the 18th at Harbour Town, down Calibogue Sound to the lighthouse
▦ hero—the 18th at Harbour Town, down Calibogue Sound to the lighthouse
Destinations / South Carolina · Hilton Head

Hilton Head Island

Lowcountry golf under the live oaks—Pete Dye's Harbour Town and its lighthouse finish, Sea Pines and Palmetto Dunes, beach in between.
Courses
Harbour Town, Heron Point, Atlantic Dunes + the Palmetto Dunes three
6 championship courses
Best season
March–May & September–November
Getting there
Savannah/Hilton Head Intl. (SAV)—about 45 min
Hilton Head Island (HHH)—on-island, limited service
From the airport
Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV)
Price
$$$

Hilton Head is where Pete Dye made his name. Harbour Town Golf Links—low, tight and hemmed by live oaks—finishes on one of golf's most photographed holes: a long approach across the marsh to a green beneath the candy-striped lighthouse on Calibogue Sound. It hosts the PGA Tour's RBC Heritage every spring, and its tiny greens and shot-shaping demands still humble anyone who mistook a short course for an easy one.

Beyond Harbour Town the island is stacked. Sea Pines adds Pete Dye's Heron Point and Davis Love III's dune-rolled Atlantic Dunes, while Palmetto Dunes fields a Robert Trent Jones original with a rare oceanfront hole, George Fazio's tight par 70, and an Arthur Hills course through the oaks. Between rounds there's twelve miles of beach, the Sea Pines Forest Preserve and Harbour Town's marina—a full Lowcountry golf week without leaving the island.

The courses
Arthur Hills
Arthur Hills
Arthur Hills · par 72 · Arthur Hills's rolling, naturalistic course through the live oaks.
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Atlantic Dunes by Davis Love III
Atlantic Dunes by Davis Love III
Davis Love III (with Scot Sherman) · par 72 · Davis Love III's 2016 rebuild of the old Ocean Course—rolling Lowcountry dunes.
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George Fazio
George Fazio
George Fazio · par 70 · The island's only par 70—George Fazio's tight, tree-lined test.
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Harbour Town Golf Links
Harbour Town Golf Links
Pete Dye (with Jack Nicklaus consulting) · par 71 · Pete Dye's low, tight masterpiece—tiny greens and the lighthouse 18th, home of the RBC Heritage.
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Heron Point by Pete Dye
Heron Point by Pete Dye
Pete Dye · par 72 · Pete Dye's second Sea Pines course—water and waste bunkers throughout, rebuilt in 2007.
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Robert Trent Jones
Robert Trent Jones
Robert Trent Jones Sr. (renovated by Roger Rulewich) · par 72 · RTJ Sr.'s lagoon-laced original—7,005 yards and a hole right on the Atlantic.
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Where to stay
The Inn & Club at Harbour Town
The Inn & Club at Harbour Town
Forbes Four-Star boutique inn steps from the Harbour Town lighthouse · from $289/nt
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Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort
Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort
The oceanfront resort in Palmetto Dunes—beach, pools, and the three courses · from $229/nt
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Where to eat
HH Prime
$85 pp
Steakhouse & seafood · oceanfront dinner
Links, an American Grill
$70 pp
Steak & seafood fine dining · dinner
CQ's Restaurant
$65 pp
Contemporary American fine dining · dinner
Quarterdeck
$55 pp
Lowcountry seafood & Southern · dinner
Coast, Oceanfront Dining
$50 pp
Fresh seafood, oceanfront · dinner
Harbourside
$35 pp
American coastal classics · lunch
Fraser's Tavern
$30 pp
Southern barbecue · lunch
Breeze
$25 pp
Poolside · lunch
Buoy Bar
$25 pp
Pool bar · drinks & bites
XO Sports Bar & Grill
$25 pp
Sports bar · drinks & grill
Palmetto Market
$20 pp
Café & market · all day
Harbour Town Bakery & Café
$15 pp
Bakery & coffee · breakfast
Off the course
Twelve miles of Atlantic beach
The Sea Pines Forest Preserve and Harbour Town marina
Palmetto Dunes' 11-mile lagoon—kayak, canoe or fish it
Miles of flat bike paths across the island
Best time to go
JanAprJulOctDec
Hilton Head golf is best in spring and fall; summers are hot, humid and busy with beach crowds, and late summer is hurricane season. Winters are mild and quiet with lower rates.
Sample itineraries
The Hilton Head classics
Harbour Town, an RTJ round at Palmetto Dunes, and Atlantic Dunes
Golf & beach long weekend
Two rounds, the beach, and a Harbour Town sunset by the lighthouse
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