SPRING ISLAND, S.C. -- Spring Island in Okatie, SC has been named to Golf Connoisseur magazine’s Top 40 Golf Communities in America.
Golf Connoisseur assembled an expert panel of real estate journalists and industry insiders. The panelists rated the communities on a number of criteria to include: quality of golf, quality of homes and homesites, available amenities, location, and commitment to service.
In talking about Spring Island, the panel said, “With just one home to every seven acres, this Lowcountry community replete with moss-draped live oaks, is as low-impact as it gets. The nature-friendly property teems with fauna such as turkey, deer, and heron, while at the same time serving as an ecological research site for surrounding universities. Musical performances, painting programs, educational presentations are among the amenities, and Arnold Palmer’s Old Tabby Links golf course is a study in design perfection. The development’s passion for the great outdoors extends to its salt- and fresh-water fishing outlets, comprehensive equestrian facility, and hunt club, which takes to a nearby plantation during season to stalk quail by mule-drawn wagon.”
Golf Connoisseur is not the only group to notice Spring Island. Spring Island’s Old Tabby Links ranks #91 (of nearly 17,000) in Golfweek’s Top 100 Golf Courses and #27 in Golfweek’s Top Residential Golf Communities. Travel + Leisure Golf includes Spring Island as #23 on its list of Top Golf Communities.
Spring Island has also earned the Urban Land Institute’s Sensitive Development Award with an Official Statement of Special Award reading: “Spring Island is a purist’s recreational community that focuses on protecting its environmental heritage. It’s no- and low-impact land and habitat management philosophy emphasizes economic viability, community livability, and environmental sensitivity in preserving an authentic piece of South Carolina’s Lowcountry for future generations.”
Spring Island is a 3,000-acre island community created by Chaffin/Light Associates in the South Carolina Lowcountry 25 minutes from Hilton Head and Beaufort, and 30 minutes by boat from Port Royal Sound and the open Atlantic Ocean. Spring Island is limited to no more than 410 families on the 3,000 acres with 1,200 acres protected as nature preserve. Spring Island offers the finest amenities man and nature can offer to include: golf, fresh- and salt-water fishing, equestrian, tennis, quail hunting, nature center, fine and casual dining options, and a wide variety of educational pursuits.
Chaffin/Light Associates (CLA) has created internationally recognized, conservation-based communities that feature superb recreational facilities, including some of the best golf courses in the United States, while building and supporting non-profit organizations which provide arts, conservation and educational programs. CLA communities include: Spring Island, Chechessee Creek Club and Callawassie Island, South Carolina; Balsam Mountain Preserve, North Carolina; Roaring Fork Club, Idarado Legacy, Park East and Snowmass Village, Colorado; Semiahmoo Resort, Washington; and The Dunes Club, Amelia Island, Florida.
