Atlantic Dunes by Davis Love III
Atlantic Dunes Golf Course Tee Times and Course Details
The newest of Sea Pines’ three courses — a coastal-style rebuild of the island’s original 1960s layout.
- Designer:
- Davis Love III (redesign), George Cobb (original 1960 Ocean Course)
- Phone:
- (843) 363-4475
Atlantic Dunes by Davis Love III Course Handicap Calculator
Enter your Handicap Index and pick a tee to see your Course Handicap at Atlantic Dunes by Davis Love III, the number of strokes you get here.
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How this is calculated
Course Handicap = Handicap Index × (Slope ÷ 113) + (Course Rating − Par), rounded to a whole number. For example, a 14.2 index on the Love tees (73.6 / 140, par 72) is 14.2 × 140 ÷ 113 + (73.6 − 72) = 19.2, which rounds to 19. Some formats and events apply a percentage allowance on top of this number, so check your event’s rules.
The Atlantic Dunes Scorecard: Par, Yardage & Course Ratings
View Score Card| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Tot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handicap | 11 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Love | 397 | 396 | 188 | 526 | 386 | 459 | 215 | 405 | 533 | 3,505 | 180 | 393 | 394 | 420 | 520 | 205 | 394 | 592 | 462 | 3,560 | 7,065 |
| Love II | 397 | 396 | 188 | 526 | 386 | 459 | 215 | 405 | 533 | 3,505 | 180 | 328 | 394 | 420 | 520 | 205 | 394 | 592 | 462 | 3,495 | 7,000 |
| Blue | 370 | 368 | 173 | 510 | 359 | 415 | 191 | 381 | 507 | 3,274 | 170 | 310 | 365 | 388 | 484 | 176 | 355 | 544 | 442 | 3,234 | 6,508 |
| White | 343 | 349 | 161 | 488 | 337 | 396 | 174 | 372 | 488 | 3,108 | 156 | 291 | 347 | 336 | 461 | 155 | 344 | 514 | 390 | 2,994 | 6,102 |
| Gold | 310 | 337 | 145 | 470 | 315 | 374 | 157 | 350 | 438 | 2,896 | 120 | 276 | 334 | 312 | 424 | 137 | 323 | 445 | 351 | 2,722 | 5,618 |
| Green | 292 | 263 | 132 | 376 | 307 | 336 | 128 | 317 | 393 | 2,544 | 104 | 247 | 317 | 283 | 376 | 111 | 272 | 384 | 307 | 2,401 | 4,945 |
| Orange | 226 | 223 | 84 | 315 | 227 | 283 | 99 | 212 | 362 | 2,031 | 77 | 200 | 243 | 194 | 286 | 78 | 211 | 327 | 264 | 1,880 | 3,911 |
| Tee | Par | Yards | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love | 72 | 7,065 | 73.6 | 140 |
| Love II | 72 | 7,000 | 73.1 | 140 |
| Blue | 72 | 6,508 | 71.6 | 135 |
| White | 72 | 6,102 | 69.7 | 129 |
| Gold | 72 | 5,618 | 67.6 | 114 |
| Green | 72 | 4,945 | 64.9 | 103 |
| Orange | 72 | 3,911 | 61.2 | 96 |
Yardage, par, handicap, course rating and slope by tee. Tees and yardages can change, so confirm with the club before you play.
Hole-by-Hole Yardages
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Par 4Course Overview
Atlantic Dunes by Davis Love III is a complete rebuild of Sea Pines Resort’s original Ocean Course — the first 18-hole course ever built on Hilton Head Island, opened in 1960. Love and his design team reopened it in 2017 with restored natural dunes, coquina shell and seaside-grass texture, and a par-3 15th that runs right along the Atlantic, one of only two true oceanfront holes anywhere on the island. For the island’s other seventeen courses, see the full Hilton Head golf courses directory.
A Rebuild of Hilton Head’s First Golf Course
George Cobb’s original Ocean Course opened in 1960 as Hilton Head Island’s very first 18-hole layout, and was renovated once in the mid-1990s by Mark McCumber before Davis Love III took it on. Working with his brother Mark Love and architect Scot Sherman, Love rebuilt the holes for modern shot values, restored natural dune contours, and added new sand hills and native plantings — the result was named the National Golf Course Owners Association’s 2018 National Golf Course of the Year, and the course is a certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.
The signature hole is the par-3 15th, played back toward the Atlantic with the deepest bunker on the course guarding the right side of the green — Love raised both the tee and the green here, making an already windy hole even more exposed to the ocean breeze. It’s one of only two holes on all of Hilton Head Island that play directly along the ocean, the other being Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront Golf Course’s par-5 10th at Palmetto Dunes.
Atlantic Dunes, Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head Island
Atlantic Dunes is on Sea Pines Drive inside Sea Pines Resort, on the southern end of Hilton Head Island — one of three courses at the resort alongside Harbour Town Golf Links and Heron Point by Pete Dye. A Sea Pines gate pass is required to reach the club, same as the resort’s other courses. All three Sea Pines golf packages include a round here.
Atlantic Dunes shares its clubhouse, Plantation Golf Club, with Heron Point, and the resort streams the clubhouse driving range live. Watch it on our Hilton Head webcams page.
Part of Sea Pines golf, which covers all four Sea Pines courses.
Atlantic Dunes by Davis Love III Reviews
Reviewers describe a layout they rate highly for its variety of scenery, with solid conditioning and bunkers kept in good shape. Pace of play is called out as a positive rather than an afterthought. Service draws specific praise for being attentive, including staff and management being helpful with tee times and sorting out problems when they come up. No complaint recurs often enough to be a pattern.
Praised
- A layout with a great mix of scenery
- Solid conditioning and well-maintained bunkers
- Good pace of play
- Attentive staff and management
- Helpful with tee times and resolving issues
Our summary of 249 reviews.
Frequently Asked Questions
Updated
Is Atlantic Dunes the same as the old Ocean Course?
It’s built on the same ground. Atlantic Dunes is a complete 2017 reconstruction of Sea Pines Resort’s original Ocean Course — Hilton Head Island’s first 18-hole course, opened in 1960 — by Davis Love III, not a new course on new land.
How long is Atlantic Dunes by Davis Love III?
It plays 7,065 yards from the Love tees at a par of 72, down to 3,911 yards from the Orange tees — see the full tee-by-tee breakdown above.
Which hole at Atlantic Dunes is on the ocean?
The par-3 15th plays directly along the Atlantic — one of only two oceanfront holes on all of Hilton Head Island, the other being Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront Golf Course’s par-5 10th at Palmetto Dunes.
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