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Awards & Accolades

Top ranked for lifestyle, golf, real estate and environmental stewardship

Over the last quarter century, Kiawah Partners’ work on Kiawah Island, The Lodge at Doonbeg, and Christophe Harbour has garnered an impressive number of awards and accolades

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Lifestyle



  • Ranked Kiawah Island #4 Best Places to Buy a Second Home, 2012
  • Ranked Kiawah Island #6 Best Places to Buy a Second Home, 2011
  • Ranked Kiawah Island #2 Best Places to Buy a Second Home, 2010


  • Charleston Ranked Top City in the United States, 2011
  • Ranked Kiawah the #1 Island in North America, 2009


  • Top 40 Private Country Clubs in America, 2006


  • Five Star Award (The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort), 2011
  • Five Diamond Award (The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort), 2011


  • Top 10 World’s Best Real Estate Communities, 2005


  • Ranked #5 in Top 100 Hotels (The Sanctuary), 2007
  • Ranked #1 Family-Friendly Resort in the United States and Canada, 2007


  • Top 10 Best Family Resorts, 2005


  • Best of the Best for Private Communities, 2005



  • America’s 100 Richest Towns, 2005


  • Best Clubhouse/Community Center: Cassique Clubhouse, 2006
  • Bronze Award for Best Active Adult/Retirement Community, 2006

Tennis

 


  • Top Five U.S. Tennis Resorts, 2008


  • Ranked #1 Tennis Resort in the World – Kiawah Island Golf Resort, 2007

Beach

 

  • Second Most Romantic Beach in America, 2008

  • Dr. Beach’s Top 10, America’s Best Beaches, 2008


  • Top 100 Islands in the World for Beaches, Lodging & Dining, 2008


  • Great American Beaches in the “Fun for Everyone” category, 2007

Spa

 


  • Five Diamond Award (The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort), 2006
 

Homebuilding

 


  • Excellence in Homebuilding - Cassique Garden Cottages, 2007
 

Golf

 


  • Top 100 Residential Courses, (Cassique and The River Course) 2011
  • Top 100 Residential Courses, (Cassique and The River Course) 2009
  • Top 100 Modern Courses in America (The Ocean Course and The River Course), 2009
  • Best Residential Golf Courses (Cassique and The River Course), 2006


  • America’s Toughest Golf Course (The Ocean Course), 2011
  • “Places to Play” – Five-Star Rating (The Ocean Course), 2009
  • America’s Best Private Courses (The River Course and Cassique), 2009
  • Ranked #1 on America’s 50 Toughest Golf Courses (The Ocean Course), 2007
  • Two Kiawah Island Courses Named in America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses, 2007
  • Four Star Rating (Turtle Point, Cougar Point, Osprey Point), 2009
  • Ranked #1 Best Course to Live On (The Ocean Course), 2007


  • Top 100 Courses in the U.S. (The Ocean Course), 2009
  • Living - Best Large Community, 2006


  • Top 40 Real Estate Courses in America (The River Course and Cassique), 2008


  • Kiawah Island ranked #5 in America’s Top Golf Communities, 2007
  • Kiawah Island Golf Resort Named Best Golf Resort, 2006
  • Ranked #4 for America’s Top 100 Golf Communities, 2006


  • Kiawah Island named one of America’s Top 100 Premier Properties, 2006
  • Ranked The Ocean Course #7 in the Guide to America’s Top Golf Courses, 2007
 
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Lifestyle



  • Best 17 Ways to Celebrate St. Paddy's Day,  2010


  • Doonbeg ranked #78 of “100 Best Things in the World” – 2006


  • Doonbeg Ocean View Suite named to “101 Best Suites in the World” – 2007
 

Spa

 


  • White Horses Spa featured in “Hot List Spas” – 2007


  • Ranked White Horses Spa “13 best spas in Ireland” - 2008

Golf

 


  • 2010 European Golf Resort of the Year


  • 2008 Resort of the Year Award
  • 2006 “Golf Course of the Year”
  • Ranked Top 100 Golf Courses of the World, 2010
  • Ranked Doonbeg #26 of “Top 100 Courses in the UK and Ireland” - 2009
  • Doonbeg voted one of the “Top 50 Places to Stay and Play” - 2008
  • Doonbeg ranked #47 on annual list of “Britain and Ireland’s Top 120 Courses” – 2006
  • Ranked Doonbeg as one of the “Top 10 Courses in the World” – 2008
  • Doonbeg named one of the “World’s Best Golf Vacations”, 2006
  • Doonbeg named top five in Readers’ Choice poll for “Course that a reader would most like to play in Ireland”, 2006
  • Listed Doonbeg as one of the “Top Ten Golf Courses in the World” – 2008
  • The Lodge at Doonbeg named “Great Eight” list – 2007
  • The Reader’s Choice Platinum List ranked the Doonbeg GolfClub #18 of “Top 20 International Courses” – 2007
  • The Reader’s Choice Platinum List ranked the Doonbeg #17 of “Top 20 International Courses” – 2006
  • Listed Doonbeg golf course in “Top 20 International Courses”, 2008
  • Doonbeg ranked #6 in their “Top 10 International Clubs” list, 2006

 

 

Lifestyle

 

  • Caribbean Travel + Life – Top 12 Destinations for 2012, 2012

  • St. Kitts Tourism Authority – Achievement of Excellence Award, Beach House, 2011

  • Fodor’s – Fodor’s Choice Distinction, Beach House, 2011

  • Yachting – Christophe Harbour Named Best of 2011, 2011

  • Conde Nast Traveler – Turtle Beach Bungalows Named to Hot List, 2011

  • British Airways High Life – Christophe Harbour Named Top 25 Reasons to Visit the Caribbean, 2010

  • Travel + Leisure – Turtle Beach Bungalows Named One of World’s Most Romantic Hotels, 2010

  • Fodor’s – Gold Choice Award, Beach House, 2009

Homebuilding

 

  • International Property – Best Developer Web Site Award, 2011

  • Ocean Home – Christophe Harbour Named Top 20 Oceanfront Developments, 2010

 

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