From the rustling palms lining lush, rolling fairways to a finishing hole overlooking the glistening Atlantic Ocean, the Links Course is South Carolina golf at its finest.

The site was actually better than described. Great dune settings, wide beaches, gorgeous specimen trees, forests, marshes, sea grass, oceanfront, and waving palms — it had everything a golf designer could ask for.

The possibilities for golf were almost endless. It had every environment you think of when you picture the coastal areas of the Carolinas including great marsh settings and a long, pristine stretch of oceanfront. It was too good to resist.

Wild Dunes opened in late 1979 to a heartening reception. Golfers and the golf magazines were very kind in their praise. The course proved to have staying power, and it opened a lot of doors for us in the decade of the 1980s and beyond. At the time Wild Dunes was being planned and built, my uncle, George Fazio, had already started focusing all his energies and time on the Jupiter Hills project in Florida; as a result, I could never get him to visit the property. Although I didn’t think about it at the time, I can now see why people say Wild Dunes was one of the watershed designs for Tom Fazio, and a turning point in my career as a golf designer.

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5891 Palmetto Dr, Isle of Palms, SC 29451
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Wild Dunes Links Golf Course
10001 Back Bay Dr, Isle of Palms, SC 29451
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