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 |
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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 |
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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 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 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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Robbers Row
Great course in great condition site added new sand to bunkers really soft easy out
We had a great day playing golf with new friends
Always a good time
We have played here at least once a year for the last. 25+ years. The course never disappoints.
Local Knowledge
Overall average condition, enjoyable, several doglegs local knowledge of yardage would be helpful
Great value
A nice layout. Fairways in good shape. Greens a bit rough in a few areas. No one in front of us the whole day. Solid value.
Robbers Row Review
Had a 7am tee time on a Monday, group in front of us was really moving. We played our round in 3.5 hours which was amazing.
Course condition and layout was excellent. Greens were maybe a touch slow in the morning given dampness. Course is fair.
Would definitely play again.
False advertising
Booked online. At rate of $120. When my friend arrived, he asked for the local rate as he was a local resident. The women refused and said he would have to pay $170. He refused see and left. I called the heritage collection and cancelled the tee time. They said no problem. An hour later I received and email from golfnow saying port royal had told them we didn’t show for our tee time and therefore charged me the $240 for 2 players. Port Royal refused to credit me or give me a rain check. I won’t return there
Course conditions have deteriorated since playing here last year, greens are poorly maintained, crabgrass and huge ball marks covered almost every gre
Needs to be mowed more frequently, fairways and tee boxes had not been cut recently (2-3 days). Layout of the course was nice but just didn’t feel like it was on the same level of maintenance as the many other courses on Hilton Head for the same price.
Why are rangers such a-holes?
Overall, a challenging layout. It’s tight, for sure, but off-track balls are definitely findable. Course — in my opinion — has fully recovered from its end-of-May aeration.
The ranger on Monday was having a bad hair day, apparently. We kept up with group in front of us, yet he told us least three times that we were behind pace (easy to figure out…we teed off 10-15 minutes late!). I get that marshaling is a thankless job, but good God, man!, don’t make it your goal to tick people — people on vacation, no less — off!
First Timer
This course was a shot in the dark as I had not played or been to the island before. I booked a tee-time with GolfNow and took a chance. I was not let down. From the first interaction with staff they were friendly and very helpful. The course was in peak condition with the fairways being dang near perfect and the greens rolling true.
Wedding Party
My husband and his groomsmen went to this course for a pre wedding round of golf. It was reported to me by my family that the young man who took care of them in the pro house was rude and racially profiled them to the point of providing poor service. Also, he was very rude to the other female employee, Carol, when she was providing service to the group. We were happy to pay for great service so it was disappointing to hear that basic hospitality was not possible during this visit.
Not to challenging
Fun course. Great staff and pace of play. I really enjoyed golfing robbers row
Greens in rough shape, but great layout
The greens were in tough shape as they had just been topdressed before a major rain. Loved everything else and the staff was awesome.