Barony at Port Royal Golf Club
About
The Barony Course at Port Royal Golf Club constitutes 18 of this well-known island facility's 54 holes.
Playing to just 6,543 yards from the gold tees, Barony is a very enjoyable course for all skill levels. The back nine in particular is a fine mix of long and short holes. Like its sister courses at Port Royal, Barony begins and ends at the club's beautiful Antebellum-style clubhouse.
From the tee, many of the holes on Barony appear to be relatively open. But as you approach the green the real challenge of the course becomes clear. The greens are small and protected by deep bunkers and Bermuda rough, demanding an excellent touch with the medium and short irons. This is a course where accuracy, not length is the key factor.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 6543 yards | 71.9 | 137 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 6543 yards | 77.5 | 136 |
| Blue | 72 | 6223 yards | 70.3 | 125 |
| Blue (W) | 72 | 6223 yards | 75.7 | 132 |
| White | 72 | 5964 yards | 69.2 | 121 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5964 yards | 74.3 | 129 |
| Green | 72 | 5183 yards | 70.3 | 122 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 71.8/135 | 368 | 170 | 523 | 395 | 346 | 179 | 378 | 362 | 513 | 3234 | 339 | 524 | 426 | 358 | 161 | 489 | 203 | 365 | 408 | 3273 | 6507 |
| Blue M: 70.7/128 | 356 | 170 | 499 | 375 | 339 | 168 | 365 | 339 | 476 | 3087 | 331 | 512 | 411 | 348 | 151 | 466 | 187 | 347 | 394 | 3147 | 6234 |
| White M: 69.5/126 W: 75.0/140 | 333 | 158 | 483 | 365 | 328 | 158 | 352 | 327 | 467 | 2971 | 319 | 500 | 390 | 326 | 136 | 449 | 172 | 336 | 383 | 3011 | 5982 |
| White/Black M: 68.9/122 | 333 | 158 | 483 | 340 | 328 | 158 | 321 | 327 | 460 | 2908 | 319 | 458 | 368 | 326 | 136 | 449 | 172 | 336 | 355 | 2919 | 5827 |
| Black M: 67.7/114 W: 72.3/132 | 291 | 121 | 422 | 340 | 310 | 134 | 321 | 288 | 460 | 2687 | 282 | 458 | 368 | 298 | 125 | 439 | 155 | 306 | 355 | 2786 | 5473 |
| Green M: 66.2/108 W: 70.8/123 | 291 | 121 | 422 | 290 | 304 | 127 | 316 | 288 | 403 | 2562 | 282 | 396 | 363 | 256 | 107 | 409 | 142 | 301 | 350 | 2606 | 5168 |
| Handicap | 9 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 7 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 2 |
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Photo submitted by u000004619964 on 06/03/2025
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No course maintenance, high price Photo submitted by mzWkNv3Q9upyM6fbk6Na on 04/02/2025
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Photo submitted by u314159660094 on 11/23/2024
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Photo submitted by StevenGeisel on 05/24/2024
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Photo submitted by u314161799849 on 07/07/2023
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Generous fairways Photo submitted by Honorman on 01/19/2023
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Photo submitted by u8104361 on 03/08/2022
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Photo submitted by u314159666753 on 10/21/2021
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Friendly Gators! Photo submitted by u314161219653 on 03/10/2021
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Photo submitted by u314161219653 on 03/10/2021
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Photo submitted by u314159725214 on 05/02/2020
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Photo submitted by u314159725214 on 05/02/2020
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Photo submitted by adaberne7 on 06/23/2019
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Photo submitted by adaberne7 on 06/23/2019
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Photo submitted by adaberne7 on 06/23/2019
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Photo submitted by adaberne7 on 06/23/2019
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Photo submitted by ckuhlman on 03/15/2018
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Barony course Photo submitted by JIMMYLAW77 on 01/10/2018
Amazing!
The course was beautiful and well-manicured. They had water machines with cups and ice at frequent stops on the course. The staff were incredibly friendly and helpful. I will definitely be coming back.
Got Stung by a Hive of Yellow Jackets
The course was in decent condition and everything fine enough until the third hole when I hit a beautiful tee shot that went 250ish right down the middle and so good it landed in the leaves and pine needles across the cart path.
Turns out it was close enough to a yellow jacket nest that as I'm standing over my ball with a five iron I start getting stung ultimately only five stings but dropped my club and got me on the run. My wife and kids are there playing with me and we all look over at my club lying there which has probably 200 yellow jackets swarming around it at this point and my ankle and legs with stings that feel like I just got hit with a golf club. So, my wife called the clubhouse from the phone number on the cart and asked to send someone out immediately to get me some first aid and help get the club. The person was extremely unprofessional and rude, had no clue what to do and said nothing he could do about it - said there was no one working there at that moment to help out. We were in disbelief. So, I called and again he said nothing he could do about it - didn't even say to keep moving forward (as there were groups behind us) and someone would be out there shortly to collect the club and bring it to us. Just simply said, not a thing in the world they could do about it and basically tough luck. So, we kept playing and three holes later the ranger(Jay) comes along with my club and the ball and was highly professional and excellent customer service - super nice and apologetic about the whole thing, asked me what kind of first aid I needed and went and got some hydrocortisone and ibuprofen to help out. We finished our round and that was that.
Hilton Head has a lot of wildlife(alligators, snakes, etc) on golf courses and if the front desk staff doesn't know what to do or who to call(no standard operating procedures in place), I don't want to be there. We played the Fazio course at palmetto dunes the next day and everything went great from start to finish - course was in great condition and everyone decent and professional.
Great Golf course. Well manucured and very forgiving conditions for a beginner golfer. But challenging for the avid golfer as well.
amazingly surprisingly good
we were not expecting much and played some great HHI courses all week and this was was in better condition than Trent Jones and $75 less. pace was awesome as well. will be back!
Struggling at Tees & Greens
Tee boxes and greens had crabgrass and needed some TLC. Good track for a ball striker with well protected bunkered greens. Played in 3:30 with 1 4 some letting us through and 2 some come up onus from nowhere letting them through. Heritage needs to do better at Barony at these rates.
upscale public course on HHI
expensive rate for 1100 tee time, $150 per, tee boxes not in great condition, no GPS in carts. look for a discount before playing
Save your money!
I was looking forward to playing Port Royal as I was here many years ago but never played the Barony course. Bad start as they were running a little late and no coffee or anything to eat or drink at 8:20 AM! I was lying for a cup of coffee. Played the round in 4:40. No rangers to be seen. The tee boxes were in horrible shape and the greens worse than a local muni. Fairways had been punched but were either burnt or muddy. This is supposed to be a premier course in a Westin property. It’s not. Layout ok if u like a bunch of doglegs.
Great track
Enjoyed the round. Pace of play was decent. A bit slow on front 9, but that is to be expected for resort course. Finished 18 in just under 4 hours.
Greens and fairways in great shape. Sand traps just needed some cracking after the recent and significant rainfall
Beautiful course.with great staff
1st time golfing here. Great course in excellent shape.
Barony
Friendly staff, course was in good shape. Had a good time overall. Would play there again.