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Dolphin Head Golf Club is an 18-hole private course in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Designed by Gary Player. It plays 6,606 yards from the Black tees, rated 72.7/140 (checked 2026-08-20).

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18
holes
72
par
6,606
yards (tips)
140
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES513344359173364432204395515371382211523341444360181494152434435464738495104114123135144154164173185PAROUT 3,299 YDSIN 3,307 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Gary Player reported
access
private
address
56 High Bluff Rd, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29928
phone
843-681-5550
elevation
14 ft derived
opened
1974
on site
lessons

32.25549, -80.72118 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 8 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

217 traced features across 8 layers for Dolphin Head Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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217 traced features across 8 layers for Dolphin Head Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
18
Fairways
58
Bunkers
9
Water
18
Greens
64
Tee pads
6,606yds
Black tees
523yds
Longest hole
173yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-04-18

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-20

Yardagesfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-20

All 9 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 9 rows, showing the start of the table.

BlackM72660672.714032993307
BlueM72642172.013732113210
WhiteM72616970.813030663103
GoldF72551373.512627842725
GoldM72550968.012327842725
RedM72536066.811726942666
RedF72536071.812226942666
GreenM72476064.311223802380
GreenF72476064.811323802380

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-20

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 544344345443544435 72
Black 513344359173364432204395515371382211523341444360181494 6,606
Blue 500338350167359411194385507353373200513336423351172489 6,421
White 465332328154349401176375486343365190504331399341160470 6,169
Gold 436325315135276348147345457288334153463276325315143428 5,509
Red 435297295117273342143339453285332145460272320300131421 5,360
Green 385267280117260280125286380280285145385250280290110355 4,760
Handicap 119151371175312101481826164

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Dolphin Head Golf Club hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Book nearby

Dolphin Head Golf Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Oyster Reef Golf Club (0.8 mi, semi-private) · Country Club of Hilton Head (1.1 mi, semi-private) · Palmetto Hall - Robert Cupp Golf Course (1.6 mi, semi-private) · Palmetto Hall - Arthur Hills Golf Course (1.9 mi, semi-private)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn South CarolinaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,606 yds241st of 351=5,174th of 12,02545th of 56 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =1,737th of 2,954 private courses · =5,138th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 140=52nd of 227=932nd of 8,710=17th of 43 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =418th of 2,300 private courses · =912th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.7=135th of 215=3,063rd of 7,615=33rd of 40 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =1,227th of 2,143 private courses · =3,035th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,846 yds between tees=161st of 345=3,160th of 11,52337th of 54 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =965th of 2,885 private courses · =3,109th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1974=89th of 253=4,995th of 9,36812th of 46 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =1,501st of 2,418 private courses · =3,544th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level14 ft derived =301st of 374=11,812th of 12,437=30th of 60 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =2,860th of 3,026 private courses · =8,622nd of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 9 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 9 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

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Sources

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Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-25. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

Oyster Reef Golf Club

0.8 mi · Hilton Head Island · semi-private · 18 holes

Country Club of Hilton Head

1.1 mi · Hilton Head Island · semi-private · 18 holes

Palmetto Hall - Robert Cupp Golf Course

1.6 mi · Hilton Head Island · semi-private · 18 holes

Palmetto Hall - Arthur Hills Golf Course

1.9 mi · Hilton Head Island · semi-private · 18 holes

Bear Creek Golf Club

2.1 mi · Hilton Head Island · private · 18 holes

Port Royal Robber's Row Golf Course

3.3 mi · Hilton Head Island · resort · 18 holes

Golden Bear Golf Club at Indigo Run

3.6 mi · Hilton Head Island · public · 18 holes

Port Royal Barony Golf Course

3.6 mi · Hilton Head Island · resort · 18 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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