Tucked away on Isle of Palms is Wild Dunes, a lowcountry South Carolina golf retreat that seems to have it all: towering live oaks draped in Spanish moss, palmettos that frame the greens, marshland stretching along nearby fairways and the glittering Atlantic just beyond the dunes.
It’s the kind of coastal scene that makes you slow down so much that you almost forget you’re supposed to be keeping score. The Harbor Course, however, has a way of bringing you back to the task at hand.
Following an $8 million renovation, the course was thoughtfully updated with both playability and long-term sustainability in mind. The greens were rebuilt and expanded, bunkers redesigned, tees leveled and the irrigation system replaced — all changes that make the course feel more polished and enjoyable to play…