Crescent Pointe Bluffton: The Crescent Golf Community
The Crescent, the gated golf community around Crescent Pointe Golf Club in Bluffton, a few minutes from the bridge to Hilton Head Island.
Crescent Pointe or The Crescent?
The community’s own name is The Crescent, and Crescent Pointe is the golf club at its center and the road into it, Crescent Pointe Drive. Search results and listings use both names for the same place, so this page covers the neighborhood and links out for the golf. Real estate sites list its homes under Bluffton with The Crescent as the subdivision, not as an area of its own.
The Gate and the Amenity Center
The Crescent is gated, and its residents share an amenity center with tennis and pickleball courts, a fitness center, a resort-style saltwater pool with a shallow pool for young children, a sundeck and a covered pavilion for outdoor dining and gatherings. These belong to the community, apart from the golf club’s facilities.
Golf at Crescent Pointe
Crescent Pointe Golf Club in Bluffton, SC is a public bluffton golf club with lagoon-lined fairways winding through the South Carolina lowcountry.
Eagle’s Pointe Golf Club is a Hilton Head area golf course open to public and resort play, with a layout that rewards accurate shot-making over raw length.
The course is the only public Arnold Palmer Signature Course in South Carolina, and it sits minutes from Hilton Head Island. The club’s memberships include its sister course, Eagles Pointe, a Davis Love III design 1.5 miles away, and the clubhouse and King’s Courtyard serve casual meals and host weddings and events. Our Crescent Pointe Golf Club page has the scorecard, and the Bluffton wedding venues page compares places to marry.
What’s Nearby
Victoria Bluff Heritage Preserve is a 977-acre SC DNR wildlife management area near Bluffton with 4 miles of easy trails, closed to hikers in fall.
Old Town Bluffton, SC: Calhoun Street, the Heyward House, galleries, the Church of the Cross, the May River dock and restaurants, all within a short walk.
The Victoria Bluff Heritage Preserve, a public preserve with walking trails, shares a border with the golf course. Old Town Bluffton’s galleries, shops, restaurants and festivals are a short drive away, and the bridge to Hilton Head Island is minutes from the gate.
Living in The Crescent
Crescent Pointe homes for sale in Bluffton, SC: the search for The Crescent, why golf is optional for owners, and what to ask about dues and renting.
Search homes for sale in Bluffton, SC by price, type and community, plus what the listings leave out: builders and gated, golf and 55-plus communities.
Bluffton, SC has two zip codes: 29910 for Old Town and most of town, 29909 for the western communities. See which one your community uses.
Homes come up for sale a few at a time. Our Crescent Pointe homes for sale page has the current search and the questions to ask before you buy, and the Bluffton real estate guide compares The Crescent with the other gated communities around it.
About Crescent Pointe
- Where: 1 Crescent Pointe Drive, Bluffton, SC 29910
- Entry: Gated
- Golf: Public Arnold Palmer Signature Course
- Membership: Optional for property owners
- Sister course: Eagles Pointe, 1.5 miles away
Crescent Pointe in Bluffton is a gated golf community on the marshes of the Colleton River, just off US 278 west of the bridge to Hilton Head Island. It is built around an Arnold Palmer Signature golf course that opened in 2000 on the edge of the Victoria Bluff Heritage Preserve, with homes and condos along the course, the woods and the water.
What makes it easy to say yes to is that it doesn’t force the club on you. The course is open to the public, and a golf membership is optional for the people who live here, so owners can pay for the golf they’ll use.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Crescent Pointe in Bluffton a gated community?
Yes. The Crescent, the community around Crescent Pointe Golf Club at 1 Crescent Pointe Drive, is gated, with an amenity center for residents.
What is the difference between Crescent Pointe and The Crescent?
They’re the same place. The Crescent is the community’s name, and Crescent Pointe is the golf club at its center and the drive into it.
Do you have to be a golf member to live in The Crescent?
No. Golf membership is optional for property owners, and the course is open to the public.
What amenities does The Crescent have?
Tennis and pickleball courts, a fitness center, a resort-style saltwater pool and a children’s pool, a sundeck and a covered pavilion, alongside the golf club’s clubhouse and King’s Courtyard.
How far is Crescent Pointe from Hilton Head Island?
It is just off US 278, west of the bridge to Hilton Head Island, so the island is a few minutes away.
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