- 72
- Par
- 6,649
- Yards
- 132
- Slope
- 1990
- Opened
- Willard Byrd
- Designer
- Bermuda
- Greens
The course
A 4 star rated gem with no surcharge, the Byrd Course delivers the playability Willard Byrd designs are known for, built around lakes and large undulating greens.
Willard Byrd designed this Sea Trail course in 1990, and it is the round you will remember for its lakes and large, undulating greens. The traditional par 72 plays 6,649 yards from the championship tees with a 72.8 rating and 132 slope, 6,142 from the men's tees, and 4,510 for ladies. Wide fairways, a touch of sand here and there, and dogleg holes define a layout built for enjoyment, and you can roll pitch shots onto the greens rather than forcing every approach through the air.
The value is hard to beat. This 4 star rated gem carries no surcharge, and you can play all three Sea Trail courses at a very special package rate. A nice clubhouse, a proper 19th hole, and excellent practice facilities round out the day. It is an easy course to totally enjoy, whatever your handicap.
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Golfer reviews
3.6 out of 5 from 942 golfers
★They aerated a week before we arrived and even though we brought this up to the scheduler 2 months ago were told that wouldn't happen but it did.
★★★★Course in nice shape. Greens were punched recently which is always annoying. Dont think that was disclosed
★★★★A better course that Bird and very enjoyable.
★★★★★Renovations are coming along great. It will just keep getting better
★★★★★Lived Sea Trail! It was the first time we’ve played that course and it’s an automatic to add to our annual “must play” list. Beautiful grounds and facility!
★★★★★Awesome improvement with the renovation.
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Every written review from the past two years, newest first.
★★★★Great improvement on the course! Would recommend to anyone!
★★★★★Awesome track, great conditions. Cart was awesome with plenty of convenient tech tools on it. Looking forward to playing again in the future
★★★★★Course was in good shape and fun to play. Staff was pleasant and accomodating.
★★★★sand traps need sand and inconsistent
★★★Understand that the Sea Trail Byrd course is being improved but frankly it was not quite ready for our group!! The construction in the immediate area combined with winds made is much less desirable and my annual group voted it off the island!!
★★Conditions not very good didn’t matter where ball ended up fairway or rough sand base underneath with no grass just beat up not worth playing
★★Conditions weren’t great would expect better
★★★★Greens were fairly slow. Course condition was excellent. They doing a significant amount of construction beside several holes and on the 9th hole. Course staff were excellent.
★★★★One of the groups favorite courses. Clubhouse and everything all brand new.
★★★★Tee boxes were in rough shape
★★★Course was in good shape, but adjoining course under reconstruction made air very dusty, and a great deal of noise from heavy construction equipment. Staff was very friendly.
★★★★We liked this course. Had a great time playing it.
★★★★Good conditions. Helpful and friendly staff. Pace of play good.
★★★★★Great course great conditions made for great day off golf
★★★★★Great course in great shape really enjoyed playing the course great pick.
★★★★★I really enjoyed this course also
★★★★The front nine was an unpleasant experience with all the construction and earthmoving equipment on both sides of several fairways. Noisy and dusty. Should have put us on the Jones course.
★★★Greens too firm
★★★★Greens could had been more receptive
★★★★Course is a lot of fun but tee boxes needed mowing otherwise great course
★★★★★Our group had a lot of fun on this course
★★★★★Really liked it , the best course we played this week
★★★★Love this course nice to see it back to it’s former glory
★★★★★Course was in nice shape
★★Because of the over seeding and heavily watered fairways it was disappointing
★★Average and overpriced
★★★★Very nice course, some of the greens were patched and under repair
★★★Good conditions, greens nice but still a little slow. Staff was friendly
★★★★Wet but that isn’t controllable staff not friendly want money for pictures and par 3 don’t need that
★★★★Great staff, course was “ok” not much character
★★★★★Staff were friendly. It rained the entire round but the course did not get sloppy. Greens were amazing
★★Nice track but if they really wanted to be a good destination they need to spend a little more time on the details of the course. It needs just a little TLC to be in the big boy camp
★★★★Course was nice
★★★★Liked the course, in decent shape!
★★★★★Renovations of the course and club house are outstanding
★★★★sand traps sand was hard packed, could of been due to rain over night and were still damp. other than that we enjoyed the course
★★★Fairways were a little sparse. Greens were good.
★★★The course was not bad but the lack of a driving range or putting facility was a negative.
★★★No driving , good course
★★★Need a driving range and putting range
★★★Could have used some water coolers at tees
★★★★Couldn't believe no GPS on carts,but accommodations were great
★★★★Good course but the bunkers didn't have much sand. Could have been because of all the rain they had recently.
★★★★★club house and breakfast were the best sitting on the deck after a round was a great time course and greens were in great shape
★Fairways were a little bit softer than concrete. We understand they have had little rain, so turn on the irrigation! Other courses in the area had grass in the fairways.
★Nice course very dry and hard but layout is amazing
★★★★haven't played there in a while, pleasantly surprised
★★★★★Perfect location and great course.
★★The course was okay, the concessions though were way overpriced, almost $11 for dog- come on…….
★★★★Had some sanding and greens were really quick.
★Greens were new, wouldn’t hold at all. Didn’t care for layout either, wouldn’t recommend this course
★★★★★very nice course. the greens were fast and in great shape. very kid friendly. love to see a course that has jr tee boxes. would play here again.
★★★★hard to day as the weather was a problem - too cold
★★★Should be much better in a year.
★★★Fairways and rough have not grown in yet. Greens were good.
★★★★Course was in good shape. Greens were new but fun to play on
★★★★Good layout and condition.
★★★★★Again, favorite course
★★★★★Greens were in good shape
★★★★★Great shape, could be more challenging, we played Byrd.
★★★★Greens good, Fairways good, surrounds, not so much. a bit rough in the rouch, but not greened up yet. Likely better later in the season.
★★★★★A very nice track. Pace of play was good.
★★★Nice but greens were fast!!
★★★★★Byrd was always my least favorite course of the three. That was before the renovations. Thank You! It is amazing how a few tweaks can change the course. I hope this is a preview of things to come on the other two.
★★★★★Great place to stay, great accommodations and amenities.
★★★Greens were fast and hard!Nothing stuck on greens
★★★★Nice course as we enjoyed it
★★★★Tough course Employees are very cordial
★★★★★Good course. Recommend they at 150 yard posts/markers visible from the tee. Greens in great condition.
★★★★★Beautiful and challenging layout, greens very fast and conditions superbe, must play course, only issue no range, surprising for a golf resort of this level
★★★★Very nice club house can be confusing
★★★★Excellent shape. New, hard, fast greens
★Course had overseeded and was cart path only. We had a 91 yr old in our group and course was not allowing handicap flag. We took rain checks and went elsewhere.
★★★★#3 this was a surprise we will come back for sure great food and club house.
★★Avg course and renovation has a lot to be desired. Greens are the best part of the reno. Plenty of other courses in area to choose from.
Getting there
Where it sits on the Strand.
279 Clubhouse Rd Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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