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    Kiawah Island Golf Resort: The Ocean Course

    Kiawah Island, SC Public

    Overview

    Often considered to be the first course designed for a specific event—the 1991 Ryder Cup—this manufactured linksland-meets-lagoons layout might well be Pete Dye’s most diabolical creation. Every hole is edged by sawgrass, every green has tricky slopes, every bunker merges into bordering sand dunes. Strung along nearly three miles of ocean coast, Dye took his wife’s advice and perched fairways and greens so golfers can actually view the Atlantic surf. That also exposes shots and putts to ever-present and sometimes fierce coastal winds. The Ocean Course will forever be linked with Phil Mickelson and his improbable victory at the 2021 PGA Championship.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 7849
    Slope 155
    Price $600
    Facility Type Public
    Year Opened 1991
    Designer Pete Dye & Alice Dye

    Awards

    100 Greatest
    100 Greatest Public
    Best Courses in Every State

    Ranking history:

    100 Greatest: Ranked since 1997.
    2023-'24 ranking (and previous): 24th.
    Highest ranking: 20th, 2015-'16.

    100 Greatest Public: Ranked since the inaugural edition in 2003.
    2023-'24 ranking: 3rd.
    Previous ranking: 4th.
    Highest ranking: 3rd, 2015-'18 and current.

    Best in State: Ranked first since 2011.

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    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

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

    4.8

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    7.8978
    Character
    8.0567
    Challenge
    8.2799
    Layout Variety
    7.8104
    Fun
    7.4412
    Aesthetics
    8.1157
    Conditioning
    7.7114

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