[COURSE CLOSED IN 2018]
56 Fuskie Lane, Daufuskie Island, South Carolina SC 29915
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+1 (843) 341 3030The Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Relatively flat terrain.
Surroundings:
Woodland.
Designer:
Original design by Tom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish (1991); renovated in 2011 by Davis Love III (of Love Golf Design).
Daufuskie Island is home to three golf courses: 18-hole Bloody Point course (closed); 18-hole Melrose course (reopening 2025?), and 29-hole Haig Point course (private).
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Daufuskie Island is less than 1 mi across Calibogue Sound from Hilton Head Island, and accessed by ferry from the northern end of Hilton Head Island.
Bloody Point Golf Club & Resort can be accessed via a water taxi service, with an embarkation centre located at the Westin Savannah Harbor Resort & Spa in Savannah, Georgia (which is actually closer to Daufuskie Island than you may think!). Transportation is also available from Hilton Head Island (see Bloody Point website).
Daufuskie Is (Bloody Pt)
Bloody Point Golf Club & Resort: Difficult to fully understand the turbulent recent past of the golf courses on Daufuskie Island. It appears the Melrose course is on its way back to reopening in 2025, following closure since 2019. Meanwhile the Bloody Point course would appear to have closed (in 2018?). Haig Point remains solidly open, but private. (Advisable to check current status of the courses before planning a golf trip to Daufuskie Island).
[Original Where2Golf description, before Bloody Point's 2018 closure]: With not a car in sight and barely a house in view, a real treat awaits golfers who journey out to the natural splendour of Daufuskie Island. A short ferry ride across Calibogue Sound from Hilton Head Island, brings you to this small forested island, and its three golf courses: Bloody Point, Melrose and Haig Point (private).
Both the Bloody Point and Melrose golf courses staged something of a comeback following their closure in 2008 when the Daufuskie Island Resort & Spa was declared bankrupt. Whereas Bloody Point was renovated and relaunched, the Melrose course, under separate ownership, proved less sustainable and closed again in 2019. As part of its post-2008 renaissance, Bloody Point benefitted from a full Davis Love III renovation.
The course is laid out in a lightly wooded and reasonably open environment, where the relatively tight opening tee-shot signals that this course is no push-over. There are plenty of water hazards, created by the coastal marshes and several dark water lagoons. Good bunkering, although pared back from the original design, will also keep you on your mettle. The large greens present a thorough test of your abilities with the "short stick".
Pick of the holes: the wonderful short par-4 10th kick-starts Bloody Point's back-nine. Here you will encounter some of the most memorable holes and enjoy the best of the seashore and wetland views. From many parts of the course you can hear the sea lapping at the water's edge, but only on the closing loop of three holes will those fabulous coastal views really come into focus.
Course closed in 2018(?); possibly permanently.
Walking permitted.
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Bloody Point is so called in recognition of a series of skirmishes fought between the local Yemassee Indians and European colonists in 1715. During one battle Bloody Point earned its name ... the southernmost point of Daufuskie Island is said to have run red with blood. The bald eagle's nest on the seventh hole and the Osprey's nest on the 15th are visited annually by these nationally treasured birds.
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