We are huge fans of VDM! It's a fantastic academy with an amazing team of coaches. What really…read morestands out is the wonderful atmosphere. The kids enjoy their time there, and the coaches genuinely care about their students. Without a doubt, this academy is one of our top favorite spots in the world!

The focus at this facility is instruction. In the form of drills, clinics, and group/private…read morelessons. There is not a lot of locals or even visitors signing up for play. Best to get your play tennis elsewhere. Having said that, the coaching is excellent, especially from Dr. Louie. I would eagerly return for another week-long clinic that he runs, and/or for private lessons with him, or for any of his group lessons. Facility itself is a little dated, and no showers available!!! If you are a graduate of their week-long clinic, be sure to ask for the 50% discount on lessons/drills on your return. Like most of the tennis places on the island, they give 50% discounts to locals, or returnees.

This course is truly a gem. The staff was super friendly, and the course itself is absolutely…read morebeautiful. On the day we played, we were fortunate enough to see an incredible array of wildlife; an alligator, ducks, a blue heron, and tons of turtles, all making for a memorable and scenic round. The tees were readily available for all skill levels, making it accessible whether you're a beginner or an experienced golfer. The course was well-groomed and maintained beautifully, although when we arrived, it was cart path only due to some conditions. Despite that, it didn't detract from the overall experience. Heron Point definitely checked off the bucket list for us. We also tried to play Harbour Town, but due to renovations, it was closed. However, many locals and visitors say that the views here are just as stunning as Harbour Town's and worth a visit in their own right

The most beautiful course I've ever played…read more Diverse wildlife, huge fairways, no cheap tricks, gorgeous design. The 18th hole is such a cool L shaped design and a perfect ending. The price is insane ($285 for a single) and the bugs in the shade will eat you alive. There's decent service, a hot dog stand near the turn, decent amount of trash cans and bathrooms, plenty of water jugs, you will want for nothing. I would recommend for decent players. You will feel very satisfied even hitting 90-100.

100% recommend Berkeley Hall as a wedding venue. My now husband and I were married here about a…read moremonth and a half ago and it was amazing. Recommendations & Highlights: - Reserve the golf cottages for your guests to stay in and utilize the concierge staff to help with the logistics (it's slightly more complicated than a hotel block but WELL worth it). We're from Boston and most guests traveled, so we wanted them to get the most out of traveling here together, while enjoying the amenities of Berkeley Hall. We stayed on the premises as well, and it was so fun to be in close proximity to many of our guests for the whole weekend and not just one day. - Megan Szucs (event planner) is a total professional who was so patient and helpful during the planning process and completely prepared and present on the day of our wedding. - Chef John Soulia and his team are incredible. We're picky eaters but did not want to be "that couple" that changes everything on the chef's menu; so we ultimately trusted that we'd chosen the right place with the right chef. Long story short we could NOT have been more correct. We ordered from the wedding menu, and everything was executed beautifully and perfectly across the board - like this is not your average "wedding food". They listened to questions, suggestions, and comments during the tasting, and they (with Megan and the concierge staff) met with us several days in advance of our wedding to review. At the end of the day, however, they're really just amazing at doing what they do. You can trust that. - The Berkeley Hall staff in general is unreal. They're professional, fun, thoughtful, intuitive, funny - I could go on. We've heard so many positive comments back from our guests about their interactions with the people who make this place as great as it is; and the compliments are well deserved. They set the perfect tone - balanced between "here we are at a lovely private golf club" and "but really we're here to have a great time." - The golf speaks for itself - we did a golf outing and everyone who played loved it. - It's close enough to Hilton Head that you can go to the beach, close enough to Savannah that you can get there, Old Town Bluffton is great - there's a lot to do close to the club. We honestly cannot think of a single negative comment about having our wedding at Berkeley Hall; and we would come back here to redo it all over again without changing a thing. It was truly one of the best experiences of our lives and will without a doubt be a tough one to beat.

This review is based on the North Course, there is a South Course as well:…read moreWithout question the best golf course in Bluffton, blows Belfair away and it is the most expensive place to live in Bluffton.at The best conditioned golf course I have ever played other than the Monday after playing Harbor Town, after it was prepared by the PGA Tour. It was the Verizon and now it is the RBC (2 years ago). To gain a spot on the RBC, The Players Amateur was played at Belfair and was recently moved to Berekley Hall. 2012 tournament is scheduled on July 9th-15th. As with typical courses, Fazio's, well protected and undulated greens are so very difficult, being on the wrong tier will cost you dearly. If my memory serves, there was 140+ bunkers are on the back 9 and close to 60 on the front. Scenery on the marsh end is beautiful, homes along the course are so well kept. From the North tips: the couse plays 7131 with a 75.1 course rating and a 144 slope Inside the club house has 6 dining ares.

The Plantation Golf Club is a superb public golf facility. I absolutely love it…read more The club is located within The Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island. If you aren't a Sea Pines property owner or have a guest pass, it costs $5 for an all-day pass into the resort. The Plantation Golf Club is home to two of Sea Pines' three golf courses: Heron Point by Pete Dye and Atlantic Dunes by Davis Love III. The club is also affiliated with Sea Pines' most famous course, Harbour Town Golf Links. You can book tee times for all three courses at Plantation Golf Club. In the end, everything is a part of Sea Pines. The brand new clubhouse was unveiled in March 2014. Along with a completely new clubhouse, both Heron Point and Atlantic Dunes were redesigned and renovated. These courses were formerly known as the Sea Marsh and Ocean Courses, respectively, but have since been renamed. It's part of a comprehensive overhaul, which has happened over the last several years, to all of Sea Pines' golf properties. Harbour Town's new clubhouse opened one year after Plantation's, in April 2015, and Atlantic Dunes opened in October 2016. All the courses, clubhouses, and facilities are first class. I have or will review the three golf courses separately. This review is more of a brief overview of Heron Point and Atlantic Dunes, the practice range, and the Plantation Golf Club clubhouse and amenities. Heron Point measures 7,035 yards from the tips with a rating/slope of 74.0/140. Atlantic Dunes measures 7,010 yards from the tips with a rating/slope of 74.3/143. Both are fine courses and you can't go wrong with either one. If I had to pick one, I'd go with Atlantic Dunes. Not only is it newer, but it's more scenic and fun to play. If you play Heron Point, bring bug spray. During our recent visit, public rates for Heron Point were $175 per golfer before 12pm and $160 for most tee times after 12pm. For Atlantic Dunes, the rates were $190 per golfer before 12pm and $170 for most tee times after 12pm. Sea Pines property owner rates for both courses were $90 per golfer before 11am and $75 after 11am. Of course, rates can vary depending on a variety of factors like day of the week, time, and season, so check online or call the clubhouse for the latest rates. For example, I saw an $80 tee time for Heron Point on a Sunday after 4pm. In the summertime, finishing 18 holes with a 4pm start is very doable. I think the courses are worth it. They have always been in outstanding shape the times I've played them. When it comes to public course conditioning, this is about as good as it gets. Admittedly, the conditions at Harbour Town are even better, but for most amateur golfers, you're splitting hairs making that comparison. I would venture to guess both Heron Point and Atlantic Dunes are in better shape than a lot, perhaps most, private courses as well. This is the perfect place to introduce new players to the game of golf. Both Heron Point and Atlantic Dunes have six sets of tees. The sixth set of tees, the orange tees, are designed for beginners and kids. From the orange tees, Heron Point measures only 3,677 yards, with no hole longer than 300 yards, and Atlantic Dunes measures 3,924 yards, with only two holes over 300 yards. The practice areas are phenomenal. The club has everything you need to work on your game and everything is in excellent condition, from the huge grass driving range to the multiple short game areas and practice putting greens. Bags of Titleist NXT Tour S range balls are included with every round. There are various golf clinics you can sign up for and you can get personal instruction with a PGA professional as well. They have special facilities, technology, and equipment for instructional use. How sweet would it be to live, and not just vacation, in Sea Pines? I'd be here everyday. The clubhouse is beautiful. You don't see a lot of recently constructed, modern, and elegant clubhouses like this one these days because they simply don't exist. The clubhouse is grand and majestic, but, like Harbour Town's new clubhouse, it's not gaudy nor overdone. The stately and sophisticated architecture and design of the building perfectly complements Sea Pines and surrounding Hilton Head Island. The clubhouse is home to Live Oak, a contemporary Lowcountry-inspired New American restaurant. I think it's one of the best restaurants on the island and I've reviewed it separately. The pro shop is big and filled with all sorts of wonderful merchandise including great gift ideas, golf apparel in the latest styles and trends, and Sea Pines logoed accessories. Complimentary day lockers and showers are available. The spotless men's locker room has an attendant, free snacks, and all the toiletries you could ask for. Customer service is terrific. The staff is great. Note: Along with discounted tee times, Sea Pines property owners also get 10% off all merchandise in the pro shop and food and drink at the restaurant.

Started my birthday this week wanting to play one of the courses on sea pines as a treat. I was…read moregiven a gift to play Atlantic Dunes which was 4 times more e pensive than other course I have played on the island. To my disappointment the course was way to expensive for the experience. Ridiculously slow play. Will never waste my money or friends money on this course. There are many more courses worth the money on the island. Sea pines is a total rip-off starting the $9 entry fee and the fact you pay so much to play as well. A nice gesture would be to wave the entry fee if you are paying the exorbitant green fee. Only saw cart lady once and the rangers were no help. Do yourself a favor. Pass up this course and any others on sea pines unless you want to play a 6 hour round and have more money than brains.

Amazing. Well kept grounds. Practice areas offer a good deal of room. Fairways are wide, so it…read moretakes a little bad luck to put it into the roughs. Sand traps present a challenge. In general the other players are courteous and helpful. It course overall is a good challenge for more experienced golfers. Yet for those of us who are not as adept the course is not so difficult that you'd quit! Also the staff at the pro shop are helpful and patient.

Another Mark McCumber design, I'm not sure why his designs are so popular down here, but I…read moredefinitely respected him as a player-(he hit the ball a mile)-and as a person. I got a quick chat in with him @ Bethpage Black Course 2002 U.S. Open. The course stretches to 6724 yards from the back (Okatie) tees with a rating of 71.9 and a par of 72, the course gets a good amount of play as it is in the Sun City complex, which is an enormous area. The course has about 50-60 bunkers, so if your bad in the sand, your safer than most other courses in the area. There is water on 12 holes so watch out for red stakes, The coolest hole on the course has to be #6, a 549-yard, par 5, featuring a double dogleg fairway, its really a fun hole. If and when you make it to the green, they are very fast and given the amount of play, they are in super shape.

So you feel you are a great amateur golfer, right?…read more Well this is definitely the golf course to learn how proficient a golfer you feel you are versus how good a golfer you actually are in reality. How would I know? Because I lived on this Island for seventeen years with its twenty-seven hole Tom Fabio designed golf course will be challenging for any amateur golfer. The Pro Shop staff is friendly, polite, and a lot of fun starting with their Club Pro Wes. Magnolia's nine course has a slope of 145. But if you "feel froggy", then leap over to Palmettos' nine which are my favorite (vistas, and challenges) to test your skills for that specular challenge. Here is a tip: If you hit into the short grass in the rough, unless you have a VERY STRONG SWING, give up! Why? Because when the rough grabs your club and pulls your arms out of your shoulder sockets dislocating them, you may feel it was not worth it to not only blow your round (and pay the off your bet. No, not you, there is not betting in golf) but to have to take that trip to the hospital. Of course, I do not mean you "young buck" because "Yue can do it!" Lol Fees are about right for a course of this quality. The NCAA's Big East both Men's and Women's play their Championship Tournaments here which we watched each year. So I always felt that was a positive endorsement of Callawassie's golf courses. The other reason I feel it is a quality course is the over 12.8 million dollars their club membership (yes, this included me) invested over that 17 years I was a member in retrofitting this course. Another tip: ever putt on concrete? You will be happy you did when you putt on these greens. Believe me when I state the Membership only opened up this gem of a golf course to the public to help offset the very "inexpensive" water regulations the EPA imposed upon all golf courses in the United States but especially in the Southeast. Devon (tender bar) is you host in the main clubhouse. Where the food is good to great depending on the day. You have your choice of quite a few golf courses in the Beaufort/Hilton Head area but if you want to challenge your game then Callawassie's (27) holes will fulfill your need for a great golf challenge and provide you all you can handle, just fine! Hit 'em on and enjoy!

Private golf course on a beautiful island of about 700 houses. Low country living at its finest…read more Very active community.

Far from Coore & Crenshaw's best design monotonous green design over-used and two of the three par…read more5's are basically the same design (Running in the same direction). Nice Par 3 holes (5 of them) with great variety is the highlight. That said it is a very nice little club but very crowded and guests must take one of their "Professional" caddies. Sadly, the only real golf club in the HHI area.

As a guest of a Club member, I recently had the memorable opportunity to play golf at this classic…read moreLowcountry track designed by the venerable team of Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw. Opened in 2000 as a private golf club with 18 challenging holes, Chechessee Creek Club also has a tasteful full-service Clubhouse, Lodge and several Cottages for relaxing between rounds or entertaining friends. I was immediately struck by the stately Lowcountry charm of the one-story Clubhouse replete with hard wood floors and tasteful oriental area rugs. The Clubhouse dining room has an intimate yet unpretentious ambience with top-tier Southern hospitality and genuinely friendly service. I immediately felt at home while respecting their long-standing traditions. Once on the golf course, with knowledgeable caddies guiding us through the contours of the greens, I quickly appreciated the beauty of this Coore-Crenshaw track. The fairways quietly wind through stately Southern pines and quintessential live oaks with picturesque Spanish moss. Chechessee's simple yet classy cream-colored scorecard calls out a 6,641 yard round trip from the championship tees while the member tees check in at 5,930. I found the small, crowned greens to be the biggest challenge of Chechessee. I can attest to the fact that failing to stick your ball on the green can easily result in a double bogey. Chechessee Creek Club represents an awesome private golf club experience in the heart of South Carolina's Lowcountry. I look forward to the next time I get invited to test my game at this challenging 5-star golf course.

This conditions of this course have improved tremendously. For someone in Beaufort area, this is a…read moregood course for fair price. The HOA has taken over management of the course (what I've been told) and hired a real superintendent, a real PGA pro and. put money into necessary equipment. I expect tee times tough to get in a year or 2.

Great track, amazing community, and the hospitality is next level. The course is improving day by…read moreday to provide the best experience possible.