Travelogue
Davis Love III grew up on Sea Island, one of coastal Georgia’s golf-rich Golden Isles. He and brother Mark, of Love Golf Design, recently completed an 18-hole putting course here, and successfully pitched ownership on a full reno of the 1998 Rees Jones redesign of Plantation. It opens this fall, before co-hosting the RSM Classic. If golf were a stock, Sea Island would be buying. The elegant Lodge recently wrapped a $30 million upgrade, and the new Golf Performance Center is peerlessly high-tech. Instruction has always been a major focus at Sea Island Resort. Little wonder, with resident Tour players including Zach Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Harris English, Brian Harman and recent winners Keith Mitchell and J.T. Poston.
Things you need to know
- Best time to go: Fall or spring, with highs in the 70s and low 80s.
- Daily stay-and-plays start at: $800
- Golf experience: Seaside Course (Colt and Alison, Fazio), Plantation Course (Travis, Rees Jones, Love) and Retreat Course (Lee, Love).
- Best non-golf amenity: Seven miles of private beach.
- While you're there: Fine-tune your game at the all-new, 17,000-square-foot Golf Performance Center.
- Insider tip: It’s the only resort in the world to receive four Forbes Five-Star awards for 11 consecutive years. Soak up the experience.
