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Resort Awards and Accolades

 

AAA-5-Diamond-logoForbes-2021-logoThe Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort

  • Five Star Award – Forbes Travel Guide (2024)
  • Five Diamond Award – American Automobile Association (2024)
  • Best Resorts in South Carolina – Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards (2024)
  • Best Resorts in the South – Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards (2024, voted #1)
  • Best Resorts in the World – Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards (2024, voted #23)
  • Best Hotels & Resorts in the U.S. – U.S. News & World Report Gold Award (2024)

The Spa at The Sanctuary

  • Five Star Award – Forbes Travel Guide (2024)

The Ocean Room

  • Five Star Award – Forbes Travel Guide (2024)

Golf

  • GolfWeek
    • Best Modern Courses (The Ocean Course) (2024)
    • Best Courses You Can Play (The Ocean Course, Osprey Point, Cougar Point) (2024)
    • Top 200 Resort Courses in the US (The Ocean Course, Osprey Point) (2024)
    • Top Public Courses South Carolina (The Ocean Course No. 1, Osprey Point, Cougar Point) (2024)
  • Golf
    • Top 100 Courses in the World (The Ocean Course) (2023/24)
    • Top 100 Courses in the US (The Ocean Course) (2024/25)
    • Top 100 Courses You Can Play (The Ocean Course) (2024/25)
  • Golf Digest
    • America’s 100 Greatest Courses (The Ocean Course) (2023/24)
    • America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses (The Ocean Course) (2023/24)
    • Best Golf Resort — Carolinas (2021)
    • Best Courses in Every State (The Ocean Course) — South Carolina (2023/24)
    • Top 50 Golf Destination for Women (2024)
    • Best Golf Academies — Southeast (2022)
  • Best Course (Modern) in South Carolina (The Ocean Course) – South Carolina Golf Raters (2024)
  • 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

Tennis

  • No. 1 Tennis Resort in the World – tennisresortsonline.com (2024) (No. 1 16 of the last 18 years)

Meetings & Events

  • Best Golf Resort – Smart Meetings Smart Stars Awards (2024)
  • Best South Hotels – Meetings Today Best of Awards (2023)
  • Reader’s Choice Award – ConventionSouth (2024)
  • Best U.S. Golf & Spa – Prevue Meetings & Incentives Visionary Award (2020)
  • Best Golf Resort Southeast – Northstar Meetings Group Stella Awards (2021)
  • Top Service, Meeting Space, Rooms and Amenities – Meetings Today Best of Meetings Today (2020)

Kiawah Island, South Carolina

  • Best Islands in the Continental US – Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards (2024)
  • Top Islands in the Continental US – Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards (2024)
  • Top 10 beaches in America – Dr. Stephen Leatherman (aka Dr. Beach) (2024)