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It’s a bit jarring to see how The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island’s fairways run at a higher level than the bunkers, if you miss the fairway at The Ocean Course you will likely have to take some stairs in order to retrieve your ball. Once they do, they won’t believe the challenge. The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island resort is now the Atlantic Coast’s “once-in-a-lifetime” seaside golf destination and every golfer must make the effort to get here and play it.

Who could forget the famous “War by the Shore” with Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal performing their heroics for Europe but not being able to hold off the home USA squad who weren’t able to claim the Ryder Cup until Bernhard Langer barely missed a 6-footer, the most pressure-packed putt in the history of the Ryder Cup, on the Ocean Course at Kiawah’s 18th green in the very last match! What The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island has accomplished since though is just as memorable in a different way because Pete Dye’s amazing creation here at The Ocean Course has defied the original naysayers and The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island has more than stood the test of time! Appreciated and loved and admired more and more with every passing year, The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island memorably hosted the 2012 PGA Championship won in smashing style by Rory McIlroy and The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island is on the docket again for the PGA in 2012. The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort was built by Pete Dye for the 1991 Ryder Cup, and though The Ocean Course was somewhat controversial with what was up until that point the most mammoth amount of sand ever seen on a golf course, what an event that was as The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island did not disappoint. The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island SC Highlights