Kiawah Island Club Cassique Course

About Kiawah Island Club Cassique Course:

Steve Kelleher, Director of Golf

Named for the Kiawah Indian chief who once hunted these lands, Cassique’s 7,050-yard test ranges over former agricultural fields, through maritime forests, and along marshes where the Kiawah River meets the Atlantic Ocean. Since its opening in 2000, the course has garnered numerous accolades.

Cassique lies amidst rolling dunefields and Lowcountry marsh savannas. The clubhouse, reminiscent of a 19th-century English country manor, offers commanding views of the golf course and the tidelands surrounding the Kiawah River. Designed by Tom Watson in 2000, Cassique showcases a flare for the dramatic that has punctuated Watson’s playing career.

As Watson’s first solo design in North America, the Midwesterner drew upon lessons learned en route to five British Open Championships to craft the par-72 course. With its walkable layout, Cassique is a links-style course reminiscent of tracts found in Scotland and Ireland. Like those classic seaside settings, Cassique offers little protection from ocean winds, so Watson fashioned holes that could be played in numerous ways depending upon the conditions and the creativity of the golfer.