Colleton River Plantation Club

The Bruce Borland Course at Colleton River Plantation Club occupies a distinctive Lowcountry setting in Bluffton, South Carolina, where the coastal landscape between Hilton Head Island and Savannah provides natural marshland vistas and tidal waterways. Bruce Borland, a lesser-known architect in the modern era, designed this course as part of a residential plantation community that features multiple golf layouts. The routing takes advantage of the region's characteristic flat terrain, live oaks draped with Spanish moss, and views across salt marsh and tidal creeks that define the South Carolina coast. Colleton River Plantation Club operates as a private club within a gated residential community, offering members a traditional Lowcountry club experience. The property includes multiple courses designed by different architects, creating variety for the membership. The Borland design reflects the constraints and opportunities of working within a residential development, where golf holes are integrated with homesites and the natural environment. The course features the typical elements of Lowcountry golf: relatively level fairways, strategic bunkering, water hazards both natural and constructed, and greens that require careful attention given the coastal winds. The setting provides a sense of seclusion despite the residential context, with native vegetation and wetland areas framing many holes. For golfers visiting the Bluffton area or considering membership in the region, the course represents one option among several private clubs that have developed along this stretch of South Carolina coastline.