Awards & Accolades

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2008

• The World's 50 Best Golf Hotels (The Sanctuary #6 in U.S.) - Golf Digest Index
• The World's 50 Best Golf Hotels (Top Room: The Sanctuary #5 Overall in U.S.) - Golf Digest Index
• The World's 50 Best Golf Hotels (Top Dining: The Sanctuary #5 in U.S.) - Golf Digest Index
• The World's 50 Best Golf Hotels (Top Service: The Sanctuary #5 in U.S.) - Golf Digest Index
• Platinum Medal Resort Award (One of 10 in North America) - Golf Magazine
• The Green Golf (Environmental) Award (One of 10 in North America) - Golf Magazine
• Mobil Five Star - The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort - Mobil Travel Guide
• Co-Winner--Best Overall U.S. Resort (Golf, Lodging, Dining and Activities) - Golf Odyssey
• Co-Winner--Best Resort for Family Foursomes - Golf Odyssey
• Top 100 Modern Courses in America (The Ocean Course #20) - GolfWeek 

2007 

• America's 50 Toughest Golf Courses (The Ocean Course #1) - Golf Digest Magazine
• No. 1 of the Ten Top Golf Resorts for Families - BestGolfResorsofTheWorld.com
• Platinum Places award-Best Overall U.S. Resorts - Golf Odyssey
• Platinum Places award-Best Resorts for Family Foursomes - Golf Odyssey
• Among America's 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) - Golf World Business
  

2006

• No. 1 Golf Resorts in the U.S. – T&L Golf Magazine
• No. 1 Golf Resorts for Buddy Trips in Southeast – T&L Golf Magazine
• No. 1 Golf Resorts for Family Trips in Southeast – T&L Golf Magazine
• No. 1 Golf Resorts for Family Trips in Southeast – T&L Golf Magazine
• Best Resort Courses in Southeast (The Ocean Course) – T&L Golf Magazine
• Most Underrated Resort Courses in Southeast (1-Turtle Point, 2-Osprey Point, 3-Cougar Point) – T&L Golf Magazine
• Best Restaurants in Southeast – T&L Golf Magazine
• Best Spa/Gym in Southeast – T&L Golf Magazine
• Top 100 You Can Play (The Ocean Course #3) – Golf Magazine
• 5-star rating (The Ocean Course) - Golf Digest’s “Best Places to Play” guide
• 4½-star rating (Cougar Point, Turtle Point, Osprey Point & Oak Point) – Golf Digest’s “Best Places to Play” guide
• Top 50 Diamond Golf Resorts Award Winner – Luxury Golf & Travel Magazine
• America’s Best Resort Golf Courses (The Ocean Course #9) – Golfweek
• Gold Medal Resort Award – Golf Magazine
• Conde Nast Johansens Awards for Excellence – Most Excellent Golf Resort
• Among America's 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) - Golf World Business
  

2005

• “Greens of Distinction” award winner – Corporate & Incentive Travel
• Top Ten U.S. Golf Resorts (#3) – T&L Golf Magazine
• Among Best Golf Resorts for Buddy Trips in Southeast (#2) – T&L Golf Magazine
• Among Best Golf Resorts for Family Trips in Southeast (#2) – T&L Golf Magazine
• Among Best Resort Courses in Southeast (#3) – T&L Golf Magazine
• Among Top 100 Courses in the U.S. (The Ocean Course #33) – Golf Magazine
• Among Top 100 Courses in the World (The Ocean Course #56) – Golf Magazine
• 50 Best Courses for Women (Osprey Point #10) – Golf for Women
• Among America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses (The Ocean Course #8) - Golf Digest
• Among Top 100 Courses in America (The Ocean Course #38) - Golf Digest
• Top 100 Modern Courses in America (The Ocean Course #17) – GolfWeek
• Host 2005 PGA Club Professional Championship (The Ocean Course)
• Among America's 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) - Golf World Business
  

2004

• 45 Greatest moments in GOLF (Golf Magazine) – (#8) The U.S. reclaims the Ryder Cup in a fiery encounter called “The War by the Shore”
• Top 75 Golf Resorts (Kiawah Island Golf Resort #14) – Golf Digest
• Silver Medal Resort Award - Golf  Magazine
• Top 100 You Can Play (The Ocean Course #8) - Golf Magazine
• Top 100 Teachers’ Top 10 (The Ocean Course #9) – Golf Magazine
• Golf Magazine’s Bang for Your Bucks (The Ocean Course #4) – Golf Magazine
• 5-star rating (The Ocean Course) - Golf Digest’s “Best Places to Play” guide
• 4 ½ -star rating (Cougar Point and Turtle Point) – Golf Digest’s “Best Places to Play” guide
• 4-star rating (Osprey Point) – Golf Digest’s “Best Places to Play” guide
• 3 ½ -star rating (Oak Point) – Golf Digest’s “Best Places to Play” guide
• Top 100 Modern Courses in America (The Ocean Course #16) – GolfWeek
• Among America’s 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) – Golf World Business

2003

• Among the Top Ten U.S. Golf Resorts (#7) – T&L Golf Magazine
• Among Top 100 Courses in the U.S. (The Ocean Course #44) – Golf Magazine
• Among Top 100 Courses in the World (The Ocean Course #79) – Golf Magazine
• Among America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses (The Ocean Course #12) - Golf Digest
• Host of the 2003 WGC World Cup (The Ocean Course)
• Among Top 100 Courses in America (The Ocean Course #70) - Golf Digest
• 50 Best Courses for Women (The Ocean Course #30) – Golf for Women
• Top 100 Modern Courses in America (The Ocean Course #15) – GolfWeek
• Among America’s 100 Best Golf Resorts (#47) – Conde Nast Traveler
• Among America's 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) - Golf World Business
  

2002

• “Top 100 You Can Play” (The Ocean Course #12) – Golf Magazine
• 50 Best Courses for Women (The Ocean Course #28) – Golf for Women
• Top 75 Resorts in the World (#23) – Conde Nast Traveler
• The World’s Top Twenty Golf Destinations – Golf Odyssey Newsletter
• Top 75 Golf Resorts (Kiawah Island Golf Resort #14) – Golf Digest
• Top 100 Modern Courses in America (The Ocean Course #22) – GolfWeek
• 5-star rating (The Ocean Course) - Golf Digest’s “Places to Play” guide
• 4 ½ -star rating (Cougar Point and Osprey Point) – Golf Digest’s “Places to Play” guide
• 4-star rating (Turtle Point) – Golf Digest’s “Places to Play” guide
• 3 ½ -star rating (Oak Point) – Golf Digest’s “Places to Play” guide
• Among America's 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) - Golf World Business
  

2001

• Among Top 100 Courses in the U.S. (The Ocean Course #65) – Golf Magazine
• 1991 Ryder Cup - No. 18 in Golf Digest Magazine’s 40 Defining Moments in Golf
• Among Top 100 Courses in America (The Ocean Course #67) - Golf Digest
• Host of the UBS Warburg Cup (The Ocean Course)
• Among America’s 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) – Golf Shop Operations
• Among Top 100 Modern Courses in America (The Ocean Course #36) – GolfWeek
• Gold Tee Award – Meetings & Conventions
• Golden Links Award – Corporate Meetings & Incentives

2000

• Golf Course of the Year (The Ocean Course)-National Golf Course Owner’s Association
• America’s 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course) – Golf Shop Operations
• Among Top 100 Modern Courses in America (The Ocean Course #56)- GolfWeek
• 5-star rating (The Ocean Course) --  Golf Digest’s “Places to Play” guide
• 4-star rating (Turtle Point, Cougar Point and Osprey Point) – Golf Digest’s “Places to Play” guide
• 3 ½ -star rating (Oak Point) – Golf Digest’s “Places to Play” guide
• #11 “Top 100 You Can Play” – Golf Magazine
• Among America's 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) - Golf World Business
  

1999

• Golf World Magazine’s “News of the Decade” names The Ocean Course, Shadow Creek and Sand  Hills best new courses of the decade
• Golf World Magazine’s “News of the Decade” names 1991 Ryder Cup at The Ocean Course as one of the top five tournaments in the decade
• Among Top 100 Courses in America (The Ocean Course #62) - Golf Digest
• Among Top 100 Courses for Women (The Ocean Course #8, Osprey Point #24) - Golf Digest Women
• The Ocean Course - Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary
• Golden Links Award - Corporate Meetings & Incentives
• Gold Tee Award - Meetings & Conventions
• The Americas Golf Course of the Year (The Ocean Course)-The Hertz International Golf Travel Awards 1999
• America’s 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course) – Golf Shop Operations
• Among America's 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) - Golf World Business
  

1998

• #10 “Top 100 You Can Play” – Golf Magazine
• America’s 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course) – Golf Shop Operations
• #18 Top 100 Courses for Women -Golf for Women
• Among 100 Best Modern Courses & 40 Best Public Courses - Golf & Travel
• Top 50 Golf Resorts in the World - Conde Nast Traveler
• Among 50 Best Places to Play for Women - Golf Digest
• Host of Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf – Sorenstam v. Pepper – The Ocean Course
• Among Top 100 You Can Play - Golf Magazine
• Among America's 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) - Golf World Business
  

1997

• Among 100 Best of Golf- Links
• Best of America’s Resort Courses - The Golfer
• Host 1997 World Cup of Golf (The Ocean Course)
• Top 50 Golf Resorts in the World - Conde Nast Traveler
• America’s 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course) – Golf Shop Operations
• #1 Golf Course in South Carolina (The Ocean Course) - Golf Digest
• Host of the World Cup of Golf  (The Ocean Course)
• #4 Resort Course in America (The Ocean Course) - Golf Digest
• Among America’s Top 100 Courses - Golf Digest
• Among Top 50 Must Play Courses - Links Magazine
• Among America's 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) - Golf World Business
  

1996

• #14 “Top Places You Can Play – Golf Magazine
• Top 50 Golf Resorts in the World - Conde Nast Traveler
• Top 500 Places to Play (The Ocean Course and Turtle Point) - Golf Digest
• #3 Place to Play in South Carolina (The Ocean Course) - Golf Digest
• #9 Place to Play in South Carolina (Turtle Point) - Golf Digest
• Gold Tee Award - Meetings & Conventions
• Ace Award (Top 50 U.S. Resorts for Golf & Meetings) - Successful Meetings
• Among "Best For Golf" - America's Greatest Resorts
• Among America's 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) - Golf World Business
  

1995

• Top 10 Courses in South Carolina (The Ocean Course) - Golf Digest
• Best of Golf's "Top 75 Golf Resorts" - Links magazine
• Among America's 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) - Golf World Business

1994

• Top 10 Golf Resorts - USAir magazine
• Ace Award (Among the Top 40 Golf Resorts for U.S. Meetings) - Successful Meetings
• Outstanding Golf & Meeting Resort - Successful Meetings
• The Golden Links Award - Corporate Meetings and Incentives
• Gold Tee Award - Meetings & Conventions
• Among "Best Golf Experience,” "Best Practice Facilities,” and "Best Non-Golf Activities" - Golf Magazine
• Among America's 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) - Golf World Business
  

1993

• 50 Top Southern Resort Courses - Southern Living magazine
• Among the "Best for Golf" (The Ocean Course) - America's Greatest Resorts
• Best Seaside Resort/Public Course - Golf News Today
• Among America's 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) - Golf World Business
  

1992

• America's Toughest Resort Course (The Ocean Course) - Golf Digest
• #3 America's Best Resort Course (The Ocean Course) - Golf Digest
• #44 America's Best Resort Course (Turtle Point) - Golf Digest
• #54 America's Best Resort Course (Osprey Point) - Golf Digest
• America's Greatest Golf Resorts - America's Greatest Resorts
• Gold Tee Award - Meetings and Conventions magazine
• Best Golf in the South - Southern Links magazine
• Outstanding Golf and Meeting Resorts - Successful Meetings magazine
• Silver Medallist Award - Golf Magazine
• Among America's 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) - Golf World Business
  

1991

• Host 1991 Ryder Cup Matches (The Ocean Course)
• Best New Resort Course (The Ocean Course) - Golf Digest
• Silver Medallist Resort - Golf Magazine
• Gold Tee Award - Meeting and Conventions magazine
• 100 Greatest Courses in the U.S. (The Ocean Course) - Golf Magazine
• Among America's 100 Best Golf Shops (The Ocean Course Golf Shop) - Golf World Business