The layout was lengthened, trees were removed and a select number of bunkers were reshaped or extended to bring hazards back into play.
The Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head, S.C., announced that Pete Dye has completed enhancements to Harbour Town Golf Links.
The layout was lengthened by 150 yards, a handful of trees were removed to improve sightlines and a select number of bunkers were reshaped or extended to bring hazards back into play.
To complement Harbour Town, Sea Pines also recently tapped Dye to create Heron Point on the site once occupied by the Sea Marsh course. Rather than simply renovate Sea Marsh, Sea Pines elected to give Dye free rein to fashion an entirely new layout using the existing routing.
At 7,000 yards maximum, the dramatic 18 can play considerably shorter if needed via a sextet of tees on each hole, but length has little to do with the layout’s overall strategic challenge. Golfers will face a sequence of risk-reward shots, fairways that slope devilishly towards hazards and Dye’s signature mounding and swales framing target areas.
Sea Pines also boasts the Ocean Course – the island’s first and a George Cobb / Mark McCumber design with an emphasis on traditional principles of course architecture.
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