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3.9
2076 Reviews (2076)
5 Stars
864
4 Stars
864
3 Stars
240
2 Stars
74
1 Stars
34
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.6
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.2
77.1%
Recommend this course
1801 out of 2076 reviews
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4.4
13 Reviews (13)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
2
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0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.2
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.8
92.3%
Recommend this course
12 out of 13 reviews
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3.6
105 Reviews (105)
5 Stars
32
4 Stars
29
3 Stars
27
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
11
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.4
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.3
70.5%
Recommend this course
74 out of 105 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 7018 yards
Slope 137
Rating 74.7

Oyster Reef features elevated tees and lush fairways lined by thick stands of live oak and pine. Numerous doglegs accented by strategically located mounds and fairway bunkers, call for well-planned tee shots. Varying sizes of greens with well-defined tiers place a premium on precise approach shots.

The par-3 sixth hole, which plays 192 yards from the back tees to a green set against a backdrop of Port Royal Sound, is one of the most visually spectacular holes on Hilton Head. Oyster Reef is now a semi-private member-owned club with a limited number of tee times for guest play,

The carefully-maintained facility, designed by noted course architect Rees Jones, continues to be a favorite destination for serious golfers as well as a favorite with locals.

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Course Details

Year Built 1982
Golf Season Year round
Architect Rees Jones (1982) Keith Evans (1982)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

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

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3.9
2076 Reviews (2076)

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Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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5.0
First Time Playing

The best course I’ve ever seen.

The course is just amazing. The views are crazy good, you’ll have a hard time focusing on your shot with all of the nature. The course was in perfect condition and the staff were all so nice. If you choose to play here you will not regret.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Best Golf For The Price!

Just an all around great experience! Best bang for you buck with this course. Awesome staff and a really fun well kept track! Definitely going to come to play here more often.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Enjoyed the course

Pleasurable round, grouped with some nice folks, course was in great shape

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Great Day

Staff was great and friendly. Course in good shape. Greens punched about 3 weeks ago but healing well. Putted good and true. Good pace. Overall great lay out some tough pins.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Best Value On HHI

Challenging but fun course. Front 9 with #6 is perfect. Back has a few challenging holes but any skill level can have a good round and still feel like they golfed a good course. Booked 9 for Twilight and got in 18 before sun even went below the tree line. Book this course every time I’m on the island.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Beautiful course, was expecting a little better conditions for the price

Overall beautiful course with a good layout.

Cons:

Was not informed that the greens would be aerated.

There was quite a bit of sand on the greens that made putting difficult.

A little pricey considering the two cons above.

Pros:

Beautiful course with a fun layout.

Very friendly staff

Fairways were cut and trimmed

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Was extremely hot the day we played and cart girl was seldom seen

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Good course

Ok I'm biased since I birdied their signature 6th hole!!!

Nice course. Well maintained. Not excessively challenging.

Course layout was fine. They apparently aerated a few weeks ago with still some sand on the greens. Probably considering this they should have reduced price maybe 10 to 20 dollars or posted it (if they did it wasn't clear).

Carts are nothing fancy so bring your gps/rangefinder. While I was paired with a 3 some, normally resort courses will give you your own cart, which I found odd that they made me ride with some other guy. At $150 they could have let me ride solo and since my group (albeit 2nd tee time) was much slower than me I could have gone ahead. We did finish 4 hours exactly but given a preference I'd have taken my own cart and finished in 3 hours max given almost no one in front of us.

Overall experience was good. This should be on your list of courses to play at some point during a HHI stay. I understand from my playing partners this is part of a group of courses where for a fee you can play at a discount for multiple courses. So worth checking out if you're playing 3 or more courses. Just an FYI since I didn't know of this.

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

Cloudy Day

Overall experience was very good. One of those days glad to be out. Greens had been punched about a month and were coming in nice. A lot of grass from all the rain but drained well.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Sat 7/10/22

Great track. Somewhat tight. Greens mostly recovered from aeration. Staff great. Did Dawn Patrol. Off at first light 628. Done at 945. Love this track. Pick the right tees or it could be a long day. Course book will help or GPS device.

Second time playing this track. Liked it before, loved it this time as I remembered the quirky holes. Great design. Plenty of tee choices. Plays long( not a lot of roll). Greens could be better, if they got the Stimp up to 12-14 you’d be muttering to yourself. Not a bad play for $135

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Course is Playing GREAT

Lots of rain the past 3 weeks has really made this course plush. Roughs, fairways and most greens are in fantastic shape. Still improving 2 greens in particular but still playing nice with their pin placements. Bring plenty of water and use that cooler with ice that they supply. Highly recommend a round here now that we are in July.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Nice course overall

Overall a good round. Tee'd off first thing at 628a.

Unlimited range balls on a grass range real nice.

Fairways in good condition.

Quizzical that there was a fair amount of sand on the greens 1 month after aeration.

The layout was nice except for one par five with a sharp dogleg left that most will layup with a 200byd shot with no real need to hit driver unless you can pull off a huge drawing/hooking driver.

Some mosquito so bring bug spray.

Staff was pleasant and bar was great to end with.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Oyster Reef

Very nice golf course, enjoyed the layout, lots of doglegs, played a foursome in just over 4 hours. A little pricey for the expectation. For the most part the course was in very good shape, there are a handful of greens that are they are nurturing back but overall it was no big deal.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Amazing course, great conditions

Starter needs to take it down a notch. Great course and conditions. Other staff was awesome and really friendly. They let us come back after a down pour and finish our round later in the day. Highly recommend the course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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