![]() ![]() The seventeenth hole, a par three, plays southwest and usually into a headwind. On the final two holes, wind off the water must be factored. The hazard line is permanent, but shots can be played off the sand at low tide. The two finishing holes are along Calibogue Sound, so the water line can vary due to changing tides. It normally plays around 325 yards (297 m), tempting golfers to go for a small green guarded by bunkers. The ninth hole is a tight par 4 that can be reached from the tee with a long drive. Compared to other courses Harbour Town has high percentage of holes with this challenge. Holes in which players may be blocked out from the fairway include numbers 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 16. Sometimes golfers get blocked out by overhanging trees, even if they are in the fairway. Tee shots and lay-ups must be placed in the strategic part of fairway in order to have a direct shot into the green. Several holes have a very small margin of error between greens and water hazards (4, 8, 14, 17, 18). It has slick and firm Bermuda grass greens that are small in size they average 3,700 square feet (340 m 2) in area, while the average on tour is 6,600 sq ft (610 m 2). For its inaugural tour event in 1969, the course was set at 6,655 yards (6,085 m). Harbour Town Golf Links is a par 71 course and 7,099 yards (6,491 m) from the back tees, relatively short for a PGA Tour event most are on courses that average 7,300 yards (6,680 m). In 2010, it was ranked #14 in the country by Golf Magazine. Golf Magazine rates Harbour Town the 2012 #12 rated public course in America. PGA Tour professionals rated Harbour Town the #2 ranked golf course played on tour in a survey performed by Golf Digest. Golf Digest ranked Harbour Town the 2011-2012 #21 ranked public course in America after previously being ranked #13 in 2010. The course superintendent, Jonathan Wright, is in charge of maintaining the different types of grass. Harbour Town Golf Link's greens consist of TifEagle Bermuda which is overseeded with Poa Trivialis in October. These Zoysia tee boxes do not need do be overseeded. Several tee boxes are composed of Empire Zoysia which does not become dormant (brown) in the winter. The fairways, rough, and tee boxes are overseeded with rye grass in October. ![]() The tee boxes are made up of Celebration Bermuda as well as TifSports Bermuda. ![]() ![]() The fairways and rough consist of 419 Bermuda grass. 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 other two grass types are annually overseeded in October in order to keep the course green during the cold months. 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 holes at Harbour Town Golf Links consist of seven different types of grass. An estimated 38,000 rounds of golf are played at Harbour Town every year. Green fees for public play range from $195 to $369, depending on the season. The course is open all year, even during overseeding in October and the aerating of the greens in June, July, and August. Dye also designed another course in the Sea Pines Resort, Heron Point, which he redesigned in 2007. Harbour Town Golf Links was designed by Pete Dye in 1967 with the help of professional golfer Jack Nicklaus. Harbour Town, along with the Atlantic Dunes (formerly known as Ocean Course) and Heron Point, make up the Sea Pines Resort. The course consists of narrow fairways, overhanging oaks, pines, palmettos, and dark lagoons. Often referred to in the context of the PGA simply as " Hilton Head", Harbour Town Golf Links is ranked high among golf courses in America by Golf Digest and Golf Magazine. Since 1969, it has hosted the RBC Heritage on the PGA Tour, usually in mid-April, the week after The Masters. Harbour Town Golf Links is a public golf course in the eastern United States, located in South Carolina in Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island in Beaufort County. ![]()
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