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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 7010 yards
Slope 143
Rating 74.3

Course Details

Year Built 2016
Golf Season Year round
Architect Davis Love III (2016) Mark Love (2016) Scot Sherman (2016)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Caddies Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities

Accolades

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4.4
56 Reviews (56)
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Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked

Beautiful course, great experience. Greens were challenging but sometimes too tricked-up to be fun.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

First Class Facility

I was extremely eager to play this course after it was redesigned by DL3. It lived up to everything I imagined. The amenities were great, free range balls, premier putting greens and an awesome clubhouse. The course is worth every penny and I will be playing it again this summer. Lots of sand and water on the course. Hole 15 is breathtaking with views of the ocean and beach. #17 wrecked my scorecard with water along the right and behind the green. We were a little late getting started due to a frost delay but the staff did a great job to keep it moving.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Walked

Atlantic Dunes

This is the classic case of " Bait & Switch " pay in the pro shop then when the starter states " You guys are up next " he tells us oh " Cart Path Only " why ? our policy !! the fairways were dry, the Masters isn't being held there next week ? what gives ? check this before booking !
I didn't mind walking although after going to the gym in the am legs get a little tired on the back nine.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Best Round on Hilton Head yet!

Played as a threesome so we were held up a little as was expected. App of our group are seniors >65 but found the course very enjoyable from the gold tee boxes. Highly recommended.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Attractive Upgrade to Ocean Course.....terrible value

Davis Love and co. spent tons of money to attractively update the old Ocean Course which needed new grass and better greens. However, it's still the same old track except for a few holes re-configured on the back nine without overall improvement. The Spring price is now $165 which is way over-valued for the experience. Would not be surprised if Sea Pines has to come back and re-work the greens like they did on Heron Point to make them playable.....these are basically not playable and too goofy-golf ish for lag putting and getting up & down. The heavily added bunkering is impressive aesthetically but just adds time and unnecessary difficulty to the round for all on the course. Beautiful track; not worth the money or aggravation.....

Conditions Excellent
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Staff is great

The staff is awesome at this course. Every where we went the question was asked if it was our first time there and then they proceed to give us great insight. Awesome course to place for sure.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

A must play

Davis Love did a great job massaging this course.
I always liked it before his work, but now I would say everyone should put it on their "bucket list" to play.
Big greens, generous fairways made it very playable for all. (lots of sand though, if you don't like traps)
but the traps are in great condition and very playable.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Big Change

I have played the old ocean course numerous times and this is a huge improvement. Essentially the same layout, but everything else a lot better. Great condition for February . A little overpriced.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great experience

The staff is extremely friendly and accommodating. The course is in terrific shape. I had a very good experience overall. Cannot wait to play this course again in the near future.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

DL3 did a great job

I agree with most of the other reviews. The layout hasn't been changed too much from the original Ocean layout. All changes made were positive. I had played the old Ocean course many times. All the turf and greens were replaced with new grasses that are similar or th he same as the Harbor Town course at Sea Pines. The sand traps were also all redone. I was not in a trap during my round so I can't rate them except visually. Playing in Feb it was t hug E only course I played that was actually green from tee to green, yes! 8 holes were cart path only because of rain the night before. I loved everything. I got a slight discount adjustment when I checked it. I played crazy good because the whole course was in great shape. The greens were very hard and fast requiring careful club selection for approach shots. Greens were true and after some adjustment I found the fast greens preferable. Be careful of the 17th green. It's big but it slopes away from you and has no backstop. The water is right there with a wall like an island green. Even a slow rolling ball can easily roll over the green and into the water, that really needs to be addressed. Got a $20 discount coupon for my next round at any of the three Sea Pines courses.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 179
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 50 Contributor
First Time Playing

Nice redo!

This was my first time playing the course since it was redone and renamed Atlantic Dunes. The course was very nice. The routing has pretty much stayed the same. Not a lot of change to the front 9 in my opinion. The bunkers were redone and the greens made larger. But the holes pretty much remained the same. The only major change I noticed is that the par 5 9th had been lengthened by pushing the green back all the way to the edge of the water. On the back there are more changes. 10 is now a mid length par 3 with 11 being a short, narrow par 4. Some huge bunkers were added to the left of 14. 15 is the ocean hole and it was totally redone. Now it is waste area from tee to green. The green was raised to give you a better view of the Atlantic. The deepest bunker on the course is to the right of the green. I ended up in it. It was over my head. Took me two swings to get it out. Then the two finishing holes have been switched. 17 is now a par 5 and 18 a par 4 with huge sand dunes surrounding the green. All in all a fun course. Great service and a great clubhouse. Just be warned that the greens are new so they are a very hard and fast. This made it hard to chip and hold approach shots. Plan on playing it short of the pin.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great day on the links!

Quick golf getaway to Hilton Head and decided to play the Atlantic Dunes course by Davis Love. Staff was extremely friendly and helpful. Fairly generous fairways and large green complexes with lots of undulations. Course was not busy and we played in 3 1/2 hours! A definite repeat on our next trip to Hilton Head.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Used cart

3rd and Final Round at Sea Pines Resort

I'm not a course analyst or a shot technician by any means, I know my club distances when I hit them good I get lucky more often than I get good. With that being said, Atlantic Dunes seemed toughest of the courses I played so far, On the 1st three holes I was +9 I was very frustrated the day was the warmest of the past two and I was overdressed, I pulled off my long sleeves put my short sleeves back on threw my cigar away and said to myself,, you gotta play better than you have. I pared the next 6 in a row. A bogey on 10, par 11 then lost ball 8 disaster on 12 and a 7 on 13, a bogey at 14 then par par par and finished with a 6 for a double bogey some of these higher numbers where balls lost to the water.
I finished out with a 92 The greens seemed to be the hardest to read of the 3 rounds at Sea Pines I played My playing companion Gary from DC agreed. He has a really good game and I was happy to play 2 times of the 3 rounds.
This year I played a total of 38 different courses Sea Pines being the last 3. Now there is 2 inches of snow outside and I'm watching SBS Tournament of Champions see you in the spring.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great Course, Must Play

I never had the experience to play the old Ocean layout but DL3 did a great job with this course. It is a great resort course, designed to allow you to have a great experience, depending on how you hit them. I'm a low to mid 80s golfer and I shot a 90 my first time there. Cant blame anything on the course conditions as they were excellent. When I played it was a little windy and not knowing where to try to be a little more aggressive or just lay back killed me. Just knowing course a second time a round I feel I could play it better. The check-in to leaving, the staff and the facilities were excellent. I highly recommend this course to anyone on HHI.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 108
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Georgia Advisor
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing

Best new course in America

The new Davis Love III masterpiece highlights one of the last courses designed in 2016. The sea pines resort is now absolutely complete. Heron point was a great second choice to Harbour Town which annnually hosts the RBC heritage but the resort needed something else. This is just what we got. The meticulous island greens and the amazing amount of water gives this course lots of character. With it being 7,010 yards this course can play long. Also this was the reconstruction of the ocean course here.

The clubhouse and locker rooms are superb. The practice facilities here are some of the best in the country and I loved the food which is highlighted by the ocean views and great service. The ocean views are some of the best on the island and is only the fourth course on the island with views. The Marshall was very nice always checking in on us. The grass was very nice and the greens where pure. Really enjoyed time here in Hilton Head.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 324
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Texas Advisor
Top 10 Contributor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

New layout not quite Harbour Town but better than Heron Point

With the completion of Atlantic Dunes, Sea Pines Resort's golf product overhaul, about a decade in the making, is officially complete. I never had the chance to play the old Ocean course, the original layout on Hilton Head Island, but the new Atlantic Dunes course, built by Davis Love III on the old layout, is an obvious upgrade. It delivers one oceanfront hole on the back nine, but the course feels more like an ocean course throughout thanks to many waste areas of exposed sand, and the course in total has a nice free-flowing and open feel compared to the narrower confines of Heron Point. The greens are much bigger and easier to hit as well. It is wonderfully walkable, just like all three Sea Pines courses. Heron Point, to me, feels a little bit like Harbour Town Lite (both are Pete Dye designs), while the Dunes presents something a whole lot different in playability and aesthetics.

The new onsite Plantation clubhouse and practice facility make the Atlantic Dunes-Heron Point combo one of the better golf facilities on the eastern seaboard - even if Harbour Town continues to steal most of the accolades. But for buddies trips to HHI, you don't have to leave the property for three solid courses and excellent amenities.

Conditions Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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