Best golf courses: Charleston

Charleston: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in and around this city. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key below for the rating definitions.
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Jones, Rees

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Charleston

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Rees Jones

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Charleston
Hills, Arthur

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Arthur Hills

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Spence, Bob

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Bob Spence

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Hills, Arthur

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Arthur Hills

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Player, Gary

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In 1996 Gary Player took the former Marsh Point golf course and transformed it into today's Cougar Point.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Johnston, Clyde

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Clyde Johnston

5-PLUS: In the world’s elite - has few peers; one of our top-rated 5s!
Visitors welcome
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Dye, Pete

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Husband/wife team of Pete & Alice Dye

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
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Fazio, Tom

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Tom Fazio

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
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Nicklaus, Jack

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Jack Nicklaus, who returned in 2000 to renovate and lengthen his original design.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
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Byrd, Willard

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Willard Byrd

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
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Spence, Bob

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Charleston

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Bob Spence

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Palmer, Arnold

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An Arnold Palmer Signature Course.

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
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Breeden, Russell

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Russell Breeden

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Garl, Ron

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Ron Garl

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Fazio, Tom

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Tom Fazio's first solo design golf course.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Fazio, Tom

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Charleston

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Tom Fazio

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Charleston
Raynor, Seth

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Private club

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Charleston

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Original design by Seth Raynor & Charles Banks (1925); modifications by Tom Doak (1998) and Jim Urbina (2016).

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Tournaments

The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.

Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.

Who's Who

Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.

Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.

Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.

Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.

Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available

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