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SELECTED KIAWAH ISLAND LIVING AWARDS
ISLAND LIVING
• The 25 Best Islands in the World | Travel + Leisure | 2022
• No. 2 Island in the World | Condé Nast Traveler | 2019, 2014
• Best U.S. Islands | Condé Nast Traveler | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
• Top 15 Islands in the Continental U.S. | Travel + Leisure | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
• Best Places to Live on the Coast | Coastal Living | 2023
• Best Islands for Scenery | Condé Nast Traveler | 2019
• Top 10 Beaches | Dr. Beach | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009
GOLF & TENNIS
• Top 100 Courses in the World | GOLF Magazine | 2025-2026, 2023-2024, 2021-2022, 2019-2020, 2017-2018, 2015-2016, 2013-2014, 2011-2012, 2009-2010
• 25 of the Best Golf Courses in the World | Travel + Leisure | 2022
• Top 100 Courses in the U.S. | GOLF Magazine | 2024-2025, 2022-2023, 2020-2021, 2017-2018, 2015-2016, 2013-2014, 2011-2012, 2009-2010
• America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses | Golf Digest | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001
• Top 200 Modern Courses in America | Golfweek | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009
• Top 200 Residential Courses | Golfweek | 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
• Top 200 Resort Courses in the U.S. | Golfweek | 2026, 2025, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
• Top Golf Course in SC: The Ocean Course | South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel | 2022, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2014
• Top 50 SC Golf Courses: Kiawah Island Club - Cassique and River Course | South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel | 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2018, 2016
• Top 50 SC Golf Courses: Kiawah Island Golf Resort - Turtle Point | South Carolina Golf Course Ratings | 2022, 2020, 2018
• Top 50 SC Golf Courses: Kiawah Island Golf Resort - Osprey and Cougar Point | South Carolina Golf Course Ratings | 2022, 2020
• Number 1 Tennis Resort in the World | Tennis Resorts Online | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006
FOR GUESTS
• Top Resorts in the South | Condé Nast Traveler | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
• The Best Hotels & Resorts in the World: The Gold List | Condé Nast Traveler | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019
• Best Resort Hotels in South Carolina (#1) | Travel + Leisure | 2023, 2022, 2021
• Best Resorts in the South | Travel + Leisure | 2020, 2018, 2016
• Top 500 Hotels in the World | Travel + Leisure | 2021
• Five Star Award | Forbes Travel Guide | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009
• World’s Top 100 Suites (Presidential Suite) | Elite Traveler | 2023, 2022, 2021
NATURE
• Environmental Stewardship Award | South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
• Award for Excellence in Community Planning | Urban Land Institute
• Land Conservationist of the Year | South Carolina Wildlife Foundation
• National Merit Award for Ecological Planning | American Society of Landscape Architects
