Dunes West Golf and River Club

Dunes West Golf Club in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, is an Arthur Hills design that opened in 1991 and has built a consistent decade-plus reputation as one of Charleston's top public resort courses. The par-72 layout stretches 6,859 yards at 73.0/134, a genuine Arthur Hills test with some of his signature interesting par-3s but overall a relatively flat property that emphasizes strategic placement over forced carries. The course's accolade list is substantial: named 2009 Charleston Golf Course of the Year by the Charleston Golf Course Owners Association, voted a Top Ten New Resort Course by Golf Digest, and named one of America's Fifty Best Courses by Golfweek Magazine. Both Golf Digest and Golf Magazine have proclaimed it a "Top 10 Resort Course." Along the Wando River, the finishing holes offer scenic marshland views that are typical of Lowcountry resort golf. For Charleston-area trips, Dunes West pairs well with Charleston National (Rees Jones) as the two leading non-Kiawah public options.