According to GolfPost, Oldfield picked up Best Private Golf Course in the 2026 Best of Bluffton Community's Choice Awards in July. The summer calendar also included activities beyond golf.
Oldfield's summer calendar opened with a Flag Day Golf Tournament, but the tournament was paired with pool parties and family celebrations, not a leaderboard. The Fourth of July included cocktail cruises along the Okatie River. Weekly "Trail Thursdays" sent riders out onto the property's trails, with side trips to Middleton Place. Camp Oldfield wrapped its summer session with a back-to-school bash for the kids who'd spent June and July there. A bunker renovation on the club's Greg Norman-designed course was also nearing completion.
How The Best of Bluffton Community's Choice Awards Work
The Best of Bluffton Community's Choice Awards is a public vote, not a course inspection. The program, presented through Bluffton Today's parent company, recognizes more than 450 businesses and organizations across more than 170 categories, with nominations opening in the winter, voting running through the spring, and winners revealed each July.
A golf publication ranking might weigh turf conditions, routing, and green speed in isolation; this community award is based on public voting. Oldfield's summer calendar also included pool parties, river cruises, and trail rides.
A Summer Calendar Beyond Golf
Alongside golf, Oldfield's summer calendar included:
- A Flag Day Golf Tournament that doubled as a pool-party kickoff for families
- Fourth of July cocktail cruises along the Okatie River
- Weekly Trail Thursdays, including rides out to Middleton Place
- Camp Oldfield's summer session closing with a back-to-school bash for younger members
The summer calendar also included an update to the course itself.
Work On Oldfield's Course
The bunker renovation across Norman's first Lowcountry design finished this year, restoring the sod-walled bunkers and expansive waste areas that mark his signature style on a 7,134-yard, par-72 layout. It's real work, and it shows up in how the course plays now.
What Comes Next On The Calendar
The same rhythm that carried July into August is already rotating toward fall. Here's the shift, side by side:
| Summer At Oldfield | What's Next This Fall |
|---|---|
| Flag Day pool parties | Oyster Bowl at the River Club |
| July 4 cocktail cruises on the Okatie | Member/Member and Member/Guest tournaments |
| Trail Thursdays and Middleton Place rides | Cooler-weather trail season at the Equestrian Center |
| Camp Oldfield's back-to-school bash | Turkey Hill Plantation's sporting clays and quail season |
The pattern holds. Summer's calendar ran through the pool, the river, and the barn. Fall's calendar runs through the same three anchors reoriented around cooler weather: the River Club hosts the Oyster Bowl and the season's holiday tournaments, the Equestrian Center's trail season picks back up once the heat breaks, and Turkey Hill Plantation's sporting clays and quail hunts open for members looking for a reason to leave the fairway. Magnolia Grill, the club's casual dining room, becomes the after-round stop again instead of the pool-cabana overflow.
What This Means If You Already Live Here
For current residents, the summer calendar offers a reminder that Oldfield's club life extends beyond golf.
If you're already inside the gate, that's a useful read on where to spend your own fall. The Oyster Bowl and the Member/Guest calendar are worth getting on the books early, the Equestrian Center's trail season is about to get a lot more comfortable, and Turkey Hill's sporting clays season is the kind of thing that fills up once word gets around. None of it requires waiting for next year's ballot to know it's coming.
BOWES properties tracks this kind of texture across every Lowcountry golf and equestrian community it works in, not because it changes anyone's plans this week, but because it's the difference between generic community marketing and actually knowing what a place feels like in October versus July. If a shift in your own plans ever puts Oldfield or a neighboring community on the table, BOWES properties is worth a conversation. Request a Private Valuation whenever that time comes.