The Nicklaus course at Colleton River Plantation Club in Bluffton, S.C.
BLUFFTON, S.C. -- The Nicklaus course at Colleton River Plantation Club makes an impressive first impression. The regal clubhouse perches on a rise overlooking some of the best holes on the course and the Colleton River.
The golf course itself takes you from woods, to marsh, to riverside, providing an eclectic array of holes along the way. You'll forget none of them. Not the par 5s with their Scottish, links-style motifs, nor the par 4s, each with a unique challenge -- water carries, bunker complexes or offset greens. Most of the par 3s reside amid the marsh, requiring accurate iron shots are varying length.
The course also gives you a most memorable "last" impression, with a five-hole stretch unlike any other, from links-style holes, to a blind drive over bunkers to a par 3 buffeted by winds off the Colleton River.
The Nicklaus course at Colleton River Plantation Club is one you won't ever forget.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: The golf courses at Colleton River Plantation Club are private, offering reciprocity with select private clubs in the Hilton Head Island area during the summer.]
![The clubhouse serving the Nicklaus course at Colleton River Plantation Club features a wide array of amenities.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/36445.jpg)
![The second hole on the Nicklaus course at Colleton River Plantation Club is best approached from the left.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/36446.jpg)
![You can take the direct approach or circumvent this bunker to the right on the third hole, a par 5, of the Nicklaus course at Colleton River Plantation Club.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/36447.jpg)
![Many of the par 3s on the Nicklaus course at Colleton River Plantation Club are amid a marsh.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/36448.jpg)
![The par-5 10th hole on the Nicklaus course at Colleton River Plantation Club requires two skips over bunkers.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/36451.jpg)
![The 12th hole on the Nicklaus course at Colleton River Plantation Club requires another marsh carry.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/36454.jpg)
![The 13th hole on the Nicklaus course at Colleton River Plantation Club is an interesting par 4 with an interrupted fairway.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/36455.jpg)
![The farther right, the longer the carry to the 13th green on the Nicklaus course at Colleton River Plantation Club.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/36456.jpg)
![The 14th fairway halts right before a drop down to a bunker on the Nicklaus course at Colleton River Plantation Club.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/36457.jpg)
![The approach to the 15th hole on the Nicklaus course at Colleton River Plantation Club requires a deft shot over bunkers to an offset green.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/36458.jpg)
![The 16th hole on the Nicklaus course at Colleton River Plantation Club is a complex one, with a blind drive that has to stop short of a bunker stretching across the fairway.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/36459.jpg)
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