Harbour Town Golf Links
Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina · Hilton Head Island golf market
- Access
- resort guest
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Pete Dye, Jack Nicklaus (consulting)
- Gated
- Yes
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Harbour Town Golf Links is the centerpiece of Sea Pines Resort's golf product and the signature golf landmark of Hilton Head Island. Its candy-striped lighthouse overlooking the 18th green and Calibogue Sound is one of the most photographed scenes in American golf, broadcast nationally every spring as the backdrop for the RBC Heritage. It is resort-owned, not a residential-membership club -- but for a golf-oriented buyer looking at Sea Pines Plantation, it is the single biggest reason golf materially drives real-estate demand there.
Golf & Course
Designed by Pete Dye with meaningful input from Jack Nicklaus and opened in 1969, Harbour Town is famous for its tight, target-style layout (a contrast to the era's bomb-and-gouge courses), small greens, and the finishing stretch along Calibogue Sound. It has hosted the RBC Heritage -- the PGA Tour's only South Carolina stop -- every year since 1969, the week following the Masters, giving it a level of sustained national competitive exposure matched by very few residential-adjacent courses anywhere in the state.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Play is available to Sea Pines Resort guests (stay-and-play packages), Sea Pines property owners via a separate paid sports package that provides preferred (not included) golf rates, and resort/club membership products. There is no ownership-linked automatic playing right and no invitation-only membership barrier -- access is fundamentally a resort-commerce model, not a private-club model.
Living in Harbour Town Golf Links
Sea Pines Plantation is a large, gated, roughly 4,800-home community (POA-governed, ~$1,957/year base POA fee) on the south end of Hilton Head Island. Harbour Town anchors the resort side of Sea Pines alongside Atlantic Dunes and Heron Point; it is entity-distinct from the separate, fully private Sea Pines Country Club, which has no resort-guest access.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Harbour Town Yacht Basin, shops, and restaurants surround the course and lighthouse, forming a walkable resort village that functions as Sea Pines' social hub during RBC Heritage week and throughout the year.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located at the south end of Hilton Head Island within Sea Pines Plantation, fronting Calibogue Sound across from Daufuskie Island.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current green fees, forecaddie fee, and cart policy directly with Sea Pines Resort.
- Confirm exact scope of the 2025-2026 renovation work.
- Confirm Sea Pines Plantation's exact current gate/day-use-fee structure for non-resort, non-member visitors.
Notable
- Has hosted the RBC Heritage, the PGA Tour's only South Carolina event, every year since 1969 -- played the week after the Masters.
- Designed by Pete Dye with input from Jack Nicklaus; the 18th hole and lighthouse are among the most recognized images in American golf.
- A forecaddie is required for all rounds.
- The course and resort promoted a 'Links and Luxury' stay-and-play package (Nov. 2025-Feb. 2026) tied to a course reopening/renovation.
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