Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort

HILTON HEAD, S.C. - The Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort, built in 1967, is one of three golf courses at the venerable resort.

The Oceanfront Course is a much different test versus the other two golf courses at Palmetto Dunes. It's longer (7,005 yards) and more wide open from the tee than the shorter Arthur Hills Course and par-70 George Fazio Course, and it is also the only course that plays right up to the doorstep of the ocean.

Roger Rulewich, a protege of Robert Trent Jones who receives much of the credit for Jones' later designs, helped restore this classic Hilton Head golf course to a 21st century gem. Golfers will notice many of the trimmings of a Jones signature: large, splashed bunkering, raised green complexes and long, square tee boxes.

Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort - hole 2

The par-4 second hole on Palmetto Dunes Resort's Oceanfront Course plays over water before the green.

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Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort - hole 3

The view from the third tee on Palmetto Dunes Resort's Oceanfront Course features plenty of heavy trees on this dogleg right.

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Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort - hole 4

The par-5 fourth hole on Palmetto Dunes Resort's Oceanfront Course is a dogleg left to an elevated green.

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Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort - hole 7

The par-4 seventh hole on Palmetto Dunes Resort's Oceanfront Course plays over water and is guarded by bunkers to the left.

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Oceanfront Course - Palmetto Dunes Resort

The Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort was designed by Robert Trent Jones.

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Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort - hole 8

The par-3 eighth hole on Palmetto Dunes Resort's Oceanfront Course is a long carry over water.

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Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort - hole 10 green

The par-5 10th green on Palmetto Dunes Resort's Oceanfront Course is elevated.

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Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort - hole 10

Palmetto Dunes' Oceanfront Course's signature 10th hole is bordered by the ocean beyond the green.

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Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort - hole 11

The par-4 11th hole on Palmetto Dunes Resort's Oceanfront Course features trouble on the right.

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Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort - hole 12

The par-3 12th hole on Palmetto Dunes Resort's Oceanfront Course features a long carry over water to an elevated green.

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Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort - Hilton Head Island, S.C.

Robert Trent Jones designed the Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort in Hilton Head.

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Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort - hole 16

The fairway is tight on the straight par-4 16th hole on Palmetto Dunes Resort's Oceanfront Course.

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Palmetto Dunes Resort's Oceanfront Course - Hilton Head

Robert Trent Jones designed the Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

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