Robber's Row at Port Royal Golf Club
About
A Pete Dye redesign of a George Cobb and Willard Byrd original design helped take the Robber's Row Course at Port Royal Golf Club toward the head of the pack on Hilton Head. Dye added or redesigned 43 bunkers on the front nine, changing par from 35 to 36 and did some shortening on the back nine to change par from 37 to 36.
The golf course plays little more than 6,000 yards, with a somewhat-friendly 124 slope rating from the tips. Players will have to do some work on their approach shots, as the Cobb/Dye design keeps its greens well protected with bunkers.
The golf course is a scenic delight, however, and in a nice move, you get history lessons at the tee boxes to help let you know the past of the area you are playing, which was once an important location in the Civil War.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 6657 yards | 73.3 | 134 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 6657 yards | 78.7 | 137 |
| Blue | 72 | 6311 yards | 71.6 | 129 |
| Blue (W) | 72 | 6311 yards | 76.8 | 133 |
| White | 72 | 6001 yards | 70.3 | 116 |
| White (W) | 72 | 6001 yards | 75.0 | 129 |
| Green | 71 | 4884 yards | 68.8 | 111 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 72.3/125 | 322 | 484 | 405 | 207 | 384 | 576 | 357 | 173 | 420 | 3328 | 441 | 441 | 159 | 387 | 472 | 188 | 265 | 425 | 508 | 3286 | 6614 |
| Blue M: 71.1/123 | 300 | 455 | 387 | 197 | 361 | 541 | 346 | 160 | 387 | 3134 | 426 | 424 | 137 | 368 | 448 | 160 | 256 | 413 | 488 | 3120 | 6254 |
| White M: 69.5/120 W: 74.8/138 | 278 | 441 | 364 | 175 | 324 | 485 | 310 | 154 | 376 | 2907 | 392 | 409 | 128 | 358 | 444 | 149 | 250 | 390 | 479 | 2999 | 5906 |
| Member M: 68.8/117 | 278 | 441 | 349 | 169 | 324 | 485 | 310 | 154 | 320 | 2830 | 372 | 365 | 128 | 330 | 444 | 149 | 250 | 385 | 479 | 2902 | 5732 |
| Black M: 67.5/110 W: 71.8/128 | 237 | 410 | 349 | 169 | 315 | 477 | 285 | 143 | 320 | 2705 | 372 | 365 | 104 | 330 | 390 | 130 | 225 | 385 | 439 | 2740 | 5445 |
| Green M: 64.9/107 W: 69.3/116 | 208 | 355 | 329 | 143 | 264 | 460 | 280 | 129 | 296 | 2464 | 282 | 303 | 104 | 324 | 384 | 84 | 217 | 293 | 432 | 2423 | 4887 |
| Handicap | 13 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 17 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
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Robber Row review
Robber Row is an excellent layout with a nice selection of challenging holes and birdie holes. Played the blue tees. Greens were perfect. Tees were good and flat for me but noticed several were lumpy for my female playing partner. Fairways were not overseeded so they were brown but playable. The course winds through the Port Royal homes and is a fun journey. I really liked the course and the practice facilities are great with three practice greens allows plenty of people to warm up without being crowded. Practice tee is large with good targets, Staff is friendly and efficient. I recommend anyone to play this course and I will return
Fun Day
Four of us played in four hours.
Greens were a bit slow and in fine shape
Sand could be worked, very firm texture
We had an enjoyable afternoon on this course
Thanks!!
Very enjoyable course
Lots of doglegs off of the tee. Good mix of short and long par-4’s. Fair test of golf. You need to use almost every club in your bag to score well. Good greens. Great practice area.
Excellent layout
Pace of play was excellent, just under 4 hours for a foursome. Nice layout.
wrong time of year
It would have been nice to have played course before the cold snap . all the fairways were brown and the greens were all guess work, some were fast and some were very slow.
some parts of the fairway were covered with divots, golfer need to step up and fill their craters.
NICE COURSE
Friendly staff and challenging course. I'd play here again.
Great!!
My daughter and I had a great time and loved the course and the people.
Refreshing Comeback
It had been a few years since I played Robbers, and only once since the hurricane damage - and it was clear then that Port Royal was facing restoration challenges that didn't seem to be keeping up with other area courses. So I stayed away until deciding to try again this year. I was surprised and so pleased to find the course, especially the greens, back in excellent condition. We played 6 different courses on this trip, and RR was the best shape of the 6. The RR layout has always been terrific - and now the conditions are too!