Course photography · Bill Hornstein / The Sea Pines Resort
Official hole guide · Verbatim course-site wording · user-supplied
Water, water nearly everywhere says one thing: take that bold iron shot and make it accurate! In this scenario, the 90-yard bunker is the next best thing to a friend since it could save a slightly off-center tee shot from a watery extension. Still, the head or crosswinds which are the norm of this hole can easily carry a shot into the lagoon.
Start with the official 180-yard Blue number to green center, then adjust for the day's pin and wind.
Recon cue
Read the wind, choose the carry, and start at center. Let the wind move the ball—not your hands.
Primary danger
Lagoon · exposed wind · long bunker
Heritage198
Blue · playing tee180
White152
Gold138
Green124
The plan
Hole 17, from above.
180 TO CENTERAdjust for the day's pin and wind
Water left · from 25 through 180
Bunker right · reach 55, through 115
Bunker right · reach 60, through 110
Bunker left · reach 105, through 180
Imagery: Google Earth · Airbus / Maxar / Landsat-Copernicus. Carry and reach numbers are map-measured planning references calibrated to the official Blue yardage — the strip is a schematic scale, not a GPS readout.
Hole-specific video
See Hole 17 move.
Harbour Town · Hole 17 · Official 2026 restoration film with Davis Love IIIWatch on YouTube ↗