The course, which staged the 1991 Ryder Cup and will host the 2012 PGA Championship, climbed to second place, behind long-standing No. 1, Harbour Town. The rankings were announced Saturday at the S.C. Golf Course Ratings Panel’s awards dinner. The S.C. Golf Course Ratings Panel has selected Harbour Town Golf Links, host of the PGA Tour’s Verizon Heritage, as the top golf course in South Carolina. The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Resort, which staged the 1991 Ryder Cup and will host the 2012 PGA Championship, climbed to second place. Harbour Town, located at The Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island, has been dubbed the state's best in every ranking since the panel, composed of 125 members from throughout the state, began its list in 2005. "I could play Harbour Town every day and never get bored," former U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk said in 2008. Although the order changed slightly, the same courses from 2008 composed this year's top 10, which were announced Saturday at the panel's awards dinner at Seabrook Island Resort. "There are so many outstanding courses that we're really splitting hairs," said Michael Whitaker, the organization's executive director. Sage Valley Golf Club in Graniteville finished third in the balloting, followed by May River Golf Club at Palmetto Bluff, Greenville Country Club's Chanticleer Course, Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, Secession Golf Club in Beaufort, the Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, Kiawah Island Club's Cassique Course and Yeamans Hall Club in Hanahan. Kiawah Island Golf Resort earned top honors among state golf resorts. Renovations helped Haig Point Club on Daufauskie Island jump 16 spots to No. 24. The Country Club of Spartanburg, which also was revamped, made the rankings for the first time at No. 34. Lowcountry Harbour Town Golf Links, The Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head Island The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Resort May River Golf Club, Palmetto Bluff Long Cove Club, Hilton Head Island Secession Golf Club, Beaufort Kiawah Island Club, Cassique Course Yeamans Hall Club, Hanahan Bulls Bay Club, Awendaw Kiawah Island Club - River Course Old Tabby Links, Spring Island Top "Stay & Play" Golf Resorts Kiawah Island Golf Resort The Sea Pines Resort Palmetto Bluff Resort Barefoot Resort & Golf (Tie) Wild Dunes, Grande Dunes South Carolina's Top 50 Golf Courses Harbour Town Golf Links, The Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head Island The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Resort Sage Valley Golf Club, Graniteville May River Golf Club, Palmetto Bluff Greenville Country Club, Chanticleer Course Long Cove Club, Hilton Head Island Secession Golf Club, Beaufort The Dunes Golf & Beach Club, Myrtle Beach Kiawah Island Club, Cassique Course Yeamans Hall Club, Hanahan Palmetto Golf Club, Aiken Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, Pawleys Island Bulls Bay Golf Club, Awendaw Musgrove Mill Golf Club, Clinton Kiawah Island Club, River Course Old Tabby Links, Spring Island Cliffs at Keowee Vineyards, Sunset Chechessee Creek Club, Okatie Colleton River Plantation - Nicklaus Course, Bluffton The Golf Club at Briar's Creek, Johns Island Country Club of Charleston Cherokee Plantation Golf Club, Yemassee Colleton River Plantation - Dye Course, Bluffton Haig Point Club, Daufauskie Island Belfair Golf Club - East Course, Bluffton Tidewater Golf Club & Plantation, Little River Cliffs at Keowee Falls, Salem Belfair Golf Club - West Course, Bluffton The Cliffs at Glassy, Landrum Daniel Island Club - Ralston Creek Course Cliffs at Keowee Springs, Six Mile Wild Dunes Resort - Links Course, Isle of Palms Wachesaw Plantation, Murrells Inlet Country Club of Spartanburg The Reserve at Lake Keowee, Sunset Debordieu Club, Georgetown Thornblade Club, Greer Barefoot Resort, Dye Course, North Myrtle Beach True Blue Plantation, Pawleys Island Greenville Country Club, Riverside Course Grande Dunes Resort Course, Myrtle Beach Camden Country Club Heron Point by Pete Dye, The Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head Island Berkeley Hall, North Course, Bluffton Daniel Island Club, Beresford Creek Course The Reserve Golf Club of Pawleys Island Florence Country Club Columbia Country Club Pawleys Plantation, Pawleys Island Mount Vintage Plantation & Golf Club, North Augusta

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