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.

[4] Harbour Town Golf Links was designed by Pete Dye in 1967 with the help of professional golfer Jack Nicklaus.

The course is open all year, even during overseeding in October and the aerating of the greens in June, July, and August.

Five of the grass types, four of which are Bermudas, are able to withstand the heat during the warm summer months of Hilton Head Island.

Harbour Town Golf Link's greens consist of TifEagle Bermuda which is overseeded with Poa Trivialis in October.

The eighteenth is the signature hole and heads northward; its entire left side is guarded by the sound and the right is lined with out of bounds stakes.

The red-and-white-striped Harbour Town lighthouse is a backdrop, often a good target for approach shots to the green.

[11] Beginning in 1969, Harbour Town Golf Links has hosted the annual RBC Heritage on the PGA Tour, held in April the weekend following the Masters Tournament.

The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island has hosted the PGA Championship twice, won by Rory McIlroy in August 2012 and Phil Mickelson in May 2021.

The inaugural tournament, "The Heritage Golf Classic", was held in late November 1969, with a winner's share of $20,000.

[10] The Heritage Classic, undergoing several different official names, has been held at Harbour Town annually since 1969.