Palmetto Golf Club is an 18-hole private course in Aiken, South Carolina.

Designed by Herbert Leeds, James Mackrell, Donald Ross, Dr. Alister MacKenzie, Rees Jones, Tom Doak, Gil Hanse. It plays 6,695 yards from the Tournament tees, rated 73.5/138 (checked 2026-08-14).

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holes

par

6,695

yards (tips)

138

slope (tournament)

The shape of the round · Tournament teespublished figures only

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: Herbert Leeds, James Mackrell, Donald Ross, Dr. Alister MacKenzie, Rees Jones, Tom Doak, Gil Hanse reported
access: private
address: 275 Berrie Road Southwest, Aiken, SC, 29801
phone: 803-649-2951
website: course site →
elevation: 464 ft derived
opened: 1892
on site: driving range

33.54083, -81.72826 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 4 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

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

Holes

Fairways

Bunkers

Water

Greens

Tee pads

6,695yds

Tournament tees

550yds

Longest hole

170yds

Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-04-12

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 6 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Tournament	M	71	6695		73.5	138	3342	3353
Red	M	71	6451		72.0	134	3202	3211
Red/White	M	71	6303		71.0	130
White	M	71	6098		70.6	128	3025	3073
Gold	M	71	5357contested	5453	67.5	122	2776	2677
Blue	M	71	5180contested	5098	70.5	118	2538	2560

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 Gold and Blue 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

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	5	3	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	71
Tournament	389	368	455	388	458	464	180	441	199	518	170	448	423	550	338	212	388	306	6,695
Red	389	330	410	388	439	464	163	441	178	482	170	382	423	550	298	212	388	306	6,451
White	347	330	410	388	413	437	139	399	162	464	149	365	385	550	254	212	388	306	6,098
Gold	347	330	375	326	343	437	105	374	139	409	131	331	331	464	233	179	327	272	5,357
Blue	345	232	374	322	343	353	103	333	133	403	135	273	327	461	235	175	325	226	5,180
Handicap	11	13	1	7	3	17	15	5	9	12	18	6	2	10	16	4	8	14

No per-hole yardages are published for Red/White, so it is not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Palmetto 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 Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
The green, from LiDAR Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
Every shot, tee to green 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.

Book nearby

Palmetto Golf Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Aiken Golf Club (1.5 mi, semi-private)

Measured against comparable courses

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

Figure	This course	In South Carolina	Nationwide	Among its peers
Longest	6,695 yds	213th of 351	=4,418th of 12,025	16th of 31 in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area · =1,498th of 2,954 private courses · =4,387th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 138	=80th of 227	=1,412th of 8,710	=12th of 24 in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area · =632nd of 2,300 private courses · =1,381st of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 73.5	=96th of 215	=1,989th of 7,615	12th of 18 in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area · =813th of 2,143 private courses · =1,973rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	1,515 yds between tees	251st of 345	=5,296th of 11,523	14th of 30 in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area · =1,544th of 2,885 private courses · =5,223rd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1892	1st of 253	=31st of 9,368	1st of 27 in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area · =16th of 2,418 private courses · =19th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	464 ft derived	98th of 374	=7,389th of 12,437	5th of 32 in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area · =1,524th of 3,026 private courses · =5,251st of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

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 5 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 6 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 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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