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Golden Bear Golf Club at Indigo Run is an 18-hole public course in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Designed by Jack Nicklaus. It plays 7,014 yards from the Black tees, rated 73.7/132 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
7,014
yards (tips)
132
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES404551416199373444409183508396446213423179512387434537142534435464748395104114123134143155164174185PAROUT 3,487 YDSIN 3,527 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
Jack Nicklaus reported
access
public
address
Indigo Run Drive, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29926
phone
843-689-2200
elevation
20 ft derived
opened
1993
turf
Bermuda greens
on site
restaurant

32.20443, -80.73414 — 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.

215 traced features across 8 layers for Golden Bear Golf Club at Indigo Run, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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215 traced features across 8 layers for Golden Bear Golf Club at Indigo Run, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
20
Fairways
41
Bunkers
20
Water
18
Greens
57
Tee pads
7,014yds
Black tees
551yds
Longest hole
179yds
Shortest hole

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

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 5 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 5 rows.

BlackM72701473.713234873527
BlueM72664372.012832863357
GoldM72618470.112230623122
WhiteM725259contested543766.411526812756
RedM72497468.911524002574

Every figure as published except Card yards (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The White tees publish a yardage total the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 454344435443435445 72
Black 404551416199373444409183508396446213423179512387434537 7,014
Blue 381534398167347420387163489366430190404163491375418520 6,643
Gold 349507358148327383365146479349414159376135472340385492 6,184
White 303441316114299371306116415341381132332106403271344446 5,259
Red 2764072828325731730670402293352132294106403271307416 4,974
Handicap 133915171511716214418612108

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Golden Bear Golf Club at Indigo Run 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

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

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Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Golden Bear Golf Club at Indigo Run's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Palmetto Hall - Robert Cupp Golf Course (2.6 mi) · Palmetto Hall - Arthur Hills Golf Course (2.7 mi)

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
Longest7,014 yds79th of 351=1,792nd of 12,02522nd of 56 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =431st of 4,105 public courses · =817th of 7,004 courses you can book · =1,784th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 132=147th of 227=3,130th of 8,71034th of 43 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =629th of 2,882 public courses · =1,317th of 4,936 courses you can book · =3,063rd of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 73.7=82nd of 215=1,718th of 7,615=25th of 40 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =366th of 2,412 public courses · =710th of 4,145 courses you can book · =1,703rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread2,040 yds between tees=97th of 345=2,056th of 11,52322nd of 54 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =492nd of 3,841 public courses · =974th of 6,653 courses you can book · =2,015th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1993=172nd of 253=6,728th of 9,368=29th of 46 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =2,126th of 3,277 public courses · =3,744th of 5,526 courses you can book · =4,882nd of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level20 ft derived =262nd of 374=11,436th of 12,43713th of 60 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =4,129th of 4,289 public courses · =6,858th of 7,274 courses you can book · =8,314th 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 progress5 of 6 built

5 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 5 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 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, built.All 7 background details — architect, year opened, access, contact and grass.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. What's left on this course is ours to build rather than ours to be told — it comes from mapping and survey data, not from a form. Coverage sets out where the whole database stands.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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The Golf Club at Indigo Run

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Bear Creek Golf Club

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Palmetto Dunes - Robert Trent Jones Golf Course

2.1 mi · Hilton Head · 18 holes

Long Cove Club

2.2 mi · Hilton Head Island · private · 18 holes

Palmetto Hall - Robert Cupp Golf Course

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

Turtle Bay Resort George Fazio Course

2.7 mi · Hilton Head Island · 18 holes

Palmetto Hall - Arthur Hills Golf Course

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

Spanish Wells Golf Club

2.7 mi · Hilton Head Island · private · 10 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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