Hilton Head Public Golf Courses
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Twenty-two Hilton Head area golf courses are open to the public, from resort courses to daily-fee tracks in Bluffton. Here is every one, grouped by how you get a tee time.
A public course is one anyone can book without a membership. On Hilton Head that covers three kinds: resort courses, run by a resort and open to its guests and to the public with an advance tee time; semi-private courses, privately owned clubs that sell public tee times alongside member play; and daily-fee courses, open to everyone with no membership at all. The cards below follow those groups, and each has a Book tee times button. For the full directory, including the members-only clubs, see the Hilton Head golf courses page.
Resort Courses
Run by Sea Pines, Palmetto Dunes, Shipyard and Port Royal. Open to resort guests and to the public with an advance tee time.
18 holes · Par 71 · 7,131 yds · Slope 146
Hosts the RBC Heritage, the PGA Tour’s only regular South Carolina stop, every spring since 1969. Its par-4 18th plays straight at the Harbour Town Lighthouse.
Designer: Pete Dye / Jack Nicklaus
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18 holes · Par 72 · 7,035 yds · Slope 134
Dramatic bunkering and elevation changes on a course redesigned for modern risk-reward play.
Designer: Pete Dye
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18 holes · Par 72 · 7,065 yds · Slope 140
The newest of Sea Pines’ three courses — a coastal-style rebuild of the island’s original 1960s layout.
Designer: Davis Love III
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18 holes · Par 72 · 7,005 yds · Slope 135
The only truly oceanfront course on Hilton Head Island — its par-5 10th hole runs along the Atlantic.
Designer: Robert Trent Jones
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18 holes · Par 72 · 6,651 yds · Slope 139
Rolling terrain and lagoon views, one of Palmetto Dunes’ three resort courses.
Designer: Arthur Hills
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18 holes · Par 70 · 6,873 yds · Slope 145
No par-5s and tight fairways make this the shot-making test of Palmetto Dunes’ three courses.
Designer: George Fazio
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27 (3 nine-hole courses: Clipper, Galleon, Brigantine) · Par 72 · 6,878 yds · Slope 140
Three nines combine into an 18-hole round in any of three pairings — book by which pairing is playing that day, not a single fixed course.
Designer: George Cobb / Willard Byrd
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18 holes · Par 72 · 6,507 yds · Slope 135
One of the island’s original courses, open since the early 1960s — tight, tree-lined holes that reward accuracy over power.
Designer: George Cobb
Course details & par, yardage →18 holes · Par 72 · 6,614 yds · Slope 125
Built on the site of a former Civil War fortification.
Designer: George Cobb / Pete Dye
Course details & par, yardage →Semi-Private Courses
Privately owned clubs on the island that sell public tee times alongside member play.
18 holes · Par 72 · 7,006 yds · Slope 131
Opened 1982 and ranked among the top new courses in America that year; 190 acres of Lowcountry terrain.
Designer: Rees Jones
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18 holes · Par 72 · 6,606 yds · Slope 135
The island’s oldest course still in play, opened in 1974 as Hilton Head Plantation’s first course.
Designer: Gary Player / Ron Kirby (greens rebuilt 1993 by Clyde Johnston)
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18 holes · Par 72 · 6,804 yds · Slope 134
Audubon-certified and tucked deep inside Hilton Head Plantation, with Super Dwarf TifEagle greens built for Lowcountry heat.
Designer: Rees Jones
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18 holes · Par 72 · 6,918 yds · Slope 147
One of Palmetto Hall’s two courses, at an antebellum-style clubhouse just northwest of the airport.
Designer: Arthur Hills
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18 holes · Par 72 · 7,079 yds · Slope 149
Bold, computer-shaped fairways and greens at Palmetto Hall’s second course, sharing a clubhouse with the Arthur Hills course above.
Designer: Robert Cupp
Course details & par, yardage →Daily-Fee Courses
Open to anyone, no membership and no resort stay needed. One is on the island, and seven are in Bluffton and Hardeeville, a short drive off it.
On Hilton Head Island
18 holes · Par 72 · 7,014 yds · Slope 136
A classic parkland layout in Indigo Run, where well-placed water and bunkers reward accuracy over raw length.
Designer: Jack Nicklaus
Course details & par, yardage →In Bluffton and Hardeeville
18 holes · Par 71 · 6,580 yds · Slope 131
Just over the bridge from the island — a local favorite for pace of play, conditioning, and value.
Designer: Gary Player / Bobby Weed
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18 holes · Par 72 · 6,772 yds · Slope 141
Panoramic marsh views along the Intracoastal Waterway, generally regarded as one of the area’s best-value rounds.
Designer: Clyde Johnston
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18 holes · Par 71 · 6,780 yds · Slope 136
A friendly, walkable layout with strategic bunkering rather than length as its main defense.
Designer: Davis Love III
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18 holes · Par 71 · 6,773 yds · Slope 149
Elevated tees and marsh-view holes make this one of Bluffton’s most scenic public rounds.
Designer: Arnold Palmer
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18 holes · Par 72 · 6,803 yds · Slope 144
Wide-open fairways and forgiving greens make this an easy, low-stress round for groups of mixed skill levels.
Designer: Fuzzy Zoeller, Clyde Johnston & Brad Bartell
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18 holes · Par 72 · 6,588 yds · Slope 131
Set inside Rose Hill Plantation under a canopy of century-old live oaks — one of Bluffton’s more scenic public tee times.
Designer: Gene Hamm (redesigned by Arthur Hills, 1988)
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18, plus a short course · Par 72 · 7,300 yds · Slope 140
A lake-laced Hardeeville layout with its own short course for a quick warm-up round — easy to book same-day.
Designer: Tommy Fazio
Course details & par, yardage →The Top 10 Public Courses by Guest Rating
Ranked by the guest rating on each course’s card, highest first. The two courses at a club that shares one rating, such as Port Royal, count once.
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Green Fees and Best Value
Public golf course rates on Hilton Head swing widely by course, season and time of day, and most of the resorts price dynamically. The one course with published numbers we could confirm is Harbour Town, where 2026 green fees ran from $378 for a July round to $651 in early September. For every other course the live price is on its tee-time page, which each Book tee times button opens.
To bring the cost down, golf packages and deals bundle rounds with a room. Playing without your own set? See golf club rentals.
A semi-private club in Hilton Head Plantation and the island’s oldest course still in play, open to the public since 1974.
Resort golf without the Sea Pines and Palmetto Dunes price premium, on a Pete Dye course with real history.
Marsh views on the Intracoastal for a fraction of a resort-course green fee.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which Hilton Head golf courses are open to the public?
Fifteen courses on the island and seven in Bluffton and Hardeeville take public tee times. They are the resort courses at Sea Pines, Palmetto Dunes, Shipyard and Port Royal, the semi-private clubs Oyster Reef, Dolphin Head, Palmetto Hall and Bear Creek, Golden Bear, and seven daily-fee courses off the island.
Can you play Sea Pines and Palmetto Dunes if you are not a resort guest?
Yes. The resort courses are open to guests and to the public with an advance tee time, and you book through each course’s tee-time page.
What is the difference between resort, semi-private and daily-fee golf?
A resort course is run by a resort and open to its guests and to the public. A semi-private club is privately owned and sells public tee times alongside member play. A daily-fee course is open to everyone with no membership.
How much do public golf courses cost on Hilton Head?
It depends on the course, the season and the time of day. Harbour Town’s published 2026 green fees ran from $378 to $651. Other courses price lower, and the live rate shows on each course’s tee-time page. Golf packages bundle rounds with a room.
Which public golf course on Hilton Head is the best value?
Dolphin Head is the island’s cheapest round, Port Royal’s Robber’s Row is the pick for resort golf at a lower price, and Old South is the best public value in Bluffton.
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