Harbour Town Golf Links
| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Location |
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Established | 1967, 50 years ago |
| Type | Public |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Tournaments hosted | RBC Heritage |
| Website | Harbour Town Golf Links |
| Designed by |
Pete Dye and Jack Nicklaus |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,099 yards (6,491 m) |
| Course rating | 75.2 |
| Slope rating | 146 |
Harbour Town Golf Links is a public golf course located in Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Harbour Town Golf Links hosts the RBC Heritage, a PGA Tour event held in mid-April, usually the week after The Masters. Harbour Town Golf Links is ranked high among golf courses in America by Golf Digest and Golf Magazine. The course consists of narrow fairways, overhanging oaks, pines, palmettos, and dark lagoons. Harbour Town Golf Links along with the Ocean Course and Heron Point, make up the Sea Pines Resort.
Harbour Town Golf Links was designed by Pete Dye in 1969 with the help of professional golfer Jack Nicklaus. Dye also designed another course in the Sea Pines Resort, Heron Point, which he redesigned in 2007. Harbour Town Golf Links is open all year, even during overseeding in October and the aerating of the greens in June, July, and August.
Green fees for public play range from $145–$250, depending on the season. Tee times are accepted online through the course's website or with a call to the pro shop. The earliest tee time accepted is for 7:00 AM during the long summer days and 7:30 AM for the remainder of the year. The dress code states that denim is not allowed and that a collared shirt must be worn. Shoes with soft spikes must be worn; metal spiked shoes are not allowed. An estimated 38,000 rounds of golf are played at Harbour Town every year.
The holes at Harbour Town Golf Links consist of seven different types of grass. Five of the grass types, four of which are Bermudas, are able to withstand the heat during the warm summer months of Hilton Head Island. The other two grass types are annually overseeded in October in order to keep the course green during the cold months. The rye grass that is planted in October is only temporary and will eventually die out when the weather warms up, and the Bermuda grass is no longer dormant. The fairways and rough consist of 419 Bermuda grass.
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