Oyster Reef Golf Course

I couldn’t wait to come back this year to play this course. I played it a year ago, almost to the day. This year however it wasn’t well maintained. I think it either gets a lot of play or there were several outings in the days ahead of our time. It is an expensive course and I just wanted to get the course and service that I paid for.

I took my son and his buddies and had a great time. The staff was great at every point. I was taken back at how nice and welcoming they ALL were. Food was great, definitely coming back.

Mike

The staff were very friendly and helpful getting us started and at the end of our round. Willing to chat and share tips on playing the course.

We all agreed the course was in very good condition and fun to play (even at our skill levels). Would definitely recommend to others.

Only second round of season so not a great start but came around for second nine. Course was in good condition. Greens a touch slower but mostly in good shape. Some bunkers a little tough to get out of (no fault of their own….). Definitely a return visit in the future.

Nice layout. Course was in good shape. good pace of play. A good test

Good layout and very good condition. Very slow play by a group in front lead to backup on back nine.

We had a mid-day tee time and the weather was perfect (not too hot). The course is in excellent conditions. Lots of sand traps in the fairways and green side. Lots of doglegs - both right and left. Will play again.

I've been going down to HHI for a Spring vacation for over 15 years and Oyster Reef is a golf course that has never disappointed me. The course is always in great shape and the staff is always friendly and helpful. And...(unlike a few other unnamed GC's)...I feel it's a good value for my golfing dollars!

Very nice layout off blue ran out of fairway on some holes but that’s due to not knowing the course much better than robbers row

This is a course which is always on the list when we play golf in Hilton Head.

Course is always in great shape and is no pushover. Some challenging holes keep you on your toes here.

I planned a golf outing here for a friend bachelor party. We made the tee times several months in advance, and we were looking for a course on Hilton Head that was nice, but not super expensive. This seemed to fit. When calling them to talk about renting clubs, we were told they don't put aside clubs in advance, and they only had 8 rental sets. I called twice and was mostly brushed off the phone, and they said they would have the pro call me back, which he didn't. The third time I called I got the pro on the phone, and he recommended a guy in Hilton head to rent clubs from. That was a smooth experience, and the guy Charlie who did the club rentals would drop them off and pick them up from course. I would recommend Charlie for other golf experiences down there, great guy. I called to set up a long drive and closest to the pin contest for our groups, and again got the very nonchalant attitude of "yeah we can probably do that, just show up that day and mention it" or "email the pro". So I emailed him, no response, and followed up again and his response was " We can definitely do that". And from that I could tell it was going to be an ad hoc last minute thing they would try and put together, which by no means is the end of the world, but just more so spoke to how they handle things there. Very much a "we'll figure it out" type attitude.

Coming from Savannah took a little longer than expected, but we still arrived a half hour in advance of our tee times. We had the clubs on the carts, but they were a few carts short. Again, not the end of the world, I understand that stuff can happen. But we saw groups that were seemingly behind us on the tee sheet set up with carts so I was confused. I went in to the pro shop to ask, and again got the shoulder shrug and was told "yeah nothing we can do. We're waiting on people to finish to give you their carts, but not sure when that will be". I mentioned it looked like groups behind us had them, and was told I should talk to the starter. So I went out to talk to him, and said "we should be teeing off now no?" And he responded "I agree with you" as if to imply it was our fault. There is literally 2 groups with 4 carts on the first tee, who's tee times were behind us, and I simply said I don't understand why groups behind us would get carts and we have to wait. He said I should talk to the pro shop. I mentioned that they said come talk to you, and he said again go talk to them. It was pretty clear they just didn't want to have those two groups get mad at them as they were couples, and figured let's just screw over the guys on the bachelor party. The starter was just one of those older grumpy guys who clearly takes his job way to seriously and just hates anyone who's younger. Just a complete jerk. So they had 2 groups go out ahead of us, and we waited for a cart to get there. When I rolled around to the first tee he said to the other guys in my group "yeah your buddy thinks he knows everything huh". What does that even mean? I asked why groups behind us were getting carts before us and you don't have a good answer for it: seems like common sense to me. I would just give groups with earlier tee times the carts so things run on time. I'm not a rocket scientist but that would seem to work. "There's absolutely nothing I can do". Sure you can, you just don't want to. Obviously there was no mention of the long drive or closest to the pin. Minor detail that we didn't care all that much about, but just shows they didn't really care. Cart lady finally got to us on the 9th hole, but basically was absent the whole time.

We enjoyed the course. Pretty solid condition and a fun track. By this review it probably seems like I'm some pretentious Golf guy, but I've actually never written a review about anything before, never sent food back at a restaurant, in general don't complain about anything. But $130 per person should get you more than a "not our problem, it is what it is" type attitude. Probably better options on the island.

I planned a golf outing here for a friend bachelor party. We made the tee times several months in advance, and we were looking for a course on Hilton Head that was nice, but not super expensive. This seemed to fit. When calling them to talk about renting clubs, we were told they don't put aside clubs in advance, and they only had 8 rental sets. I called twice and was mostly brushed off the phone, and they said they would have the pro call me back, which he didn't. The third time I called I got the pro on the phone, and he recommended a guy in Hilton head to rent clubs from. That was a smooth experience, and the guy Charlie who did the club rentals would drop them off and pick them up from course. I would recommend Charlie for other golf experiences down there, great guy. I called to set up a long drive and closest to the pin contest for our groups, and again got the very nonchalant attitude of "yeah we can probably do that, just show up that day and mention it" or "email the pro". So I emailed him, no response, and followed up again and his response was " We can definitely do that". And from that I could tell it was going to be an ad hoc last minute thing they would try and put together, which by no means is the end of the world, but just more so spoke to how they handle things there. Very much a "we'll figure it out" type attitude.

Coming from Savannah took a little longer than expected, but we still arrived a half hour in advance of our tee times. We had the clubs on the carts, but they were a few carts short. Again, not the end of the world, I understand that stuff can happen. But we saw groups that were seemingly behind us on the tee sheet set up with carts so I was confused. I went in to the pro shop to ask, and again got the shoulder shrug and was told "yeah nothing we can do. We're waiting on people to finish to give you their carts, but not sure when that will be". I mentioned it looked like groups behind us had them, and was told I should talk to the starter. So I went out to talk to him, and said "we should be teeing off now no?" And he responded "I agree with you" as if to imply it was our fault. There is literally 2 groups with 4 carts on the first tee, who's tee times were behind us, and I simply said I don't understand why groups behind us would get carts and we have to wait. He said I should talk to the pro shop. I mentioned that they said come talk to you, and he said again go talk to them. It was pretty clear they just didn't want to have those two groups get mad at them as they were couples, and figured let's just screw over the guys on the bachelor party. The starter was just one of those older grumpy guys who clearly takes his job way to seriously and just hates anyone who's younger. Just a complete jerk. So they had 2 groups go out ahead of us, and we waited for a cart to get there. When I rolled around to the first tee he said to the other guys in my group "yeah your buddy thinks he knows everything huh". What does that even mean? I asked why groups behind us were getting carts before us and you don't have a good answer for it: seems like common sense to me. I would just give groups with earlier tee times the carts so things run on time. I'm not a rocket scientist but that would seem to work. "There's absolutely nothing I can do". Sure you can, you just don't want to. Obviously there was no mention of the long drive or closest to the pin. Minor detail that we didn't care all that much about, but just shows they didn't really care. Cart lady finally got to us on the 9th hole, but basically was absent the whole time. And all they had to do was say “sorry we messed up” but they acted like it was our fault

We enjoyed the course. Pretty solid condition and a fun track.

By this review it probably seems like I'm some pretentious Golf hardo, but I've actually never written a review about anything before, never sent food back at a restaurant, in general don't complain about anything. But $130 per person should get you more than a "not our problem, it is what it is" type attitude. Probably better options on the island. I only write this so anyone looking to play here gets there way earlier to make sure they get set up. Otherwise you'll just be standing around waiting for things to get figured out like we were.

Good food and friendly pro shop service however incredibly slow play. We could only play 9 which made the round pretty pricey. Probably would not play here again. They need marshals out there to help with pace of play.