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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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Good resort course
My son-in-law and I played the full course and found it to be a good challenge. The course is beautiful and well-kept. Despite heavy rains and colder weather in the days before we played, the course was in great shape. I definitely recommend this course for anyone staying on the north side of Hilton Head.
Governor on cart was so strong I couldn’t get going w/o rocking back and forth. I thought I was going to run out of “juice” before I could get back.
Easy course to play. Not much water. Lots of live oak leaves and other plant material that was blown around on a windy day.
Great layout.
This was my first time playing this course and I was pleased. Greens were excellent. Fairways were ok, but because of the time of year it was expected (winter grass being replaced by spring summer grass).
Excellent Customer Service - Shared review with Barony
I'm not a big golf course reviewer, However, the mixed reviews I saw on GolfNow and the extremely positive experience I/We had at Port Royal; I had to tell. I've never experienced a friendlier shop staff than I encountered at Port Royal, The head pro came out from behind the counter to welcome us and make us feel welcome. Another staff member volunteered a couple of local places to have dinner that night which turned out to be an outstanding find! What appeared to be primarily a members club, they went out of their way to make us visitors feel welcome and appreciated.
Both courses play from the same clubhouse, which has a little bit of an awkward start as the first tee for both courses is kind of distant from the clubhouse and starter. However, they used this to great advantage staggering people over to the respective 1st tee as appropriate. When we arrived at the first tee we were surprised that there was a second set of starters again, who's primary mission was to ensure that we got off to a good start. These were the best marshaled courses I've encountered in a long time. We were in position all day playing both eighteens in about 4 hours, however, they were visible and always with a question "how's it going" "having a good time",
This was February, and while we had fantastic weather, cold starts but shirt sleeves by the end of the day. The course conditions were average/normal for this time of year. Greens were thin but rolled very well. Fairways were also very thin as Bermuda doesn't grow in the winter. No overseeding except tee areas, however, I'm not a huge fan of overseeding as it makes the spring transition very tricky and you could tell these courses were all about the spring with pre-emergent already evident on the fairways. All in all VERY enjoyable couple of 36 hole days at Port Royal, Definitely will be in our Winter Golf Trip to SC rotation.
Great day!
My husband and I really enjoyed our day of golf at this golf course!
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Thank you for taking time to rate your experience at Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club. We're very happy you had an excellent time. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Hilton Head Golf in February
Great weather with reasonable golf at all Heritage Golf Courses here in February. Better then being up North in winter weather
u314159773217,
Thank you for your review and rating. The weather has been great this winter. Glad you had a nice experience at all Heritage clubs. We appreciate you spending time with us and look forward to seeing you again.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
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u716739345,
Thank You for your rating and review. I'm sorry your experience was only fair. Is there anything specific we could have done differently to improve your experience? I look forward to hearing your response.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf