The Kiawah Ocean Course Pilgrimage

Pete Dye's Ocean Course — the most exposed, wind-battered stretch in American major-championship golf, site of the War by the Shore and a record-setting PGA. Ten holes hard against the Atlantic on a low-country barrier island.

Why It's a Pilgrimage

The Ocean Course is routinely ranked the toughest resort course in the country, and the ten oceanfront holes deliver a beating that you will replay in your head for years. It carries the weight of the 1991 Ryder Cup and Phil Mickelson's historic 2021 PGA win at age fifty, so every shot feels like it has a footnote. Surrounded by Kiawah's other championship layouts and a genuinely beautiful island, it is a southeastern pilgrimage that earns every dollar.

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