12 Kiawah Beach Drive Kiawah Island, SC 29455 (888) 854-2924 Fax: (843) 768-6099

Kiawah Island Golf Resort is proud to introduce The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island. Designed to reflect the style of a grand southern seaside mansion, it is located along 10 miles of pristine beach only 21 minutes from Charleston. The Five Star / Five Diamond 255-room, $125 million oceanfront hotel and spa features some of the largest and most luxurious guestrooms in America and includes a comfortable lobby cocktail lounge, a stylish casual restaurant and a stunning fine dining room with a martini bar, perfect for your post-round libations.

The resort also offers over 600 AAA Four-Diamond-rated luxury homes and villas.

All of Kiawah’s guests enjoy preferred access to one of the finest collections of golf courses in the country including: Dye’s Ocean Course, site of the 1991 Ryder Cup Matches, the 2007 Senior PGA Championship and the 2012 PGA Championship, Nicklaus’ Turtle Point, Fazio’s Osprey Point, Player’s Cougar Point and Johnston’s newly renovated Oak Point. Packages include accommodations one round of golf and a full breakfast per person per day.

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Kiawah Island Golf Resort Ranked No. 1 Resort

South Carolina Tops Rankings in Golf Digest Public Golf Lineup

COLUMBIA - South Carolina dominated the list of the 100 top public golf courses in the United States just released by Golf Digest magazine.

The Palmetto State placed 11 courses on the list, followed by California with nine. Florida and North Carolina had five each. The rankings are based on extensive criteria established by Golf Digest and used by hundreds of expert golfers to assess each course.

The highest ranked South Carolina course on the list was The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, ranked number four. Kiawah Island Golf Resort also had another course on the list, Turtle Point at No. 48.

Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island was ranked No. 13, while the May River Golf Club at Palmetto Bluff was ranked No. 22.

Seven of the eleven courses are on the Grand Strand, home to more than 100 courses and one of the world's most popular golf destinations. They are The Heritage Club at Pawleys Island (No. 33), the Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach (No. 38), Tidewater Golf Course & Plantation at North Myrtle Beach (No. 41), Caledonia Golf & Fish Club at Pawleys Island (No. 66), the Resort Club at Grande Dunes in Myrtle Beach (No. 77) and a pair of courses at Barefoot Resort & Golf Club in North Myrtle Beach - the Fazio layout at No. 96 and the Dye course at No. 99.

There are more than 380 golf courses in South Carolina. The S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism maintains a Web site specifically targeted to golfers at www.SouthCarolinaGolf.com along with the state's official general tourism site at www.DiscoverSouthCarolina.com.