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May River Golf Course at Palmetto Bluff is an 18-hole course in Bluffton, South Carolina.

It plays 7,171 yards from the Oak tees, rated 75.6/141 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
7,171
yards (tips)
141
slope (oak)
The shape of the round · Cedar teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — CEDAR TEES404185377538417150309506443517146366407170469391196527142334455463748594105113124134143155164173185PAROUT 3,329 YDSIN 3,189 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

address
350 Mount Pelia Road, Bluffton, SC, 29910
phone
843-258-5029
elevation
25 ft derived
opened
2004
on site
restaurant

32.21096, -80.88555 — open on OpenStreetMap →

From above

Aerial imagery of the area around May River Golf Course at Palmetto Bluff. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it, and the frame follows the course's location rather than a surveyed property line.

Aerial imagery of the area around May River Golf Course at Palmetto Bluff, NAIP 2023. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it.

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Aerial imagery of the area around May River Golf Course at Palmetto Bluff, NAIP 2023. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it. The map itself needs JavaScript.

Aerial imagery only, nothing traced over it yet · USDA NAIP 2023-05-02

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.

OakM72717175.6141
CedarM72651372.813733293189
HickoryM72606570.713331382944
HickoryF72606575.913231382944
MagnoliaF72516870.3124

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

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 434543454534435435 72
Cedar 404185377538417150309506443517146366407170469391196527 6,513
Hickory 375159359515399139287489416493122344380147437362166493 6,065
Handicap 513791171511361810214164128

No per-hole yardages are published for Oak and Magnolia, so they are not on the card above.

The Studio

The Studio can't plan May River Golf Course at Palmetto Bluff hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard, but nobody has traced its holes: the bunkers, water and fairway edges a plan aims around.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

  • 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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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 May River Golf Course at Palmetto Bluff's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

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Also bookable nearby: Pinecrest Golf Club (3.1 mi) · Hilton Head National Golf Club (3.6 mi) · Old South Golf Links (4.3 mi) · Rose Hill Golf Club (4.5 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
Longest7,171 yds=22nd of 351=748th of 12,0256th of 56 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =746th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 141=42nd of 227=777th of 8,710=14th of 43 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =760th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 75.6=9th of 215=257th of 7,6153rd of 40 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =256th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread2,003 yds between tees112th of 345=2,229th of 11,52325th of 54 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =2,185th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 2004=237th of 253=8,690th of 9,368=41st of 46 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =6,463rd of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level25 ft derived =234th of 374=11,206th of 12,4374th of 60 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =8,126th 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 progress2 of 6 built

2 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 3 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 sets of tees.
  • Course map, not built yet.We don't have a map of this course yet.
  • Per-hole distances, not built yet.The holes aren't traced yet, so there are no measured carries or distances to the green.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, whether it is public or private and the grass on the greens.

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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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Hampton Hall Club

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Pinecrest Golf Club

3.1 mi · Bluffton · semi-private · 18 holes

Anson Point at Palmetto Bluff

3.2 mi · Bluffton · private · 18 holes

Hilton Head National Golf Club

3.6 mi · Bluffton · public · 18 holes

Old South Golf Links

4.3 mi · Bluffton · public · 18 holes

Rose Hill Golf Club

4.5 mi · Bluffton · semi-private · 18 holes

Crescent Pointe Golf Club

4.5 mi · Bluffton · public · 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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