Sea Palms is within a residential community on the north side of St. Simons Island.

The Championship layout moves through narrow, pine tree-lined fairway corridors over level terrain with water hazards or wetlands in play on a majority of the holes. Sea Palms plays to 6,477 yards, 70.9/130, course/slope ratings from the back tees, the White tees play to 6,092 yards, 69.1/126, course/slope ratings, designed by George Cobb and Tom Jackson with a renovation by King Collins.