Resort Awards and Accolades
The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort
- Five Star Award – Forbes Travel Guide (2021)
- Five Diamond Award – American Automobile Association (2019)
- Top 500 Hotels in the World — Travel + Leisure (2021)
- Best Resort Hotels in the South – Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards (2020)
- Best Resorts in the South – Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards (2020)
- Best 25 Hotels in the U.S. — U.S. News & World Report (2021)
The Spa at The Sanctuary
- Five Star Award – Forbes Travel Guide (2021)
Kiawah Island Golf Resort
- Rankings:
- Best Courses You Can Play (The Ocean Course) – Golfweek (2020)
- Golf
- Top 100 Courses in the World (The Ocean Course) (2020/21)
- Top 100 Courses in the US (The Ocean Course) (2020/21)
- Golf Advisor
- Golfers’ Choice — South Carolina (2021)
- The Ocean Course (1st)
- Turtle Point (8th)
- Cougar Point (19th)
- Golf Digest
- America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses (The Ocean Course) (2019/20)
- Best Golf Academies — Southeast (2020)
- Best Golf Resort — Carolinas (2020)
- Best Courses in Every State (The Ocean Course) — South Carolina (2019/20)
- Best Course in South Carolina (The Ocean Course) – South Carolina Golf Raters (2021)
- Tournament Golf:
- The Ocean Course, host:
- 1991 Ryder Cup, 1997 and 2003 World Cups, 2001 UBS Warburg Cup, 2007 Senior PGA Championship, 2012 PGA Championship, 2013 Carolina Amateur, site of the 2021 PGA Championship
- The Ocean Course, host:
Kiawah Island Tennis
- No. 1 Tennis Resort in the World – tennisresortsonline.com (2019) – No. 1 12 of the last 14 years
Kiawah Island Meetings
- Gold Medal, Best Golf Resort Southeast – Northstar Meetings Group Stella Awards (2020)
- Top Service, Meeting Space, Rooms and Amenities – Meetings Today Best of Meetings Today (2020)
- Platinum Award — Smart Meetings (2020)
- Best Beach Hotel – Smart Meetings Smart Stars Awards (2020)
- Top New or Renovated Award – ConventionSouth Editors’ Awards (2020)
- Best U.S. Golf & Spa – Prevue Meetings & Incentives Visionary Award (2020)
Kiawah Island Dining
- Forbes Four Star (Ocean Room) (2021)
Kiawah Island
- Conde Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards (2020)
- Top Islands in the Continental US
- Top 10 Island Beaches in the World
- Top 10 Islands in the Continental US – Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards (2020)
- Top 10 beaches in America (#8) – Dr. Stephen Leatherman (aka Dr. Beach) (2020)
- 10 Most Beautiful Private Islands in The World – Departures Legend Awards (2019)
