being rained out the day before, I was encouraged by my wife to book a round there and throughly enjoyed the course. Challenging course that demands good drives if you want to score good. Greens were in good overall condition. I will return!