Awards and accolades

Travel + Leisure's experts share their picks for the best beach towns on the East Coast and Hilton Head Island, S.C. was named on the list in 2024 & 2025!

Shelter Cove Harbour & Marina accepted the 2025 award for best Harbor in the Southeast on behalf of Hilton Head Island Harbor from USHarbors.com.

We are excited to announce that the Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort was featured as one of 2025's top 20 courses you can play in South Carolina by Golfweek Magazine!

The Palmetto Dunes Tennis & Pickleball Center has been recognized as both a Silver Medal Tennis Resort and a Silver Medal Pickleball Resort in the 2025 rankings by Tennis Resorts Online, a premier authority on tennis and pickleball travel!

Best of Zola award® is a mark of excellence earned by wedding professionals that have proven themselves as best-in-class across the couples' planning experience, from inquiry to final send-off.

The Knot Best of Weddings Award represents the top local wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples. This prestigious award honors those vendors on The Knot deemed by couples as reliable, dependable and consistently delivering quality service.

WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards® recipients represent the top five percent of wedding professionals on WeddingWire who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness, and professionalism.

Shelter Cove Harbour & Marina was awarded the second best large marina in the U.S. by MarinaLife for the 5th time this year!

Shelter Cove Harbour & Marina's recognition is a testament to the exceptional experiences the marina provides to the boating community. Out of numerous marinas, ours stood out as the best of the best, as determined by the valuable reviews and ratings from boaters themselves on Marinas.com.

​For more than three decades now, Condé Nast Traveler has annually celebrated the “Best in the World” in numerous different categories.

The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette's 2024 Lowcountry's Best awards was recently announced and Palmetto Dunes & Shelter Cove Marina won several awards.

The Palmetto Dunes Tennis & Pickleball Center once again, for the 22nd year in a row ranked on Tennis Resorts Online top 100 Tennis (and now Pickleball!) Resorts.

Alexander's Restaurant won again in 2024. Diners chose Alexander's for most romantic, great for scenic views, good for special occasions and most booked.

Every year Tripadvisor combs through reviews, ratings and saves from travelers everywhere and use this info to award the best businesses.

Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort has been named 2024 “Golf Resort of the Year” by IAGTO. IAGTO selects only a few deserving golf resorts/courses each year for golf destination, golf resort and golf course that delivers outstanding service.

Forbes editors name the best resorts on Hilton Head Island highlighting the region’s best offerings, from manicured golf courses to refined dining and water activities. Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort was named 2024's the resort with the Best Views On Hilton Head Island.

Southern Living just announced its top 10 southern beach resorts in the Carolina's and Palmetto Dunes Resort made the list coming in at #6.

Southern Living just announced its top 20 southern beach resorts in the South and Palmetto Dunes Resort made the list coming in at #5.

Golfbreaks picked out 16 of the best golf resorts in the US that customers enjoy time and time again and Palmetto Dunes Resort courses were recently named #8 on their list!

We are excited to celebrate the Palmetto Dunes Tennis & Pickleball Center in this year's Hilton Head Monthly Magazine's Readers' Choice awards!

​Hilton Head Island was named the #1 Island in the U.S. and Canada in the Travel + Leisure magazine’s 2021 World’s Best Awards for the 5th consecutive year!

Palmetto Dunes named “Pickleball Resort of the Year” by Racquet Sports Industry Magazine. Resort’s Director of Pickleball Instruction Sarah Ansboury named “Pro Member of the Year.”

​All three Palmetto Dunes courses have received that same honor in the past two decades and recently the Robert Trent Jones course was recently ranked No. 20 in a recent listing of the state’s “Best Classic Courses”.

​In the November 2019 issue of Golf Digest, in homes and on newsstands now, the venerable magazine ranks the “Best Teachers in Every State” as voted on by their peers in the golf instruction industry.

Shelter Cove Marina was recently given the "South Carolina Clean Marina Certification" by the National Marine Manufacturers Association.

​LINKS Magazine recently selected the World’s Top 25 Golf Islands and Hilton Head ranked No. 7 on the auspicious list.

​Big Jim’s was voted Best Burger AND Best BBQ. If you’ve never been, plan a visit next time you’re on Hilton Head Island! It’s located at the Robert Trent Jones Course. We have a happy hour weekdays from 4-7 pm, and great daily specials.

​Travel + Leisure Family placed Palmetto Dunes at in its list of World’s Best Family Resorts, making it the highest-ranking South Carolina resort.

Tennis Magazine ranked Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort among the "50 Greatest U.S. Tennis Resorts" since 1975 and named Palmetto Dunes as the #1 Tennis Resort in the Carolinas. This monthly magazine has been published for more than 40 years.​

Golf Digest ranked Hilton Head #9 on its "Top 20" list of Best Buddies Trip Destinations. The Palmetto Dunes Arthur Hills Course was mentioned as a top course on Hilton Head Island.