Another lovely sunny day. We spent most of the day visiting the Sea Pines resort area - which takes up a lot of the Island and includes Harbour Town with its iconic lighthouse and Marina - both adjacent to the world famous Hilton Head Heritage Golf course where the PGA competition is held each year the week after the Masters. It costs $6 to take your car into the resort for the day. We first went to South Beach Marina which was a very pretty location. We stopped in the Salty Dog café and had a light bite (salad) for lunch.
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| The Salty Dog Café/Restaurant |
We then moved on to Harbour Town which was bustling with holidaymakers. The lighthouse is effectively a museum depicting the history of the Island and for a modest fee we were able to climb the 114 stairs to the top which provided outstanding views of the local area as well as looking over the famous Harbour Town golf course.
The houses in the resort are blended in with the many pine and oak trees - a 3-bedroom property with ocean views costs in the region of $1,250,000 - but it will be furnished!!
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| Harbour Town Lighthouse |
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| The Pier |
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| An aerial view of the 18th Green |
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| The Clubhouse!! |
We were able to walk on the golf course and watched some players finishing on the 18th (a tiny green by the Ocean); it is also mandatory to have a caddy. We then went and had a look at the Clubhouse which was very opulent. There was a room set aside presenting the history of Peter Dye who was one of the leading golf course designers - I now know what the USPGA standard is for the construction of greens, including drainage so will be chasing our head green keeper on our return!!
We had a drink in the Clubhouse overlooking the 9th Green and practice facilities.
We rounded off the day with a home delivery Pizza which in keeping with their portion sizes will feed us for a couple of days
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