RBC Heritage’s best seats are at the exclusive Calibogue Club. Take a peek inside

Cheeseburgers with fried pickle fries. Homemade “pizza by the putt.” Oysters on the half shell, specialty cocktails and unparalleled views of the 18th hole and the Harbour Town lighthouse.

All of this and more can be yours if you purchase a ticket to watch RBC Heritage from the Calibogue Club.

While the masses follow Scottie Scheffler and Justin Thomas from one hole to another, shuffling through the sand beneath the mercilessly bright Lowcountry sun, Calibogue Club attendees don’t have to worry about any of that.

Instead, they get to watch the tournament from inside a two-level observation area with multiple bars, food vendors, televisions and shaded seating. Crucially, the club is situated at the curve of the 17th and 18th holes; the Harbour Town lighthouse is visible off to the right on the hole 18 side.

It would be hard to stumble upon the club if you didn’t know where you were going. It’s in a corner at the very back of the Heritage Lawn area behind the bathrooms.

Once through security, you ascend the stairs and walk through the automatic doors, only to be greeted by a giant gust of air conditioning — the best possible feeling on an 80 degree day like Friday.

What you’ll find at the Calibogue Club

Straight through the doors is a bar decked out in Heritage plaid and stocked with wine, Michelob Ultra, Mount Gay Rum and Elijah Craig whiskey. Comfy white couches on either side of the doors sit underneath giant photos of Harbour Town.

From the entrance, attendees either go right towards the 18th hole or left towards the 17th. Either way, there’s a large indoor area on both sides, with TVs showing the tournament, high-top tables and food like hot dogs, cheeseburgers, oven-roasted turkey and pulled pork tacos.

Both sides also have shaded outdoor areas facing the golf course. On the left, viewers can see the 17th hole, a waterway behind it and some grand Sea Pines homes, and on the right is hole 18, the Calibogue Sound and — in the distance — the Harbour Town lighthouse.

There’s also an upper level that’s somehow even nicer than the lower level. It’s a covered, open-air viewing spot with high-tops, couches and a central bar area linking the hole 17 and 18 sides.

Up high, they have oyster shooters, like the “Shooter McGavin” with twisted lemon mignonette and Tito’s sweet tea lemonade vodka. They have personal pizzas made-to-order. And they have the birds-eye view of the lighthouse, the sound and the 18th hole. It’s just a little bit quieter on the upper level — the lower level has more of a party vibe.

All-access RBC Heritage ticket is worth it for some

Originally, the all-access RBC Heritage ticket cost $1,500 per day. That ticket gets you into the Calibogue Club, the Lighthouse Club at the 10th hole, Doc’s BBQ at 15 and the grounds.

Calibogue Club tickets started at $600 per day when they went on sale back in October. But on Friday, day passes on the verified resale market started at $1,053. Lighthouse Club-only tickets started at about $674.

For Lynn Murray, it’s worth it.

Murray, who lives in Ridgeway, said she’s been coming to Heritage for about a decade. She and her family make a vacation out of it. This year, she was with her husband, her two kids and her daughter in-law, plus her four-month-old granddaughter, Sawyer. The family was nice and cool underneath the shade of the Calibogue Club.

“We just enjoy the atmosphere. It’s easy. You don’t have to worry about food, and everything you want is right here,” she said.

Heritage is a special time of year for Tiffany Lilze, a Bluffton resident who said she owns a rental home in Sea Pines. Lilze and her friend Jason Hammock were sitting on the 18th hole side of the upper deck on Friday. They were at the Lighthouse Club the day before and planned to watch from Doc’s BBQ on Saturday.

“They do such a good job making Sea Pines even more beautiful (for the Heritage),” Lilze said. “I do love that they put the ‘RBC’ on the lighthouse. It signifies that the tournament is here.”

It’s less cool and a lot more chill at the Lighthouse Club, which hugs the east side of the 10th hole. The shaded outdoor viewing area hosted probably two dozen people on Friday afternoon, when the temperature was in the low 80s.

Tim Dietlin was at the Lighthouse Club on Friday with three of his friends: Ted O’Malley, David Foster and Eric Hartung. The Chicago-based crew likes to watch the tournament from a shady spot, Dietlin said. They’re in town for a week renting a house on North Forest Beach. Hilton Head must-dos include the Salty Dog Cruise and Pool Bar Jim’s.

“Those are great, laid-back places. We always meet interesting people,” Dietlin said.

Laura Finaldi

The Island Packet

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Laura Finaldi is an award-winning reporter and editor whose career has taken her everywhere from manufacturing companies in Massachusetts to dairy farms in rural Florida. Before joining the Island Packet in 2025, she was an editor at Homes.com in Richmond, Virginia and covered retail and tourism in Sarasota, Florida for five years. She has been published in the Worcester Business Journal, the Richmonder, Virginia Business, the Boston Globe and USA Today.