Charleston puts three contrasting rounds inside an hour’s drive of a single airport, and no two of them are booked the same way. The Ocean Course on Kiawah Island, the Pete and Alice Dye layout that staged the 1991 Ryder Cup and the PGA Championships of 2012 and 2021, is the headline act, with public tee times opening 60 days out and resort guests booking earlier still. Wild Dunes, on Isle of Palms, holds Tom Fazio’s first solo design, a par-70 Links that finishes beside the Atlantic, but outside players get just one of its two courses on any given day. Charleston National in Mount Pleasant is the plain-dealing option: a Rees Jones course through tidal marsh, public all year and priced openly on its tee sheet. This page compares who can book, what you pay and how long each drive takes.
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| Course | Green fee from | What’s included | Getting there | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1Kiawah Island Ocean CourseChampionship course & resort | Rates on request · how to book | Bookpackage via GolfbreaksRead the guide | ||
 2Wild Dunes Resort, Links CourseResort course | Rates on request · how to book | Bookpackage via GolfbreaksRead the guide | ||
 3Charleston National Golf ClubSemi-private daily-fee course | US$87Checked November 2026 · details | Bookpackage via GolfbreaksRead the guide |
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The Ocean Course. Phil Mickelson won the 2021 PGA Championship here at 50, the back tees carry the maximum slope of 155, and walking with a caddie is the standard way round.
Green fees & bookingThe Links at Wild Dunes. Fazio’s closing pair face the ocean, and the resort now lists the 18th as a short hole beside the beach. Confirm the Links is in the daily rotation before you fix a date.
Green fees & bookingCharleston National. It lists no resort stay, membership or handicap condition, the foreUP sheet shows every slot’s price, and Monday-to-Thursday afternoons started at US$87 in November 2026.
Green fees & bookingEach package names its rounds, nights and hotels, so you can see which of the courses above it includes before you ask for a quote.
5 nights self-catering, 4 rounds
Rounds: Robert Trent Jones Course, Palmetto Dunes · Harbour Town Golf Links · Turtle Point or Cougar Point (Kiawah) · The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island
Stay: 3 nights at Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort, 2 at Kiawah Island Golf Resort
Harbour Town and Kiawah’s Ocean Course in one five-night trip, with a forecaddie at Harbour Town and a walking caddie on the Ocean Course.
Prices are Golfbreaks’ published per-person guide prices in US dollars, checked November 2026; your quote depends on dates and group size. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. How we work
All Charleston & Kiawah Island golf packages on Golfbreaks
Only one of the three shows prices up front. Charleston National’s online sheet priced a Monday-to-Thursday morning at US$108 in November 2026, US$118 for a Friday morning, US$94 for a Saturday afternoon and US$87 from about 1 p.m. on weekdays, with taxes added on top. Kiawah and Wild Dunes keep green fees off their websites, so their booking engines quote each slot. At the Ocean Course, budget for the caddie too: there is no fee, but the resort recommends a US$120 gratuity per player for a walking caddie or US$60 for a forecaddie. Kiawah resort guests pay discounted rates, a point in favour of The Sanctuary.
Charleston International (CHS) serves all three courses. Plan on a hire car or pre-booked transfers, because Kiawah has no public transport and Isle of Palms has no rail link. Charleston National, in northern Mount Pleasant, sits roughly 30 minutes from arrivals, and Wild Dunes sits just beyond it over the Isle of Palms Connector. Kiawah is in the opposite direction, 32 to 35 miles from the airport over the Johns Island causeways and roughly an hour from Mount Pleasant. That split suggests two bases: Isle of Palms or Mount Pleasant for the northern pair, then a few nights on Kiawah, with downtown between.
Spring and autumn suit all three courses, and those are the seasons when Kiawah is hardest to get on. The Ocean Course is busiest from mid-March to mid-May and from mid-September to Thanksgiving, so book the day your 60-day window opens, or reserve a resort room and book every round of the stay at once. Summer is hot and humid with afternoon thunderstorms; Kiawah eases its walking rule then, allowing carts after 10 am in June, July and August. Charleston National stays open through the winter, which makes it the safest round in the cooler months. Hurricane season runs from June to November.
Yes. Anyone may reserve as far as 60 days out, online or by phoning (843) 266-4670. Guests of Kiawah Island Golf Resort can book tee times for their whole stay when they reserve the room, and they pay discounted guest rates.
Of these three, only Charleston National shows prices openly: US$87 to US$118 for 18 holes on its November 2026 tee sheet, plus taxes. Kiawah and Wild Dunes quote each tee time in their booking systems. At Kiawah, add a recommended caddie gratuity of US$120 per player.
Charleston National. Visitors need no resort stay, and no handicap rule is listed; the club takes public bookings in every month. In November 2026 its online sheet ran about six days ahead, so call (843) 884-4653 for dates further out.
Wild Dunes opens either the Links or the Harbor Course to guests and the public each day, not both. If the Links is not on the sheet for your date, try the next day, or ring the shop on (843) 886-2002. The resort’s app shows the same tee sheet.
No, caddies are optional but recommended, because the course is walking only for most of the year. Pull carts are allowed, though the resort does not rent them, so bring your own or a carry bag. Denim, athletic shorts and collarless shirts are not permitted.