Awards & Accolades

Celebrate Our Award-Winning Resort

Over the last 60 years, The Sea Pines Resort has been honored to receive a number of prestigious awards from esteemed publications and organizations from across the globe. From the Forbes Four Star Inn & Club at Harbour Town to our three Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary golf courses, discover our award-winning resort.

Awards and Accolades

Editors’ Choice Awards - Best Golf Resorts in the Carolinas

Golf Digest

Platinum status in GOLF’s Premier Resorts list

Golf Magazine

No. 5 Golf Resort in the World

Golf Inc

Atlantic Dunes by Davis Love III - 2018 Golf Course of the Year

National Golf Course Owners Association

AAA Four Diamond Award designation

American Automobile Association

Four Star Award designation from Forbes Travel Guide; only Hilton Head Island hotel to earn this award

Forbes Travel Guide

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The Sea Pines Resort

Named among the "Top 100 Resorts in the World" 2024-25 by GOLF Magazine

Honored in the 2022 Golf Digest Editors’ Choice Awards - Best Golf Resorts in the Carolinas
All three resort courses were ranked among Golfweek’s Best 2022 list of top resort golf courses in the United States
Ranked No. 5 for General Excellence in Golf Magazine’s list of “Top 100 Resorts in North America”
Honored in the 2021 Golf Digest Editors’ Choice Awards - Best Golf Resorts in the Carolinas
Honored in the 2019 Golf Digest Editors’ Choice Awards - Best Resorts in the Carolinas
Honored in the Carolinas section of the 2017 Golf Digest Editors’ Choice Awards - Best Resorts in the Americas
Received Platinum status in GOLF Magazine’s biennial Premier Resorts list for 2016-2017
Ranked No. 6 in the Continental U.S. in Travel + Leisure 2015 World's Best Awards list of “World’s Best Family Travel”
Awarded a “Gold Medal” in GOLF Magazine’s 2014-2015 edition of “Premier Resorts”
Honored with GOLF Magazine’s coveted “Gold Medal Award” for 2014-2015
Named a 2017 Family Vacation Critic Favorite
Honorably included among The Knot’s “Hall of Fame” for Best of Weddings (2017)

The Inn & Club at Harbour Town

AAA Four Diamond Award designation
Four Star Award designation from Forbes Travel Guide; only Hilton Head Island hotel to earn this award
Ranked No. 4 best resort in the U.S. 2023 rankings by U.S. News & World Report
Ranked No. 5 best hotel in the U.S. 2023 rankings by U.S. News & World Report
Ranked No. 12 best hotel in the U.S. 2022 rankings by U.S. News & World Report
Ranked No. 19 in the Top 20 Resorts in The South: Readers’ Choice Awards 2021 by Condé Nast Traveler
Ranked among the Top 10 Resort Hotels in South Carolina in Travel + Leisure’s 2021 World’s Best Awards
Ranked No. 10 in U.S. News & World Report’s list of Top 50 Best Hotels in the USA 2021
Ranked No. 11 among the Top 15 Resort Hotels in the South in Travel + Leisure’s 2020 World’s Best Awards
Ranked No. 1 among best hotels in South Carolina and Hilton Head Island and No. 12 among best hotels in the United States in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 “Best Hotels” list
Named Most Romantic Hotel in South Carolina by Readers Digest (2019)
Ranked No. 12 among the “Top 20 Resorts in The South: Readers’ Choice Awards 2019” by Condé Nast Traveler
Ranked No. 9 in Travel + Leisure’s 2018 World’s Best Awards List of “The Top 10 Best Resort Hotels in the American South”
Ranked No. 5 among the “Top 10 Resorts in The South: Readers’ Choice Awards 2018” by Condé Nast Traveler's 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards
Named among the “The Top 100 Hotels in the World” by Travel + Leisure’s 2017 World’s Best Awards
Winner of a 2018 Condé Nast Johansens Award for Excellence for “Best Service”
Ranked No. 14 among best hotels in the United States, No. 2 among the best hotels in South Carolina and No. 1 among the best hotels on Hilton Head Island among U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 “Best Hotels” list
Ranked No. 5 in Travel + Leisure’s 2017 World’s Best Awards List of “The 10 Best Resort Hotels in the South”
Ranked No. 8 among “Top Resorts in the American South” in Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ 2017 Choice Awards
Ranked No. 6 in Travel + Leisure’s 2016 World’s Best Awards List of “The 10 Best Resort Hotels in the South”
Named among the “The Top 100 Hotels in the World” by Travel + Leisure’s 2016 World’s Best Awards
Named among the “Top 10 Resorts in The American South: Readers’ Choice Awards 2016” by Condé Nast Traveler’s 2016 Readers’ Choice Awards
Ranked No. 5 among the best hotels in the United States, No. 2 among the best hotels in the South, and No. 58 among the best hotels in the World by Condé Nast Traveler’s 2015 Readers’ Choice Awards
2022 Ranked No. 1 Hotel on Hilton Head Island by TripAdvisor
Ranked among the “Top 25 Hotels in the United States” in TripAdvisor’s 2017 Travelers’ Choice Awards
Ranked No. 5 in Travel + Leisure’s 2016 World’s Best Awards List of “World's Best Family Beach Hotels”

Harbour Town Golf Links

Home to the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing golf tournament
Designated as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary

Ranked No. 1 among the “Best Classic Golf Courses in South Carolina” 2024 by the members of 
the South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel

Ranked No. 70 in The LINKS 100 – an exclusive ranking by golf architects of the world’s best courses (2024-25)
Ranked No. 21 among Golfweek's Best 2023: Top 200 resort courses in the U.S.
Ranked No. 63 in GOLF Magazine's "Top 100 Courses in the U.S." 2022-23
Ranked No. 21 among Golfweek’s Best 2022: Top 200 resort courses in the U.S.
Ranked No. 22 in Golfweek’s The Top 100 Best Courses You Can Play in the U.S. in 2020
Ranked No. 2 in Golfweek’s Best Golf Courses in South Carolina in 2020
Ranked No. 1 in the 2019 South Carolina Golf Course Ratings.
Ranked No. 1 among GolfAdvisor’s “Best of 2018: South Carolina” courses
Ranked No. 13 among Golfweek’s “Best Tour Courses 2018”
Ranked No. 2 among Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play, 2018: South Carolina
18th hole was selected among Golf Digest’s “The Best 18 Holes in the World” 2015
Ranked No. 13 among Golf Digest’s “Top 50 Public Courses in the U.S.” for 2015
Ranked No. 13 among Golfweek’s “Best Resort Courses 2016”
Ranked No. 9 in GOLF Magazine’s 2016-17 “Top 100 Courses You Can Play” in the U.S.
Voted South Carolina’s Best Golf Course of 2015 by World Golf Awards

Heron Point by Pete Dye

Ranked No. 152 among Golfweek's Best 2023: Top 200 resort courses in the U.S.
Ranked No. 136 among Golfweek’s Best 2022: Top 200 resort courses in the U.S.
Designated as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary
Ranked No. 10 in Golfweek’s Best Golf Courses in South Carolina in 2020
Named 2015 “Golf Course of the Year” by the South Carolina Golf Course Owners Association (SCGCOA)
Ranked among GolfAdvisor’s “Best of 2018: South Carolina” courses
Ranked among the top 15 Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play, 2018: South Carolina

Atlantic Dunes by Davis Love III

Ranked No. 125 among Golfweek's Best 2023: Top 200 resort courses in the U.S.
Ranked No. 130 among Golfweek’s Best 2022: Top 200 resort courses in the U.S.
Designated as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary
Ranked No. 9 in Golfweek’s Best Golf Courses in South Carolina in 2020
Named 2018 “Golf Course of the Year” by the National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA)
Ranked No. 4 among GolfAdvisor’s “Best of 2018: South Carolina” courses
Named 2017 “Golf Course of the Year” by the South Carolina Golf Course Owners Association (SCGCOA)
Ranked among the top 10 Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play, 2018: South Carolina
Ranked among the top 10 Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play, 2017: South Carolina
Received a Design Excellence award courtesy of By Design Magazine — the official publication of the American Society of Golf Course Architects

Golf Learning Center and Golf Professionals

Honored as a “Top 10 Golf School in the U.S.” in LINKS Magazine’s annual list
Tim Cooke, Director of Instruction named one of GOLF Magazine’s “Top 100 Teachers in America" for 2024-2025
Tim Cooke and Rick Barry named among South Carolina’s “Best Teachers” for 2017-18 by Golf Digest
Tim Cooke selected among GOLF Magazine’s “Top 100 Teachers in America” for 2021-2022
Tim Cooke selected as a 2015 Golf Range Association of America Top 50 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional
The Sea Pines Resort’s golf instructors Tim Cooke and Rick Barry have been named in Golf Digest's “Best Teachers in South Carolina” (2015-2016)
Tim Cooke named one of Golf Digest’s “Best Young Teachers in America” on their “Top 40 Instructors Under 40” for the 2014-2015 year (for the third consecutive time)

The Sea Pines Resort’s Restaurants

Ocean Lounge at Sea Pines Beach Club was ranked No. 5 in the World and No. 1 in the U.S. in Mandoe Media’s list of “The Best Rooftop Bars in the World 2024”

Harbour Town Yacht Basin

Harbour Town Yacht Basin awarded South Carolina Clean Marina Program certification
Voted 2nd Best Small Marina in Marinalife’s 2018 Best Marina Contest
Voted 2nd Best Small Marina in Marinalife’s 2016 Best Marina Contest
Voted 2nd Best Small Marina in Marinalife’s 2015 Best Marina Contest
Selected as 2015 “Marina of the Year” by Marina Dock Age Magazine

Hilton Head Island, SC

Ranked No. 1 island in the U.S. by Condé Nast Traveler's 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards
Ranked No. 1 island in Travel + Leisure’s 2019 World’s Best Awards List of “Best Islands in the Continental U.S.”
Named The South’s Best Beach Town 2019 in Southern Living's “Best of Awards”
Ranked No. 1 island in the U.S. by Condé Nast Traveler’s 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards
Ranked No. 1 island in Travel + Leisure’s 2018 World's Best Awards List of “Best Islands in the Continental U.S.”
Ranked No. 1 island in the U.S. by Condé Nast Traveler’s 2017 Readers’ Choice Awards
Ranked No. 1 in the Continental U.S. and No. 2 Island in the World in Travel + Leisure’s 2017 World’s Best Awards list of “World’s Best Islands”
Ranked No. 1 in the Continental U.S. and No. 8 Island in the World in Travel + Leisure’s 2016 World’s Best Awards list of “World’s Best Islands”
Ranked No. 3 among the top islands in the U.S. by Condé Nast Traveler’s 2016 Readers’ Choice Awards
Ranked No. 1 in the Continental U.S. and No. 2 in the U.S. and Canada in Travel + Leisure 2015 World’s Best Awards list of “World’s Best Islands”
Ranked No. 7 among the top islands in the U.S. by Condé Nast Traveler’s 2015 Readers’ Choice Awards