Turtle Point

• 🏆America's 100 Greatest Public Courses — Golf Digest

Jack Nicklaus opened Turtle Point in 1981 and returned in 2016 for a comprehensive redesign that reshaped green complexes, rebunkered the layout, and strengthened the three ocean-facing holes that define the course. Turtle Point is the most strategic of Kiawah's Nicklaus designs — narrow corridors, small greens, strategic water, and out-of-bounds pressure make precise iron play a prerequisite. Golf Digest rates it 48th on America's 100 Greatest Public Courses. It earned a near-perfect "4 Stars" in the Golf Digest Best Places to Play guide. The three seaside holes on the back — the 14th, 15th, and 16th — sit among the most scenic stretches on the Atlantic coast.