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Get the most out of Kiawah Island, South Carolina; play golf! Kiawah Island Golf Resort is home to five amazing golf courses, from designer legends like Pete Dye, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, Gary Player, and Clyde Johnston. With all this greatness how does one begin to choose where to play? Easy. If you only have one day to hit the fairway, be sure it is the ever enticing Ocean Course.

Winning awards seem to come easily to the windswept Ocean Course, where fluctuating ocean breezes naturally add to the challenge. Host to such big events like the 2007 Senior PGA, the 2003 World Cup, and the upcoming 2012 PGA Championship, the quality of this course is easily understood and rightly acknowledged. The Ocean Course is only the fourth course to have the honor and privilege of hosting each of the PGA's major golfing championships.

Named "America's Toughest Course" by Golf Digest in 2007, Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course is yet another remarkable achievement by modern course designer Pete Dye. But don't let that accolade curb your enthusiasm. Relatively recent renovations, like adding five extra acres of turf along with the addition of much needed collection areas around many of the show stopping greens, have made Ocean Course playable not only for the amateur, but with a bit of short mowing and other tricks, pros can have an equal share in the same potential frustrations and joys provided by Dye's superb design plans.

Ocean views from every meticulously kept hole and hospitable staff make the tranquil Ocean Course a fantastic place to play. Pete Dye's favorite design techniques like elevated greens, trees in fairways, and deep bunkers are integrated into the Ocean Course as well. Show up before noon and expect to "hoof it." Walking the gorgeous ocean bordering course is almost as much fun as playing it. For the bigger picture, see the BIG picture; The Legend of Bagger Vance that starred Will Smith and Matt Damon was shot exclusively on the famed Ocean Course, giving golfers a glimpse of what makes this course so memorable.

Battle the winds of Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course and fall in love with those ocean side views! Southern hospitality, stunning good looks, and awesome upkeep combine to make Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course thrilling and rewarding.

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