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Robber's Row at Port Royal Golf Club
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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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Beware of rain check policy!!!
Played 8 holes before rain and lightning started. There were no alerts for lightning and when we arrived back at pro shop they acted like there was nothing wrong with weather.
They provided course credit which was prorated for the holes we didn’t play. They did not refund the entire green fee. They said there was no limit as to when we could use the credit but the problem is that we are from Canada and not sure if we will be back.
The course was in excellent shape.
It was a pleasure to see Parker Mulford. You are very fortunate to have such a caring individual and qualified Golf Pro!
Sue and Bill Magnuson
Sue and Bill Magnuson,
Thank for your rating and review. We're happy you had an excellent experience at Port Royal. We're equally happy you enjoyed your interactions with one of our golf professionals, Parker Mulford.
We look forward to seeing you on your next visit.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Great course...
My sons and I had a great round at this course...Everything was in great shape.. greens were perfect. We had an awesome time...!
smitche102,
Thank you for your review and rating. We're glad you and your sons had an excellent experience while playing Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club. We look forward to seeing you again.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
smitche102,
Thank you for your rating and feedback. We're very happy you had an excellent experience while playing at Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club. We look forwrad to seeing you again soon.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Thank you for your rating and review. We're happy to hear you had a good experience while playing Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club. We hope to see you again during your next trip to HHI.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Staff
The lady that check me in wasn’t very friendly,I can say this because I work at a golf course
Thank you for your rating and review. I'm sorry to hear your check-in experience wasn't as positive as it should have been. That said, it sounds like you enjoyed your overall experience. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have additional feedback. Hope to see you again during your next visit to HHI.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Wide open golfer friendly
Excellent Course had a great time should lower the price war have more hot deals
A little better than average
It was disappointing that some fairways were being mowed and the clippings were all over.. I understand it has to be done but it still wasn’t ideal playing conditions.
Also I thought the tee boxes were substandard. They need to be addressed.
u314160932789,
Thank you for your review and rating. Glad you had a good experience and we appreciate your feedback. We are working on teeing areas as well as other areas throughout both courses. We hope to see you again soon.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
CaptLee54,
Thank you for your review and rating. We're glad to hear you had an excellent experience while visiting Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club. We hope to see you again during your next trip to HHI.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Great course
Everything was great except the tee boxes may need some improvements.
“Known Computer Glitch”
Was not allowed to play Robbers Row despite a written e-mail confirmation from the reservation I made a month earlier through GolfNow. I planned my vacation courses carefully with Robbers Row as one of 5 different courses I wanted to play. Imagine my disappointment, as when I presented my receipt to the starter that I would have to play the sister course and not Robbers because Robbers was only open to Members. I had played the sister course 3 days prior. I went to Pro shop to challenge, I was told “computer glitch, sorry”. Subsequent phone call to Heritage Golf I learned that they are aware of this problem with your system (that GolfNow makes courses and times available that are not and GolfNow IT has not fixed it). Please correct the problem. I was very upset I was not able to play the course I expected. Bad customer experience. Booking was easy through Golf Now. Had done it 6 times for my trip without issue.
u314161013170,
Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry for the inconvience that we caused you during your visit. That said, please feel free to contact me directly prior to your next visit to HHI and we'll try to make it up to you. Hope to hear from you.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Robbers Row
Was a rainy am so we appeared to be the first out, pace of play was great 3 hr round, with great course conditions. Port Royal is a great surprise to play and will be back…
Great track on vacation
Terrific experience
Twosome at 1130 and had the course to ourselves
Three hours wow had forgotten how much fun never waiting is and played well too
Staff super nice too
u6372622,
Thank you for your feedback and rating. We're glad you had a good visit and an excellent pace of play. We hope to see you again on your next visit to HHI.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Enjoyable august round
Course recovering from aeration from 2-3 weeks prior, so greens a bit sandy/bumpy, but still rolled well. From 9 was redesigned by Dye a number of years ago and shows his personal touch. The back nine is a tad more mundane. Overall and enjoyable round and would enjoy playing this one again at a different time of year. Staff very friendly and cordial as well.
Played during 90 + heat, dead of summer. Totally understand course may not be in the best shape but the entire front 9 was terrible. Fairways burned out, greens all super soft, some areas of fairway covered in sand. Back 9 was much better save for 2 holes with terrible layouts. Not worth it for the price. If greens fee was 60-70 percent or the rate I pairs would be much more reasonable for the course. Definitely didn’t get what I paid for
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stripes1999,
Thank you for your review and feedback. We're sorry you had stop playing due to poor weather. Did you enjoy the eight holes you were able to play? Please feel free to contact me via email at jrusch@heritagegolfgroup.com to discuss our raincheck policy and other potential solutions.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf