About Dataw Island: Dataw Island is a gated golf, tennis and boating community 15 minutes outside of downtown Beaufort. The island features two recently renovated Tom Fazio and Arthur Hills golf courses, a tennis center, a Community Center with workout/massage facilities, two restaurants and croquet lawns. Dataw’s Cotton Dike Course has been ranked as one of the top 50 golf courses in South Carolina by the South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel and the community has also been ranked the No. 1 best retirement destination in South Carolina for the past year by www.bestretirementdestinations.com.