Kiawah Island Club · Cassique Nip-N-Tuck
10 River Course Ln, Johns Island, SC 29455, USA
Tap a hole for its details · gold dots = bunkers, blue = water · the Wind and Elevation buttons color each hole by today’s wind and by climb · OpenStreetMap
The lay of the land.
How the course above sets up: its routing, character, and what to expect.
Kiawah Island Club · Cassique Nip-N-Tuck is an 18-hole golf course in Charleston, SC, playing 5,145–7,050 yards from 7 sets of tees (slope 123–154, course rating up to 75).
It's a flat walk, roughly 118 feet of total climb over 18 holes.
Expect 68 bunkers, with water on 11 holes; the back nine plays tougher.
The word on the course.
How golfers talk about it, summarized from public reviews. Their opinions, not our scoring.
Tom Watson’s solo design debut, a links-inflected routing along the Kiawah River where rumpled fairways, faux dunes, a Turnberry-style burn, Carnoustie Spectacles and a St. Andrews Hell Bunker live on otherwise flat Lowcountry ground, with three rotating middle holes named Nip-N-Tuck, Pulpit and Due East. Most reviewers rate it among the best private courses in South Carolina and call it Watson’s love letter to the British game, though a few find the manufactured shaping looks unnatural.
Consistently praised
- Real bump-and-run, ground-game golf in a region that almost never offers it.
- Rotating Nip-N-Tuck, Pulpit and Due East holes give endless replayability, plus varied par 5s and hump-and-hollow fairways.
Worth knowing
- Strictly private (members and guests only); a subset of reviewers feel the manufactured dunes look artificial against the flat marsh.
Golfers recommend
- Take a caddie; blind shots, alternate routings and burn placements reward local knowledge.
- Bring a low runner and practice your putter-from-off-the-green; one of the few SC courses that genuinely asks for it.
Tee fit & expected score.
Set your handicap for the right tees, a realistic score, and the holes where you'll get a stroke.
Play the White tees, 6180 yds
How to play it
- Card-wreckers at #3, #9, #14, #18. Bogey is fine here; don't compound mistakes.
Tagged scorecard.
Per-hole tags for hazards, length, and scoring chances from your selected tee.
| Hole | Par | Yds | SI | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1• | 4 | 400 | 6 | |
| 2• | 5 | 535 | 10 | |
| 3•• | 4 | 450 | 4 | Long 4 |
| 4• | 4 | 360 | 14 | |
| 5• | 3 | 160 | 18 | |
| 6• | 5 | 570 | 16 | Birdie |
| 7• | 3 | 235 | 12 | Long 3 |
| 8• | 4 | 345 | 8 | |
| 9•• | 4 | 420 | 2 | Tough |
| Out | 36 | 3475 | ||
| 10• | 4 | 400 | 9 | |
| 11•• | 5 | 575 | 5 | |
| 12• | 4 | 390 | 11 | |
| 13• | 3 | 175 | 13 | |
| 14•• | 4 | 445 | 3 | Long 4Tough |
| 15• | 5 | 540 | 15 | Birdie |
| 16• | 3 | 185 | 17 | |
| 17• | 4 | 430 | 7 | |
| 18•• | 4 | 435 | 1 | Tough |
| In | 36 | 3575 | ||
All tees & ratings
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 7050 | 75 | 154 | 72 |
| Blue | 6640 | 73.2 | 150 | 72 |
| Blue / White | 6380 | 72 | 142 | 72 |
| White | 6180 | 71.3 | 135 | 72 |
| White / Green | 5790 | 69.3 | 130 | 72 |
| Green | 5615 | 68.4 | 126 | 72 |
| Green / Red | 5145 | 65.9 | 123 | 72 |
Conditions & terrain.
Today's wind by hole, the climbs and drops, and a seven-day playability outlook.
Wind today
Climbs & drops
Tee→green elevation change, estimated from terrain.
7-day outlook
Best window this week: Sat 05-30 · 90/100
Where the trouble is.
Sand and water by hole, plotted from OpenStreetMap.
Most bunkered: #1 (11) · #2 (7) · #10 (7) · #5 (5). Water on 11 holes: #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #8, #9, #10, #13, #14, #18.
Frequently asked.
- How long is Kiawah Island Club · Cassique Nip-N-Tuck?
- Kiawah Island Club · Cassique Nip-N-Tuck plays 5,145–7,050 yards across 7 sets of tees, to a par of 72 from the back tees.
- How difficult is Kiawah Island Club · Cassique Nip-N-Tuck?
- Its slope rating ranges 123–154, with a course rating up to 75. The back nine plays tougher.
- Which tees should I play at Kiawah Island Club · Cassique Nip-N-Tuck?
- A mid-handicap golfer (around 15) best fits the White tees at 6,180 yards. Match your own driver distance or handicap with the tee selector on this page.
- Is Kiawah Island Club · Cassique Nip-N-Tuck walkable?
- It's a flat walk, with roughly 118 feet of total elevation change over 18 holes.
- How many bunkers does Kiawah Island Club · Cassique Nip-N-Tuck have?
- Kiawah Island Club · Cassique Nip-N-Tuck has 68 bunkers, and water comes into play on 12 holes.
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