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    Kiawah Island Club: Cassique

    Johns Island, SC Private

    Overview

    Kiawah Island Club’s Cassique Course (pronounced Kah-seek) was created by Hall-of-Famer Tom Watson and his crew from old farm fields along the tidal marshes of the Kiawah River. As a five-time Champion Golfer of Year, Watson wanted his design to demand the “touch, feel and imagination” of links-style golf, so he framed most holes with choppy faux dunes, rumpled the fairways and installed some of his favorite links features: a burn a la Turnberry, Carnoustie-inspired Spectacles and a Hell Bunker from St. Andrews. With the front nine in open land and the back nine among trees, Cassique poses bump-and-run opportunities everywhere, and even has a couple of blind shots.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 7005
    Slope 147
    Facility Type Private
    Year Opened 2000
    Designer Tom Watson

    Awards

    100 Greatest
    100 Greatest the Second 100
    Best Courses in Every State

    Ranking history:

    100 Greatest: Ranked from 2007 through 2010.
    Highest ranking: 85th, 2009-2010.

    Second 100 Greatest: Ranked since 2013.
    2023-'24 ranking: 166th.
    Previous ranking: 150th.

    Best in State: Ranked sixth in 2021-'22. Ranked inside the top five 2007-2009. Ranked seventh, 2023-'24. Ranked inside the top 10 in 2005, 2011-2013.
    2023-'24 ranking: 7th.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    4.5

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    7.3154
    Character
    7.4873
    Challenge
    7.2443
    Layout Variety
    7.4545
    Fun
    7.3927
    Aesthetics
    7.528
    Conditioning
    7.2929

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