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Harbour Town Golf Links pin flag Dye, Nicklaus open ryder british pga
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Description
Harbour Town Golf Linksis a public golf course in the
eastern United States
, located in
South Carolina
in Sea Pines Plantation on
Hilton Head Island
in
Beaufort County
. From 1969 to 2019, it hosted the
RBC Heritage
on the
PGA Tour
, usually in mid-April, 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, along with the Atlantic Dunes (formerly known as
Ocean Course
) and Heron Point, make up the
Sea Pines Resort
.
Harbour Town Golf Links was designed by
Pete Dye
in 1967 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. The course 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 5 to 9, depending on the season. An estimated 38,000 rounds of golf are played at Harbour Town every year.
Golf Digest
ranked Harbour Town the 2011-2012 #21 ranked public course in America after previously being ranked #13 in 2010.
[5]
PGA Tour professionals rated Harbour Town the #2 ranked golf course played on tour in a survey performed by Golf Digest.
[6]
Golf Magazine
rates Harbour Town the 2012 #12 rated public course in America. In 2010, it was ranked #14 in the country by Golf Magazine.
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
From 1969 to 2019, Harbour Town Golf Links hosted the
RBC Heritage
on the
PGA Tour
, held in April the weekend following the
Masters Tournament
.
Royal Bank of Canada
(RBC) now sponsors the golf tournament after Verizon discontinued their sponsorship of the event following the 2010 event. It is the only PGA Tour event that is annually held in South Carolina.