Kiawah Island

Situated some 30 miles south of Charleston, Kiawah Island is ten-mile-long barrier island between the Kiawah River and the Atlantic Ocean. It's predominantly a resort community, renowned for its seven world-class golf courses. The Pete Dye-designed Ocean Course is arguably its most famous, and it's one of only four links to have hosted all four of the PGA's major championships—the 2021 PGA Championship being among them. With gorgeous views of the Atlantic from each of the 18 holes, the Ocean Course can feel like a totally different course every time it’s played, thanks to the ever-changing ocean winds. There are an additional four public courses and two private courses, designed by the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, and Tom Watson. Freshfields Village is the island’s commercial center, with a grocery store, restaurants, and a mix of independent and national boutiques.

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Living in Charleston

Greater Charleston, which includes the city’s suburban neighbor of Mount Pleasant as well as the nearby barrier islands, is the epitome of southern charm. Charleston has a place for every mood, with relaxed beach towns just across the water from historic neighborhoods boasting cobblestone streets and colorful row houses. The subtropical climate of the South Carolina Lowcountry is a heaven for plant lovers, with a distinct fragrance perfumed by the abundant jasmine and gardenia shrubs as well as the smell of the surrounding marshes’ pluff mud. To outsiders, the latter might seem like an odd thing to love—it’s made of decomposing swamp grass and sea life—but Charlestonians know that the oozy goo and its scent is as central to the city’s identity as the famously delicious oysters that live in it. That’s Charleston for you—a city where the locals are passionate about their idiosyncratic and layered history.