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Old South Golf Links is an 18-hole public course in Bluffton, South Carolina.

Designed by Clyde Johnston. It plays 6,772 yards from the Gold tees, rated 72.7/138 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
6,772
yards (tips)
138
slope (gold)
The shape of the round · Gold teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — GOLD TEES383415530167533397370160400403185390353555384417180550142435435564748394104113124134145154164173185PAROUT 3,355 YDSIN 3,417 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
Clyde Johnston reported
access
public
address
50 Buckingham Plantation Drive, Bluffton, SC, 29910
phone
843-837-7155
elevation
11 ft derived
opened
1991
on site
pro shop · restaurant · lessons

32.23149, -80.81691 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 9 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

184 traced features across 7 layers for Old South Golf Links, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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184 traced features across 7 layers for Old South Golf Links, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
29
Fairways
33
Bunkers
17
Water
18
Greens
50
Tee pads
6,772yds
Gold tees
555yds
Longest hole
160yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-04-17

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 4 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 4 rows.

GoldM72677272.713833553417
BlueM72635470.413231563198
WhiteM72577968.611628052974
RedF71contested72477668.211724542322

Every figure as published except Card par (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 Red tees publish a par 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 Par column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own par row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 445354434434454435 72
Gold 383415530167533397370160400403185390353555384417180550 6,772
Blue 365390502155513370353140368381170370335535354383165505 6,354
White 330355455140450340315112308343158332320515330355153468 5,779
Red 28030541512541129527075278300136286272407283135132371 4,776
Handicap 111391771315512181082144166

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Old South Golf Links 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 Old South Golf Links's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

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Also bookable nearby: Hilton Head National Golf Club (0.9 mi) · Crescent Pointe Golf Club (3.0 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
Longest6,772 yds=185th of 351=3,748th of 12,02540th of 56 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =946th of 4,105 public courses · =1,774th of 7,004 courses you can book · =3,723rd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 138=80th of 227=1,412th of 8,710=23rd of 43 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =258th of 2,882 public courses · =540th of 4,936 courses you can book · =1,381st 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 · =685th of 2,412 public courses · =1,337th of 4,145 courses you can book · =3,035th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,996 yds between tees118th of 345=2,272nd of 11,52326th of 54 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =555th of 3,841 public courses · =1,091st of 6,653 courses you can book · =2,227th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1991=150th of 253=6,412th of 9,368=22nd of 46 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =2,002nd of 3,277 public courses · =3,529th of 5,526 courses you can book · =4,615th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level11 ft derived =323rd of 374=11,974th of 12,437=41st of 60 in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area · =4,207th of 4,289 public courses · =7,071st of 7,274 courses you can book · =8,756th 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 progress3 of 6 built

3 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 4 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 4 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, not built yet.We can't tie the mapped playing line to the published hole distances, so we're not showing distances here.
  • 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.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

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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Hilton Head National Golf Club

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Moss Creek South Course

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Moss Creek North Course

2.1 mi · 18 holes

Crescent Pointe Golf Club

3.0 mi · Bluffton · public · 18 holes

Nicklaus at Colleton River Club

3.2 mi · Bluffton · private · 18 holes

Spanish Wells Golf Club

3.8 mi · Hilton Head Island · private · 10 holes

East at Belfair Golf Club

4.1 mi · Bluffton · private · 18 holes

Par 3 at Colleton River Club

4.1 mi · Bluffton · private · 9 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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