Westin Hilton Head Island Resort and Spa

Great course but the foursome in front of us killed the pace of play.

It would have been nice to finish, but rain came as forecasted .

Port Royal courses usually in good shape. Some tee boxes may great. Fairways and greens good. Greens a little unpredictable with speed, some fast, some slower.

This course was challenging but fun! It was in great shape, everyone was friendly and staff very courteous and helpful.

I try to give grace most of the time and not be a keyboard complainer, but today's experience was just bad enough to allow it.

Played @portroyalgolfclub today and it went like this: No range balls. The starter said "I think someone is out there picking them", but no. A few balls scattered out on the range, so unless they only have a few hundred balls, they should not have been out. Saw the beverage cart lady at hole 3, but since we were a little bit behind already I said "I'll pick something up here in a little bit when I see you again". I never saw her or anyone else with a beverage cart ever again. At hole 11, a staff member was out and I asked him if he could send the beverage cart our way, we were quite thirsty. (Keep in mind there are no water stations on this course, and no halfway house, so once you go out you're out until you get back to the clubhouse.) He said he would send someone our way. We never saw anyone. Teeing off on hole 17 here came another staff member. I stopped him and asked him why we had not seen the cart girl we were very thirsty. He said "she had an emergency and had to go home". My main complaint about all of this is that on that course with no water stations The beverage cart should be a priority for this the staff. That was the second staff member that I had seen driving around and they can't drive a beverage cart? And at a resort course like this, why do they not stock the cooler on the cart with waters at least? There are too many good choices of golf on Hilton Head Island, and too many better choices that will treat you like it's a resort course and take care of the customers on the course at this price point. I was dehydrated and angry by the time I finished the round. I encourage anyone coming to Hilton Head Island to play golf to look at all of the other better choices first, but this will be the last time I play Port Royal.

Course was in great shape greens roll true .nice course to play everyone was very friendly

The course is in great shape. The pace of play was 4:10, which is great for the HHI. The staff is very friendly and accommodating. The starter got us out early in front of group of 20 players, VERY considerate.

Restaurant was great, food was very good and friendly servers. Unfortunately it stopped there, every other golf course staff member was rude or looked like they were annoyed you were there. Course was in average condition and we were glad we didn't play in the morning at ridiculous rates for the experience. The Port Royal courses are not worth the money, much better options in the area.

GolfNow website scheduled me for Thursday when I had booked for Friday. Got charged twice for one expensive round of golf.

The highlights:

- Staff was SUPER friendly

- Greens were excellent and the highlight of the course

- Layout is challenging but not unforgiving.

- New carts are comfortable

- Lots of facilities out on the course

- 36 holes tee of from the same clubhouse

- Incredible practice facilities

Needs a little work:

- Fairways are not quite there yet

- Would appreciate GPS for the price

- Pace of play is slow but they do have Marshalls.

- Only have one bev cart for 36 holes.

Overall a great afternoon. Would play again

Fairways were not in great shape. Parts were bare or very thin with grass. Greens were fine.

Our foursome booked a tee time for 18 on golfnow just after 4:20pm. We loaded our carts are were told by starters/cart guys we were not going to play 18 in time (we did with plenty of time to spare, well before cart return time)… they were seemingly mad that we even showed up.

I’ve played this course multiple times and this is the worst shape it has ever been in. Greens patchy, rough and fairway are indistinguishable in many spots - a shame for a pretty nice layout. It’s going to be a rough summer here if it’s looking like this in April.

Fix your course, get some employees that enjoy being at a golf course, and don’t advertise and charge for 18 at 4pm if your staff is going to disapprove.

Spend your $$ elsewhere.

I was trying to determine which course to play in this area. Since I am staying on this property I decided to play this course, 3 minutes away.

People at the course were very accommodating and nice. That is where the good ended.

Pace of play was horrendously slow, ranger apologized several times. A few groups during the 2nd 9 quit playing.

We had 4 groups at one time on hole 10.

The fairways were sparse and the small greens had weeds and poiana in them.

Fortunately I paid a discounted rate. If I had pay full fare I would have asked for a refund.

I just can't believe this course was rated at 4 stars.