Hilton Head Island may have the notoriety for great golf communities in the Low Country of South Carolina, but off the island you will find a range of fine alternatives and terrific golf courses. Below is a small sample (see accompanying article).
Most of the homes along the Greg Norman course in Oldfield, near Beaufort, include separated garage areas, and many of those have offices or living quarters above them.
The best homes at Dataw Island have views of the marsh, the water and one of the two excellent golf courses -- one by Tom Fazio, one by Arthur Hills.
The 19th hole (clubhouse) at Colleton River in Bluffton has the best view of the Pete Dye layout and the river beyond. Another well-regarded 18, by Jack Nicklaus, is just next door.
One of the par 3s at Berkeley Hall in Bluffton is unmistakably Tom Fazio, whose name is on more courses in the area than any other architect (and on both of them at Berkeley Hall).
Belfair, also in Bluffton and also sporting two Fazio courses, features bunkering with indigenous sawgrass plantings and a casually upscale atmosphere.
The Callawassie Island Club's 27 holes by Tom Fazio have been reworked in recent years to restore them to their original glory. A combination of palmetto trees and pines frame some of the well bunkered greens.
Anyone critical of Arnold Palmer's sometimes overwrought designs, as I have been, might change his mind once around the Old Tabby Links on Spring Island. The course is in impeccable condition, as you might expect in a community of million dollar homes (and up).