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One of the resort’s four signature courses, the Barefoot Norman Golf Course at Barefoot Resort is as beautiful as it is challenging. With seven of its holes laid out along the Intracoastal Waterway, each hole takes full advantage of the natural landscape Mother Nature has to offer.
Resembling some of the best courses of the American Southwest only with tropical vegetation replacing desert sands, the course has only 60 acres of grass that need to be mowed. In places, greens and fairways run right up to the sand of bunkers while in other areas they flow seamlessly into the surrounding terrain.
It’s said the Norman course is an attempt to capture Mother Nature’s split personality, both beautiful and treacherous. Norman himself has said he tried to capture the spirit of Augusta National in creating the course. Like Augusta, a missed fairway here can land a golfer in considerable trouble. Although fairly flat, the course makes use a multitude of bunkers to create a course many think rivals the Dye course for difficulty.
Measuring 7,200 yards, the par-72 course features bunkers with sod walls, fairways with GN-1 Turf (a special hybrid developed by Norman), and Champion Ultra Dwarf grass on its greens. Selected by Golf Digest as one of America’s top courses as well as one of the Grand Strand’s best, the course shares the 35,000-square-foot Barefoot Clubhouse with the resort’s three other courses. Golfers can also take advantage of The Range, more than 30 manicured acres with lights for practices.
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Course was in great condition. Service and staff were great.
Course was in great condition. Service and staff were great.
Great need more cart girls or something It was no...
Great need more cart girls or something It was no food again just drinks and snacks I need more people with water and maybe some cold towels they have it other courses that are great
Great course, my only issue is that there seem to...
Great course, my only issue is that there seem to be rocks and maybe shells in the bunkers. A course this nice shouldn’t have those things in the bunker. My club actually got marked up by the extra material other then sand in the bunkers.
didn't play. i took the afternoon
didn't play. i took the afternoon
Really good course and nice people
Really good course and nice people
Excellent shape!
Excellent shape!
excellent conditions
excellent conditions
Better- course. Better greens good
Better- course. Better greens good
Nice and easiest for our group out of the four....
Nice and easiest for our group out of the four. Played first.
Great day played a quick round of 18 on last...
Great day played a quick round of 18 on last day. Would love to see the other courses, maybe next year
excellent layout. well maintained
excellent layout. well maintained
Usual reliable conditions
Usual reliable conditions
Basic golf
Basic golf
Unfortunately was not able to complete round due to extremely...
Unfortunately was not able to complete round due to extremely slow play played the Fazio in the morning pace was awesome then did an afternoon round on Norman after 3 holes it was so backed up we decided to leave after 9 over 3hrs to play 9 holes
Relatively straight forward course but greens can be tricky.
Relatively straight forward course but greens can be tricky.
Norman course was so so… def not as nice as...
Norman course was so so… def not as nice as the other three
Rained out
Rained out
rained out
rained out
See above, of the three resort courses I favor the...
See above, of the three resort courses I favor the Fazio then the two others on no particular order. Good lay out, always in good shape, etc.
This is a nice course
This is a nice course
Good course, fairly easy. Few memorable holes, I think its...
Good course, fairly easy. Few memorable holes, I think its the weakest of the four Barefoot courses.
Great course, excellent facilities.
Great course, excellent facilities.
Need to get Junebug some help
Need to get Junebug some help
Great course, had a fun time.
Great course, had a fun time.
Very scorable course that was I. Great shape
Very scorable course that was I. Great shape
Unfortunately we got rained out. The staff was very accommodating...
Unfortunately we got rained out. The staff was very accommodating and provided rain checks. We look forward to returning next year and playing this course.
very nice course, staff excellent, had a great time.
very nice course, staff excellent, had a great time.
Another beauty. Loved the shade at tee boxes as it...
Another beauty. Loved the shade at tee boxes as it was very hot. Course in great shape.
Decent track. Conditions marginal.
Decent track. Conditions marginal.
Too difficult
Too difficult
Great course!
Great course!
Disappointing for the price. Fairways not great and sand traps...
Disappointing for the price. Fairways not great and sand traps with pebbles and stone. Course appears to be very overplayed. Probably won't play these courses next time.
Challenging golf course with a couple beautiful par 3’s. I...
Challenging golf course with a couple beautiful par 3’s. I absolutely want to play this course again.
Clubhouse was great for lunch - waitress was very attentive...
Clubhouse was great for lunch - waitress was very attentive and fast, high quality food.
Great Course Enjoyed the views
Great Course Enjoyed the views
Great conditions. We played in cool & a little rainy...
Great conditions. We played in cool & a little rainy conditions but the course played very nice.
We found it the least likable of the four courses...
We found it the least likable of the four courses we played. Not very fair - at least for us senior citizens
beautiful
beautiful
Always happy with the staff and conditions at Barefoot
Always happy with the staff and conditions at Barefoot
First course we played. Winds through the surrounding town houses....
First course we played. Winds through the surrounding town houses. As like the rest of the course, well kept!!
Not impresed
Not impresed
Enjoyed
Enjoyed
only got to play 9 due to rain..that is why...
only got to play 9 due to rain..that is why a 3 but nice course
Not a premium course in my opinion
Not a premium course in my opinion
good course condition fine although all five courses were muddy...
good course condition fine although all five courses were muddy because the amount of water put on the courses I assume because of the overseeding
tough part of the property for a course but enjoyable
tough part of the property for a course but enjoyable
great course had great time playing
great course had great time playing
Was able to play this course by myself which was...
Was able to play this course by myself which was very fun. Never played a course alone but I liked it a lot. Would play this course again.
Very playable
Very playable
Good course!
Good course!
Greens were sketchy
Greens were sketchy
Nice
Nice
Of the 4 it was #4. Well manicured
Of the 4 it was #4. Well manicured
Course was in great condition. Service and staff were great.
Course was in great condition. Service and staff were great.
Great need more cart girls or something It was no...
Great need more cart girls or something It was no food again just drinks and snacks I need more people with water and maybe some cold towels they have it other courses that are great
Great course, my only issue is that there seem to...
Great course, my only issue is that there seem to be rocks and maybe shells in the bunkers. A course this nice shouldn’t have those things in the bunker. My club actually got marked up by the extra material other then sand in the bunkers.
didn't play. i took the afternoon
didn't play. i took the afternoon
Really good course and nice people
Really good course and nice people
Excellent shape!
Excellent shape!
excellent conditions
excellent conditions
Better- course. Better greens good
Better- course. Better greens good
Nice and easiest for our group out of the four....
Nice and easiest for our group out of the four. Played first.
Great day played a quick round of 18 on last...
Great day played a quick round of 18 on last day. Would love to see the other courses, maybe next year
excellent layout. well maintained
excellent layout. well maintained
Usual reliable conditions
Usual reliable conditions
Basic golf
Basic golf
Unfortunately was not able to complete round due to extremely...
Unfortunately was not able to complete round due to extremely slow play played the Fazio in the morning pace was awesome then did an afternoon round on Norman after 3 holes it was so backed up we decided to leave after 9 over 3hrs to play 9 holes
Relatively straight forward course but greens can be tricky.
Relatively straight forward course but greens can be tricky.
Norman course was so so… def not as nice as...
Norman course was so so… def not as nice as the other three
Rained out
Rained out
rained out
rained out
See above, of the three resort courses I favor the...
See above, of the three resort courses I favor the Fazio then the two others on no particular order. Good lay out, always in good shape, etc.
This is a nice course
This is a nice course
Good course, fairly easy. Few memorable holes, I think its...
Good course, fairly easy. Few memorable holes, I think its the weakest of the four Barefoot courses.
Great course, excellent facilities.
Great course, excellent facilities.
Need to get Junebug some help
Need to get Junebug some help
Great course, had a fun time.
Great course, had a fun time.
Very scorable course that was I. Great shape
Very scorable course that was I. Great shape
Unfortunately we got rained out. The staff was very accommodating...
Unfortunately we got rained out. The staff was very accommodating and provided rain checks. We look forward to returning next year and playing this course.
very nice course, staff excellent, had a great time.
very nice course, staff excellent, had a great time.
Another beauty. Loved the shade at tee boxes as it...
Another beauty. Loved the shade at tee boxes as it was very hot. Course in great shape.
Decent track. Conditions marginal.
Decent track. Conditions marginal.
Too difficult
Too difficult
Great course!
Great course!
Disappointing for the price. Fairways not great and sand traps...
Disappointing for the price. Fairways not great and sand traps with pebbles and stone. Course appears to be very overplayed. Probably won't play these courses next time.
Challenging golf course with a couple beautiful par 3’s. I...
Challenging golf course with a couple beautiful par 3’s. I absolutely want to play this course again.
Clubhouse was great for lunch - waitress was very attentive...
Clubhouse was great for lunch - waitress was very attentive and fast, high quality food.
Great Course Enjoyed the views
Great Course Enjoyed the views
Great conditions. We played in cool & a little rainy...
Great conditions. We played in cool & a little rainy conditions but the course played very nice.
We found it the least likable of the four courses...
We found it the least likable of the four courses we played. Not very fair - at least for us senior citizens
beautiful
beautiful
Always happy with the staff and conditions at Barefoot
Always happy with the staff and conditions at Barefoot
First course we played. Winds through the surrounding town houses....
First course we played. Winds through the surrounding town houses. As like the rest of the course, well kept!!
Not impresed
Not impresed
Enjoyed
Enjoyed
only got to play 9 due to rain..that is why...
only got to play 9 due to rain..that is why a 3 but nice course
Not a premium course in my opinion
Not a premium course in my opinion
good course condition fine although all five courses were muddy...
good course condition fine although all five courses were muddy because the amount of water put on the courses I assume because of the overseeding
tough part of the property for a course but enjoyable
tough part of the property for a course but enjoyable
great course had great time playing
great course had great time playing
Was able to play this course by myself which was...
Was able to play this course by myself which was very fun. Never played a course alone but I liked it a lot. Would play this course again.
Very playable
Very playable
Good course!
Good course!
Greens were sketchy
Greens were sketchy
Nice
Nice
Of the 4 it was #4. Well manicured
Of the 4 it was #4. Well manicured