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Robert Cupp at Palmetto Hall Plantation
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While Hilton Head is chock full of courses designed by some of the greatest names in golf, just one of them was designed with a computer to give it lines straighter than an arrow throughout.
The Robert Cupp Course at Palmetto Hall can be one of the most interesting and eclectic courses you'll play, as well as possibly one of the toughest. From the back tees the course plays to 7,079, with a slope rating of 144.
Named as Golf World's top designer in 1992, Cupp created a course that is visually challenging as well as challenging to play. With sand traps looking as if they were drawn in by, well, a computer, this is a course you'll tell your friends about, though you may not tell them your score.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 7079 yards | 75.2 | 149 |
| Blue | 72 | 6524 yards | 72.3 | 135 |
| White | 72 | 6042 yards | 69.9 | 124 |
| Forward (W) | 72 | 5220 yards | 70.8 | 123 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 74.6/141 | 417 | 559 | 435 | 207 | 443 | 542 | 459 | 147 | 472 | 3681 | 509 | 315 | 231 | 440 | 360 | 504 | 170 | 452 | 417 | 3398 | 7079 |
| Blue M: 72.2/136 | 370 | 524 | 386 | 186 | 405 | 513 | 411 | 138 | 378 | 3311 | 493 | 303 | 188 | 415 | 338 | 478 | 160 | 425 | 392 | 3192 | 6503 |
| White M: 70.1/131 W: 75.7/144 | 348 | 468 | 363 | 156 | 360 | 491 | 375 | 119 | 360 | 3040 | 474 | 290 | 171 | 385 | 318 | 464 | 143 | 383 | 357 | 2985 | 6025 |
| Black M: 68.7/125 W: 73.9/141 | 348 | 468 | 326 | 156 | 315 | 420 | 317 | 119 | 360 | 2829 | 474 | 290 | 133 | 343 | 318 | 464 | 143 | 321 | 357 | 2843 | 5672 |
| Black/Green M: 66.4/116 | 317 | 401 | 326 | 156 | 315 | 420 | 317 | 119 | 341 | 2712 | 402 | 240 | 133 | 343 | 318 | 464 | 143 | 321 | 303 | 2667 | 5379 |
| Palmetto M: 67.3/121 W: 72.6/134 | 317 | 399 | 324 | 153 | 315 | 420 | 317 | 119 | 341 | 2705 | 406 | 240 | 131 | 343 | 318 | 464 | 143 | 321 | 300 | 2666 | 5371 |
| Green W: 71.8/130 | 317 | 401 | 326 | 127 | 315 | 420 | 317 | 101 | 341 | 2665 | 402 | 240 | 133 | 343 | 263 | 392 | 120 | 321 | 303 | 2517 | 5182 |
| Forward W: 66.0/117 | 268 | 357 | 279 | 127 | 250 | 359 | 277 | 101 | 240 | 2258 | 349 | 240 | 133 | 250 | 183 | 364 | 98 | 255 | 247 | 2119 | 4377 |
| Orange M: 62.6/110 | 264 | 353 | 279 | 127 | 255 | 355 | 275 | 101 | 237 | 2246 | 349 | 240 | 131 | 247 | 181 | 333 | 79 | 247 | 230 | 2037 | 4283 |
| Handicap | 15 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 7 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 6 |
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Golf Advisor: Top Courses in South Carolina (2015 #12)
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Staff was very friendly. Course in good condition. Some very tricky pin placements ment for a challenging round.
Nice layout
Fairways need some work but overall better than the last time played the course
Cart room
Every person I dealt with was fantastic. I chatted with the starter for 15 minutes as we are both from the northeast. I spoke to a ranger on the course for 10 min. Very nice. The cart drop area was not so good. Not rude but not nice either. They put my clubs on a cart and I went in to the grill room for lunch. I forgot something in my bag so I ran outside to find my clubs uncovered and it was raining. I covered them myself.
Disappointing
We didn't realize (or were told) the course was overseeded and very wet. Therefore the fairways, greens, and tee boxes had not been cut for quite some time. Greens VERY slow, again uncut. There should have been a reduction in greens fees because of the conditions,
Pace of play was horrible. Not a good course for newcomers to the game
Cupp
Very challenging course. Not senior friendly for males or females
Course Conditions Need Work
Green were very inconsistent and rough on many holes. Tee boxes a bit rough for all 18 holes. Fairways were decent. Course layout was good. For the price paid, I just felt that the course should be better maintained.
Great course, but pace of play way too slow
We had a great first nine holes, but then we got backed up by six people on the 10th hole. We finally just gave up and went home.
Solid choice- nothing spectacular
Course was ok. Generally in decent shape. Handful of greens and numerous bunkers were pretty beat up. Had first tee time out and was held up by the grounds crew for most of front nine. Then most of rest of course didn’t have tee markers in so it was a guess of which tee box every time our group drove up.
Staff was helpful and friendly. Not much in way of on course amenities
Excellent Course
The layout of this course is fantastic. Fairways and tee boxes in great shape. Every hole is unique, one of the best I’ve played on the island. The only thing keeping it from 5 stars is the condition of the greens. They are just okay, some better than others. Other than that it’s a 5 star course. Would still go back and play it regardless.
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