Patrick O'Brien
Kiawah Island Golf Resort: Turtle Point
Kiawah Island Golf Resort: Turtle Point
1 Turtle Point Ln
Kiawah Island, SC 29455
United States
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Overview
In 2016, Jack Nicklaus led the renovation of Turtle Point, regrassing the course with Paspalum, reconstructing all of the bunkers, and improving the irrigation efficiency. This Kiawah Island resort course now features increased shot variety and requires strategic play with several hidden water hazards.
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“Nice resort course. Good variety of holes. fun to play and good complement to the Ocean course"
Read More2026
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“Forgiving course with wide fairways, larger greens and in many cases, gentle surrounds with strategically placed bunkers. There is a fair mix of forced carries to greens to add challenge. Routing is balanced amongst doglegs to both sides, plays through tree lined homesites, incorporating a lot of water hazards, with a nice break playing three windswept holes along the Atlantic."
Read More2025
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“Forgiving course with wide fairways, larger greens and in many cases, gentle surrounds with strategically placed bunkers. There is a fair mix of forced carries to greens to add challenge. Routing is balanced amongst doglegs to both sides, plays through tree lined homesites, incorporating a lot of water hazards, with a nice break playing three windswept holes along the Atlantic."
Read More2025
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“Well conditioned course and features beautiful bunkering and several holes near the end of the round on the ocean. Some of the holes feel repetitious at times with several greens (3) on the front guarded by front left water. Compliments the Osprey and Cougar courses well."
Read More2025
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“Well better than average resort course. Highlights for me included the use of deception bunkers, varied water hazards, short grass bailout areas, strategic use of trees and angles of approach that mattered. The greens had interesting internal contours (loved the runaway green on the short par four) 15th. Numerous straight holes broken up mostly by bunkering. Par fives mostly similar though each had an element of temptation and risk/reward. Holes looked tighter than they played."
Read More2025
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“Challenging course with a few beautiful holes along the water"
Read More2024
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“Good conditioning especially around the greens. A few holes on the back 9 by the ocean. Very tight but some holes presented options tee to green."
Read More2024
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“If visiting Kiawah Island Resort and choosing courses, Turtle Point is a fun one as a supplement to the Ocean Course. It has some typical features that exist throughout the low country resort style courses but then weaves out to the shore for a few holes. The pleasant surprise and change of style gives the course a unique overall feel."
Read More2023
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“A resort with a few views of the ocean."
Read More2023
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“Shot options from the tee boxes were present, as well as a number of different approach angles based on water and bunker protections.The shot options off of the tees typically were more lay-up vs driver decisions, as opposed to different lines (vs approach where greens had pins tucked in behind bunkers and water). The approachability of the greens from chipping distance made the course less challenging than it could have been, given fairly simple scramble/save possibilities even after an unforced error. The holes by the water, however, up the challenge factor as prevailing winds carry the day and impact even the strongest golfer's shots. The holes varied in distance across all three pars. That said, three of the par 3s were about 175 (with the other up at 205), but within that category tee and pin locations could make that vary (additionally 14 and 16 ran opposite directions on the beach so wind would make them play totally differently). Par 5s varied from reachable to true layups and 4s from nearly drivable to 450+. Not too many doglegs or elevation changes, but bunker placement and water incorporated nicely into many holes. The stretch of holes from 14-16 really elevate this score as the three holes are as close to the beach as you'll ever get. The way the course opens into that area is sublime. That said, other holes also are also very well crafted (7, 9, 11, among others). The course is walkable and ties together woodlands golf with beach golf in a way that feels smooth and not jarring and brings it back to wooded golf at the end."
Read More2022
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