Resort
The Ocean Course
Elite course quality · Pete Dye
$450–$595 · Estimated rate
Photo · Andrew Shelley / UnsplashSouth Carolina
Kiawah Island
Low-country luxury with the brutal Ocean Course as the headline.
Golf-first tripsBucket-list golfLuxuryCouples
- Best months
- Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov
- Typical trip
- 3 nights · 3 rounds
- Typical cost
- $2,000–$4,000
- per golfer, excl. flights
- Nearest airport
- CHS
- ~40 min drive
Why go
Why Kiawah Island
Kiawah Island has earned its place in golf's upper echelon not through quiet charm but through outright intimidation and prestige. The Ocean Course, which hosted the 1991 Ryder Cup — still remembered as the War on the Shore — put this barrier island on the international map in the most dramatic fashion imaginable, and subsequent PGA Championships have only reinforced its status as one of the genuinely consequential venues in American golf. For serious golfers who measure destinations not by amenities alone but by the weight of the ground beneath their feet, Kiawah delivers a reckoning.
Golf pedigree
Courses that serious golfers plan a trip around.
Resort comfort
Full-service lodging and the polish of a destination resort.
Scenery
The kind of setting the group will still talk about years later.
Best for
- Golf-first trips
- Bucket-list golf
- Luxury
- Couples
Season
When to go
Best in Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov. Dec–Feb can work well too. Jul–Aug is playable but usually less comfortable. Weather varies year to year.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
- Best months
- Good shoulder months
- Less ideal weather
The golf
Courses worth building the trip around
Resort
Turtle Point
Resort guests can book · Jack Nicklaus
$195–$295 · Estimated rate
Resort
Osprey Point
Resort guests can book · Tom Fazio
$175–$275 · Estimated rate
Resort
Cougar Point
Resort guests can book · Gary Player
$150–$225 · Estimated rate
Resort
Oak Point
Resort guests can book · Clyde Johnston
$100–$175 · Estimated rate
Rates are per round for visitors and vary by month and guest type. "Official rate" is published by the course; everything else is an estimate.
What it costs
What a trip here costs
$2,000–$4,000
Typical per golfer for a 3-night trip, flights not included.
Sample trip breakdown · November
- Golf (incl. tips, carts)
- $1,090
- Lodging
- $750
- Food & drinks
- $450
- Local transportation
- $110
- Flights
- Not included
Estimates, not live prices. Costs change with the month, the courses you pick, your lodging and how the group shares rooms.
Where to stay
Stay in Kiawah Island
Where TeeTrip's sample trip is based — closest to the core courses.
- The SanctuaryUltra-luxury
- Kiawah Island VillasVilla
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- CHS
- Airport to Kiawah Island
- ~40 min drive
- Rental car
- Useful
- Flight or drive
- Depends on your city
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Sample trip
A sample TeeTrip
What TeeTrip's planner builds for four golfers in November: 3 nights, 3 rounds, based in Kiawah Island. Nothing here is reserved — change any of it.
$2,400 estimated per golfer
Build My VersionSample trip · Kiawah Island
- Day 1
Arrival
Welcome dinner at The Atlantic Room
- Day 2
Golf day
Round 1: The Ocean Course · ~10 min
- Day 3
Golf day
Round 2: Turtle Point · ~5 min
- Day 4
Final round & departure
Final round: Osprey Point · ~10 min