Harbour Town starting restoration in May

Harbour Town Golf Links is readying for an extensive restoration project. The course will close on May 5, 2025, and reopen six months later.

Originally designed by architect Pete Dye and assisted by Jack Nicklaus, Harbour Town has been the home of the PGA TOUR’s RBC Heritage since it opened in 1969.

The iconic Dye design will be restored to ensure championship-level conditions while preserving classic shot values and design. The restoration will thoughtfully consider Dye’s famous design but will make improvements to agronomy and maintenance of the course, rebuilding all greens, bunkers and bulkheads. The different turfs currently in use — TifEagle on the greens, and Celebration Bermuda on the fairways, tees and rough — will remain the same. Work has already begun by replacing railroad ties on some of the bulkheads.

“Everyone at The Sea Pines Resort is committed to honoring the legacy of Pete Dye’s design,” sports operations director John Farrell said. “We will protect the shot values, both long and short, that have come to define Harbour Town Golf Links for nearly six decades.”

Five-time RBC Heritage champion and noted golf designer Davis Love III and his company Love Golf Design will serve as consultants to the restoration. Love also designed Atlantic Dunes at The Sea Pines Resort.

“I’m both honored and excited to be working with The Sea Pines Resort’s Harbour Town Golf Links team on the restoration of Harbour Town,” Love said. “Given my success on the course over the years, it is a layout I know and love. We’ve already begun a thoughtful process for protecting the integrity of this Pete Dye masterpiece.”