Daufuskie Island

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Daufuskie Island Resort

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Do you want to get away from it all?  A mere 45-minute ferry ride from Hilton Head Island lays this five-mile long, densely wooded barrier island filled with charm, outstanding service and the finest in accommodations. The resort is so relaxed; you will not see private cars or tacky souvenir shops. The courses are a cross between a naturalist’s wonder and golfer’s fantasy.  Listed by golf & travel magazine in its February 2001 issue as a “Hidden Gem”, Daufuskie Island is truly a paradise. The main lodging is an antebellum-style, 52-room Inn facing the water and also cottages with full kitchen and living facilities.  Double occupancy.  Package includes, lodging, golf, cart, range balls, ferry ride, resort fees and taxes.

Melrose Course
This Jack Nicklaus design will spoil you for just about any other course.  It has all the elements … tree-lined fairways, yawning white sand bunkers, fast undulating greens, plenty of water carries and finishing ocean holes.  The course was built as a private club and the feel and challenge of 18 signature holes remain.  The 2^nd hole gets the challenge started early with a long par 4 that features water along the left side of the fairway with an opportunity to carry as much as you want.  The approach is to a long green protected by a huge waste bunker on the left.  If you have survived all the way to number 18, you will enjoy this par 5 with a driving option of playing left or right of a series of mounds and bunkers in the center of the fairway.  The largest waste bunker of all is to the right.  It’s called the beach.  Enjoy the experience and the view.

Bloody Point Course
The resort’s other course is no slacker.  Designed by Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish also as a private club, this track is framed by a forest of moss-draped oak trees and has a links-style feel to it.  The designers get you started with two tough challenges.  The 1^st is a nasty dogleg left par 4 with a green well bunkered all around and the 2^nd is the longest par 5 on the course.  It will take a good long tee shot and a well placed second shot to have a short iron into another well-protected green.  #7 is an attractive par 3 with a water carry to the green with bunkering on each side.  Number 14 is the toughest hole on the course.  475-yard par 4 from the back tees could hurt you. The wind is often times in your face and your approach is to a large double green.  The finishing hole can make your round, but you must avoid the pot bunker in the center of the green.

Hilton Head National
You all know you will need one more round during your stay and this is a great one to experience either upon arrival or departure.  This 27-hole complex is among the best of the area courses.  The original 18 holes were designed by Gary Player and the “New Nine” by Bobby Weed that features a style reminiscent of “The Slammer and The Squire course at World Golf Village”.  National is a host site to the nationally televised Amoco Centel Golf Tournament.  The nines are played in three 18-hole combinations.  The original National/Player design features a low-country layout with tree-lined fairways and gently rolling mounds along the edges.  All three layouts are fairly short, averaging a little over 6600 yards, but will be a great test of your golf skills.  Gary Player said it best about this track, “The course sums up my design philosophy: minimal hazards in the line of play; slightly undulating rather than difficult greens; multiple tees for variety; bunkering that allows both professionals and amateurs equal opportunities.  Hilton Head National is my promise to you of an enjoyable golf experience.”  Enough said.  Enjoy!