The wide, pristine Kiawah beach on the Atlantic Ocean is a 15 minute walk / 5 minute bike ride from the house. Also conveniently located are shopping, tennis, biking and Night Heron Park which offers a broad range of family activities and nature programs.
Kiawah Island is a scenic 30 minute drive from Charleston, South Carolina. Kiawah is a gated private island retreat. It offers 5 championship golf courses including the famed Ocean Course, home to the memorable 1991 'War by the Shore' Ryder Cup matches and host to the upcoming 2012 PGA Championship. The tennis facility is ranked 4th among Tennis Magazine's 'Greatest US Tennis Resorts'. Kiawah boasts 10 miles of beautiful, wide beach, 30 miles of biking and walking trails, canoeing and kayaking, fishing and crabbing, all encompassed in a scene of natural beauty unmatched anywhere on the Southeastern coast.
The property is managed by Resort Quest Management with offices at Freshfields Village. The property is rated GOLD. Resort Quest supplies front desk services and can arrange bike rentals, beach equipment rentals and discounted golf tee times.
Golf:
By any measure, Kiawah Island has one of the finest collections of golf courses in the country. Travel and Leisure Golf magazine’s September / October 2006 issue announced Kiawah as the top ranked golf resort in the country, out-polling such noted areas as Pebble Beach, Pinehurst, Bandon Dunes and Sea Island. The Ocean Course is number four in Golf Magazines 2008 list of “Top 100 You Can Play”. Readers of Golf Digest in the “Best Places to Play” readers poll awarded near perfect 4 ½ star ratings to Kiawah’s four other golf courses. The Ocean Course received 5 stars--one of only 17 public access courses in the US, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean to earn such a distinction.
At Kiawah , golfers can sample the works of five masters of modern golf course architecture without leaving the island - Pete Dye, Tom Fazio, Clyde Johnston, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player. The result is a collection of golf courses as diverse as the architects themselves.
The Ocean Course- a Pete Dye masterpiece - Host Site - 1991 Ryder Cup Matches, 2007 Senior PGA Championship, 2012 PGA Championship
Osprey Point - Tom Fazio offers water views from every hole.
Oak Point -Clyde Johnson designed this Scottish-American style par-72 course,
Cougar Point - A Gary Player designed par-72 championship course
Turtle Point - a Jack Nicklaus design with three oceanfront holes.
Other Activities:
canoeing and kayaking, ocean, river, and marsh
