Kevin King

A native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Kevin King graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1979, after attending UNC on a full golf scholarship. He was a member of the UNC Golf Team all four years, captained the team, and was named to the ACC All-Conference Team from 1977 to 1979.

King played golf professionally in Florida from 1980 to 1983, at which time he relocated to Hilton Head Island as Vice President and Branch Manager for First Western Mortgage. Based out of Fort Worth, Texas, First Western specialized in resort lending and currently maintains offices in such resort areas as Vail and Aspen, Colorado.

After joining Kelley-Scott Real Estate in 1987, King became a partner with the firm, renamed Prudential Hilton Head Properties, in 1991 and was top producer for the company from 1987 to 1998. He is a lifetime Member of the Board of Realtors Distinguished Sales Award (Platinum) having qualified every year since 1988. The Prudential Real Estate Chairman’s Circle, which represents the top 1% of Prudential agents nationwide, honored King with the distinction of membership from 1996 -1998. King has posted sales averaged over the past five years of $30,000,000.

King joined Charter I Realty in January 1999 and, with his affiliation, Charter I Realty now includes 7 of the top 20 Island Realtors. Charter I is also the #1 company in overall sales producing over $590,924,676 in closed real estate transactions in 2007. King continues to specialize in private golf developments and ocean-oriented properties.

Having regained his amateur status in 1984, King is a scratch golfer and continues to play competitive amateur golf. He won the South Carolina Mid-Amateur title in 1988 and 1998, captured the SC Amateur title in 1989 and was named SC Amateur Player of the Year in 1988 and 1993. As an amateur, King played in the 1989 and 1990 MCI Heritage Classics, making the cut in 1989. King has competed in one U.S. Open, 7 U.S. Amateur championships and 6 U.S. Mid-Amateurs. In 2006, King qualified for the 2007 Champions Tour and played the second half of the 2007 season finishing just out of the Top 100.

King served as vice-president of the Hilton Head Island Association of Realtors in 1998 and is a member of Colleton River Plantation and Secession Golf Club. He and his wife, Lynn, have two daughters, Cameron, who attends the University of Georgia, and Victoria, who attends Auburn University.