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The Kiawah Island Golf Resort located along 10 miles of pristine beach just south of Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A is a posh golf resort rated highly by golfers and the media. Now the Golf Inc. magazine has rated the Kiawah Island Golf Resort as one of the world’s most environmentally sensitive golf resorts, in its September 2008 issue, and has cobnferred the “Green Award” to the resort. A few months back in April 2008, the GOLF Magazine too had named Kiawah Island Golf Resort as one of the top “green” golf resorts in the U.S. The management at the resort must be doing something right to balance luxury with environmental conservation. According to Roger Warren, President of Kiawah Island Golf Resort, they have put in years of hard work which started right from the development of the Kiawah Island’s original land plan. A conscious effort has been made to embrace the natural Lowcountry environment of this beautiful barrier island and to blend into the setting rather than to dominate it.

What is noteworthy is the fact that when the Kiawah Island resort was being made in the 70's the concept of 'green building' did not exist and there was very little awareness on environmental conservation. Eco friendly measures taken by the resort include prohibiting building forward of the secondary line of dunes to banning street lights on the island, which might lure loggerhead sea turtles away from the beach area, every effort has been made to protect and preserve the island’s native vegetation, wildlife and ecosystem. The resort has also undertaken an extensive environmental program which has achieved designation as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary by the Audubon International organization.

The Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Charleston, SC includes a AAA Five Diamond and Mobil Five Star-rated, 255-room hotel and spa and 600 private villas and luxury homes apart from the Sanctuary. The resort is famous for it's five championship golf courses, including The Ocean Course – host of the 1991 Ryder Cup, the 2007 Senior PGA and 2012 PGA championships. The resort has also been ranked as the No.2 tennis resort in the U.S. by Tennis Magazine.

For more information, visit www.kiawahresort.com or call 800-654-2924. You can also get an insight into actual guest experiences at the resort by visiting this link: www.kiawahmoments.com.