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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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Great golf day
First round of golf that I played on beautiful Hilton Head Island. The course was everything I hoped it would be. I will be playing on Barony tomorrow hope it is superb also
Spartan81,
Thank you for rating your experience. We're glad you had a good time at Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Great course and staff
Great value for $$
Cart guys were really good!
Cart girl was friendly
smithmich,
Thank you for your review and rating. We're glad you had a great experience while visiting Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club. We look forward to seeing you again.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Robbers Row
Course was fine. Very disappointed in a course and location like this on HHI that there was no on course beverage service given that the course was a loop and no turn to clubhouse. Very unusual
u314161986148,
Thank you for you feedback. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy your experience. As mentioned, our courses don't return to our clubhouse but we do offer on course beverage services. However, it appears our cart attendant may not have been out when you played. Either way, we are sorry that you were disappointed with your experience.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Challenging but fair
Very challenging course. Beautiful greens. Lots of Watertown and sand. Some tight fairways with hanging trees coming into play
u314162075215,
Thank you for your review and rating. We appreciate you taking time to post your feedback. Glad you had a great experience while visiting Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
u314161924091,
Thank you for your rating. Is there anything specific you enjoyed most about your visit to Port Royal? Hope to see you again soon,
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
u872985068,
Thank you for your rating. We're happy you had a nice experience at Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Robert,
Thank you for your rating and feedback. Our courses are in really good shape and we're glad you had a great time. We look forward to seeing you again on your next trip to the island.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
u314160602833,
Thank you for your review and rating. We're glad you had a great time playing at Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club. Is there anything specific you liked best?
Look forward to seeing you again,
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
First Time to Play
We had never played this course. The golf professional was very friendly and the pro shop was clean and neat. The driving range was average. The course itself was in reasonable condition; not great but not bad. The layout was interesting and the greens were pretty small overall.
Boyce Lowery,
Thank you for your review and rating. We're glad you had a good experience while visiting Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club. We look forward to seeing you again.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Scenic Course
This is a scenic course with lots of trees, magnolias and other plants. The course is well designed and depending on the tees you choose the challenge can be varied. No GPS or many markers so you might want a range finder. Staff are friendly. Lithium batteries on new carts are slow on acceleration. Practice area decent although range was closed the day we were there.
henry,
Thank you for your review and rating. Our courses are beautiful and challenging. We do offer a complimentary golf app with GPS. This app is very helpful since we don't offer GPS in our golf cars. Thanks again for your feedback. Hope to see you again on your next visit to the island.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
First time on Island
The layout is challenging which we liked. Fairways were in good shape, tee boxes and greens need work. Staff was friendly but we saw the beverage cart at the second tee and never again through out the remainder of our round.
dcsportsdad,
Thank you for your review and rating. Our fairways are in great shape. We are in the process of adding some sod to a few tee boxes and our greens are healing nicely from aeration. Sorry you only saw our beverage cart 1 time during your round. We'll work on improving that area of service. Hope to see you on your next visit to the island.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Perfect pace for the day!
Very accommodating; open course; doesn’t punish you for misses…long but fair.
u731218591,
Thank you for your rating and review. We're glad you had a "Perfect pace for the day." We look forward to seeing you on your next visit to Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Gorgeous….hit him straight
Not your momms’s golf courses. Narrow fairways so keep it tight. Greens and tee boxes were great. Very challenging. Only beef….if you pay over 100$ for a round the cart should have GPS, just say’en. But a real beauty. Ya’ll should check it out.
oI8usAWUBJW8tunkBi14,
Thank you for your review and rating. Our courses definitely reward a straight shot. We're glad you had a great time playing at Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club. As you mentioned, we don't have GPS in our carts but we do offer a FREE App that offers all you need for course management. The app can be found on both Android and Apple app stores. Just look for Hilton Head Golf and you'll be good to go. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to help. We look forward to seeing you again.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Busy Fun Local Course
My husband in a 6 HC, I am a 19. We had fun on this course today. Somewhat challenging since we had never played here before, but not difficult. Some water and tree trouble, but easy to work around it. Fairways in good shape, Tee boxes fair to good, Greens not bad since they were aerated a couple weeks ago. Very busy in the morning and off to a slow start but as everyone spread out after a few holes it wasn't bad. Cart girl was around several times. Very friendly staff. Nice pro shop, nice practice facility and cold beer and good burger in the grill. Paired with a great guy named Buzz for the round and it was a good day. We booked thru a package-Heritage Collection
Jelly6911,
Thank you for your review and rating. We're glad you had a great experience playing and dining at Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club. We look forward to seeing you again.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
PDS
Nice course…nice round…paired with some very nice people…NICE!
mk8q16ophx2837834,
Thank you for your review and rating. We're very happy you had a "Nice Time" playing at Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club. We hope to see you again on your next visit to HHI.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
Tee boxes were trashed, the greens had a lot of burned out dead spots and generally bumpy. The fairways were in ok shape but not for the usual price to play this course. The beverage cart came around once and said it was last call Sunday afternoon around 130. When we finished the restaurant was closed before 430.
cecurtis97,
Thank you for your feedback and rating. I'm sorry you didn't have a great experience. I'll share your feedback with our team and we hope you'll give us another try in the fall or spring.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf
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u314162082221,
Thank you for your review and rating. We're glad you had a great experience while playing Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club. We look forward to seeing you again.
Jay Rusch, PGA
General Manager & Director of Golf