Course photography · Bill Hornstein / The Sea Pines Resort
Official hole guide · Verbatim course-site wording · user-supplied
Placement is more important than power on this short but deceptive par four. Drive to the middle of the fairway and avoid battling trees on your approach. The heart-shaped green is protected both in front and behind by sand.
Hit the tee shot 190-200 yards from Blue to center the widest mapped first-shot window—approximately 28 yards across, leaving roughly 118 yards to green center.
Recon cue
Play to a favorite wedge number. Do not trade a simple angle for a low-percentage drive.
Primary danger
Trees · sand in front and behind
Heritage326
Blue · playing tee313
White292
Gold279
Green263
The plan
Hole 9, from above.
AIM 190-200Window ≈28 yds wide
Bunker left · reach 145, through 155
Bunker left · reach 295, through 310
Aim 190-200 · leaves ~118 to center
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 9 move.
Harbour Town · Hole 9 · Official 2026 restoration film with Davis Love IIIWatch on YouTube ↗