Long regarded as a golf mecca, the Hilton Head Island area offers a wide variety of golf cources to test your skills. While staying in your Hilton Head rental, many of the area courses will be available to match your taste.

The islands humble golf beginnings reads like a whos who from the golf Hall of Fame. imagine in 1969 Pete Dye and and young Jack Nicklaus stroll the marshfront in Sea Pines and invision and championship course that to this day challenges the PGA tour pros. The Verizon Heritage, South Carolina’s only PGA TOUR event, is recognized as one of the top golf tournaments. Played at the famed Harbour Town Golf Links in The Sea Pines Resort since 1969, the event has rich history in the lowcountry that continues to flourish. Harbour Town Golf Links is recognized annually as one of America’s top courses and is repeatedly selected by the PGA TOUR professionals as one of their favorites. 

Apart from being played on a world-famous golf course, the Verizon Heritage is conducted in one of America’s premier resorts.  Located on the southern tip of Hilton Head Island, The Sea Pines Resort offers accommodations, recreation, sports amenities and an intimacy unequaled by any other PGA TOUR stop. Sea Pines also offers the Ocean Course and the Sea Marsh Course.

Shipyard's three courses offer four tee positions to accommodate all levels of play, and there are ample risk and reward situations to allow optimal scoring opportunities. Accurate tee shots and well-measured approaches are a must on this championship course.

Two of the three inter-connecting nines are combined for a unique and challenging 18-hole round. The original Clipper and Galleon courses create an exciting combination of long fairways and perilous hazards, while the Brigantine course winds its way around lagoons and breathtaking terrain.

Many of Shipyrd's rentals overlook the courses and have easy access to the Golf Club.

Palmetto Dunes, like Sea Pines offers three legendary courses The Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront Course, completely renovated not long ago at a cost of $3 million. Its signature hole, the par-five 10th, offers a sweeping and breathtaking view of the Atlantic Ocean. This stellar hole has the distinction of being one of only two oceanfront holes on Hilton Head Island.

The George Fazio Course is regarded by many golfers as the island’s most challenging championship course. Designed by famed golf architect George Fazio, it is ranked among America’s top 100 courses and stands apart as the only par-70 course on the island.

The Arthur Hills Course offers a careful blend of beauty and challenge. Built on a series of rolling dunes, the Arthur Hills Course presents many opportunities for off-balance lies. Stands of palm trees and palmettos line the graceful fairway. Ocean breezes add to the challenge. The importance of precision play is amplified by 10 holes on the water.