Tiny greens, live oaks and a striped lighthouse behind the 18th on Calibogue Sound.
Harbour Town Golf Links sits at the southern tip of Hilton Head Island, inside The Sea Pines Resort. Pete Dye laid it out with Jack Nicklaus as design consultant, and it has hosted the RBC Heritage every spring since Arnold Palmer won the first edition in November 1969. The appeal is precision, not length. The course is barely over 7,100 yards from the back, the greens are among the smallest on the PGA Tour, and the closing pair run beside Calibogue Sound towards the red-and-white Harbour Town lighthouse. It reopened in November 2025 after a six-month restoration.
Tee times are sold through Sea Pines, online at seapines.com/golf-booking or through the leisure golf sales team on (843) 842-8484. You do not have to stay at the resort to play. The public can book up to 90 days ahead, while resort guests can reserve beyond that window and get discounted golf rates, so outside players can find little left on spring and autumn mornings. The Inn & Club package bundles nights and rounds, and a reservations agent calls within 48 hours to fix your tee times. Sea Pines does not publish a rack rate. Prices move with season and demand, so check the booking engine for your date. Every guest group at Harbour Town must take one forecaddie; ask for a walking caddie when you book if you want one.
Dye built Harbour Town through live oaks and pines rather than over open dunes, so most holes are framed tightly by trees, with overhanging branches that block the obvious line. Wikipedia puts the average green at about 3,700 square feet, against roughly 6,600 on a typical tour course. Dye came back from a trip to Scotland, Prestwick in particular, and used railway sleepers to shore up lagoon edges and bunkers, a habit that became his trademark. From the Heritage tees the resort lists 7,131 yards, par 71, with a slope of 146, and it calls the 8th one of the toughest holes. The 17th, a par three beside the sound, is known for crosswinds. The 18th runs north with the sound on the left, out-of-bounds stakes on the right and the lighthouse behind the green. The 2025 restoration, with Davis Love III as player-consultant, rebuilt every green, bunker and bulkhead and moved several greenside bunkers back against the putting surfaces.
Bring your accuracy clubs. Length off the tee matters less here than shaping the ball around oaks and holding small targets. Harbour Town is cart path only all year, so expect to walk from the path to your ball on every hole, which is part of why the forecaddie is there. If you are not staying in Sea Pines, book as soon as your date enters the 90-day window. Give yourself time after the round in Harbour Town itself, the yacht basin beside the 18th, where the lighthouse, shops and restaurants are a short walk from the clubhouse. Around the Heritage, the course and village are given over to the tournament.
Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV) is the main gateway, about an hour’s drive across the bridges onto the island and south to Sea Pines. Hilton Head Island Airport (HHH) is much closer, at the north end of the island, but has fewer flights. Sea Pines is a gated community, so non-residents arriving by car pay for a vehicle pass at the gate unless the resort arranges access.
Nearby: 1. Atlantic Dunes by Davis Love III (2 km) · 2. Robert Trent Jones Course, Palmetto Dunes (10 km) · Compare all Hilton Head Island tee times
The Inn & Club at Harbour Town is the resort’s 60-room boutique hotel, a few minutes’ walk from the first tee, and it is the base the golf packages are built around. Sea Pines also rents villas and private homes across the plantation, many within cycling distance of the course and the beach. Outside the gates, mid-island resorts have larger hotels, including the Omni at Palmetto Dunes and the Westin at Port Royal, but staying there means driving back in through the Sea Pines gate.
Sea Pines has two more courses: Heron Point by Pete Dye and Atlantic Dunes, rebuilt by Davis Love III’s firm. Both take walking caddies on request. Mid-island, Palmetto Dunes has three courses designed by Robert Trent Jones, George Fazio and Arthur Hills. Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course is about two and a half hours north if you want a second base. Off the course, climb the Harbour Town lighthouse or cycle the beach at low tide, or spend a day in historic Savannah, an hour away.
These packages have a confirmed round at Harbour Town Golf Links in the itinerary, with the other courses, nights and hotels listed so you can compare like with like.
5 nights self-catering, 4 rounds
Rounds: Robert Trent Jones Course, Palmetto Dunes · Harbour Town Golf Links · Turtle Point or Cougar Point (Kiawah) · The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island
Stay: 3 nights at Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort, 2 at Kiawah Island Golf Resort
Harbour Town and Kiawah’s Ocean Course in one five-night trip, with a forecaddie at Harbour Town and a walking caddie on the Ocean Course.
Prices are Golfbreaks’ published per-person guide prices in US dollars, checked November 2026; your quote depends on dates and group size. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. How we work
Spring and autumn are the prime months, with mild days and the busiest tee sheets. The 2027 RBC Heritage runs on 15–18 April, with practice and pro-am days earlier that week. Summer is hot and humid with afternoon storms, and the Atlantic hurricane season runs from June to November.
Explore golf by monthYes. Harbour Town takes outside bookings through the Sea Pines tee-time system. The public booking window opens 90 days ahead, and resort guests can book further out than that, so popular spring and autumn dates often go before outsiders get a look.
Sea Pines uses dynamic pricing and does not publish a fixed green fee. Your price depends on date, time and whether you buy a package, and you also pay the forecaddie gratuity, recommended at a minimum of US$50 per player.
Yes. The resort requires one forecaddie per tee time for every guest round. Walking caddies are available on request when you book, with a recommended minimum gratuity of US$125.
The PGA Tour lists the 2027 RBC Heritage for 15–18 April, a Signature Event held the week after the Masters. Practice rounds and the pro-am fill the days before, and the island is at its busiest all week.
Last checked 10 November 2026. This is an independent planning guide, not a first-hand review or a booking service. Check live availability, access, fees and travel details with the operator before booking. Airport suggestions are starting points for route planning.
How we research our guidesPhoto credits and licencesThe Pacific sets the scene. The little seventh steals the show.
Walking golf, shifting winds, and days measured in rounds.
Home of The Players, and a 17th green that sits alone in the water.
