The Links Course at Wild Dunes Resort in Isle of Palms, South Carolina
ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. -- There are no beginner's missteps on the Links Course at Wild Dunes Resort, despite it being Tom Fazio's first solo effort.
The golf course makes great use of the natural contours created by the sand dunes and throws a healthy range of challenges for golfers of all levels.
A special call-out, though, for Fazio's back tees. It's a whole different ballgame from back there. If you're a long hitter, Wild Dunes Resort's Links Course will keep you on your toes.
Wild Dunes Resort - Links golf course - hole 2
The back tees on the second hole of Tom Fazio's Links Course at Wild Dunes Resort is the first of several formidable challenges from the tips.
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Wild Dunes Resort - Links golf course - hole 7 green
The green on the seventh hole of Wild Dunes Resort's Links Course is shielded and guarded by mounds on the left side.
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Wild Dunes Resort - Links golf course - hole 10
The 10th fairway on Wild Dunes Resort's Links Course is a riot of mounds, ensuring an uneven lie and a likely blind approach shot. The mounds are so steep that carts aren't allowed on the fairway.
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Wild Dunes Resort - Links golf course - hole 11
The 11th hole on the Links Course at Wild Dunes golf resort has a valley in the middle, lengthening drives and shortening approach shots.
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Wild Dunes Resort - Links golf course - hole 12
The par-3 12th on Wild Dunes Resort's Links Course creates all kinds of visual disturbances between tee and green. Chances are you'll only get a glimpse of the dance floor from whatever tee you play.
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Wild Dunes Resort near Charleston - Links golf course
The tips on this par 3 on the Links Course at Wild Dunes Resort requires a straight, long blast.
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Wild Dunes Resort - Links golf course - hole 3
The par-4 third hole on the Links Course at Wild Dunes Resort requires a drive from the tips that isn't too long or too short.
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Wild Dunes Resort - Links golf course - hole 4
The par-3 fourth hole on the Links Course at Wild Dunes golf resort punishes any drive that's a grounder.
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Wild Dunes Resort - Links golf course - 9th green
The ninth green on the Links Course at Wild Dunes Resort provides perils left and right. And if you're "only" in the thick rough off the green, that's a challenge too.
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Wild Dunes Resort - Links golf course - hole 18
The reclaimed 18th hole on the Links Course at Wild Dunes Resort is a gorgeous par 5 right along the ocean with waste bunkers left and right its entire length.
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Wild Dunes Resort - Links golf course - 18th tee
The 18th hole on the Links Course at Wild Dunes Resort requires a tee shot that picks its way past bunkers fore, aft, left and right.
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