Old South Golf Links Bluffton SC

For Old South golf, South Carolina’s Lowcountry doesn’t get much better than this Bluffton course, which opened in 1991 just over the bridge from Hilton Head Island and was named a Golf Digest “Top Ten New Public Course” that year. Clyde Johnston’s design runs through towering live oaks and rolling terrain, with island greens overlooking the marshes of McKay’s Creek — the course has been named Hilton Head Monthly’s “Favorite Public Course” more than a dozen times. For the island’s other courses, see the full Hilton Head golf courses directory.

Old South Golf Links Photos and McKay’s Creek Island Greens

Clyde Johnston’s design makes the most of its Lowcountry setting — towering live oaks and rolling terrain lead to island greens set right against the marshes of McKay’s Creek, with real wildlife (wood storks, hawks, deer, and alligators) visible throughout the round. The course is both GEO Certified and an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, and has been named “Lowcountry Golf Course of the Year” twice, in 2011 and 2021.

Old South Golf Links, Buckingham Plantation Drive, Bluffton SC

Old South Golf Links is on Buckingham Plantation Drive in Bluffton, SC, just over the bridge from Hilton Head Island — a short drive for anyone staying on the island who wants a change of scenery.