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Golf package · Brunswick County, NC

Brunswick Golf Trail package

Sixteen courses on the quiet end of the Strand, just over the North Carolina line. Three of them share the Sea Trail property with the villas, and the rest sit within a short drive around Sunset Beach, Ocean Isle, Calabash and Shallotte. Pick the ones you want and we quote the golf, the beds, the tee times and taxes as one price.

  • Any mix of the sixteen trail courses, three of them on the resort
  • Villas at Sea Trail, one to four bedrooms, a mile from the beach
  • Play two or more courses and the rate per round comes down
  • $100 deposit per golfer holds it, balance due 30 days before you arrive

The trail

Sixteen courses between the marsh and the pines

Salt marsh at Oyster Bay and Rivers Edge, open heath at Thistle, lakes and pines through the Big Cats, and the three courses at Sea Trail with the villas in the middle of them. A run down the trail on this strip.

Why this one

The most golf in the least driving

Brunswick County is where the Grand Strand runs out of crowds. Sixteen courses sit a short drive from each other along a quieter stretch of Highway 17, and the villas at Sea Trail put three of them outside the door. A group that wants a different course every morning without an hour in the car each way gets that here.

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    Sixteen courses, one short drive

    Three at Sea Trail, four Big Cats at Ocean Ridge Plantation, Oyster Bay and Thistle at Sunset Beach, Meadowlands, Crow Creek and The Pearl at Calabash, Rivers Edge at Shallotte, Sandpiper Bay, Lockwood Folly and The Links at Brick Landing. Marsh courses, heathland and tree lined classics in the same week.

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    Villas with three courses at the door

    Sea Trail is a 2,600 acre resort at Sunset Beach with the Jones, Byrd and Maples courses on the property. One to four bedroom villas with full kitchens and screened porches, indoor and outdoor pools at the activity center, and the beach a mile down the road.

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    One price, cheaper by the round

    Play two or more of the trail courses and the rate per round comes down. Send the dates and a head count and the quote comes back as one number per golfer: the rounds, the villa, the tee times and the taxes. Nothing waiting for you at the counter and no platform fees.

The courses

Sixteen courses. Start with these six.

Marsh, heathland, island greens and the toughest slope on the coast, all within half an hour of the villas. Six to build the trip around, ten more below. Ratings are from golfers who played them.

  • On the resort

    Sea Trail Golf Club - Jones Course

    Rees Jones · par 72, 6,711 yards, slope 135 · 3.8 from 1,070 reviews

    Rees Jones a cart ride from the villas. Wide fairways, big greens and water on most holes, with the range next door.

  • On the marsh

    Oyster Bay Golf Links

    Dan Maples · par 71, 6,685 yards, slope 136 · 3.7 from 15 reviews

    Two island greens, oyster shells in the bunker faces and salt marsh on three sides. The best looking round on the trail.

  • Big Cats

    Tiger's Eye Golf Links

    Tim Cate · par 72, 7,014 yards, slope 141 · 3.9 from 294 reviews

    The pick of the four Big Cats. Forty acres of water, waste areas the size of a fairway and a par three from an island tee.

  • Top rated

    Thistle Golf Club

    Tim Cate · par 71, slope 136 · 4.8 from 182 reviews

    Twenty seven holes of open Scottish style heathland, tall grasses and wind. The highest rated course on the package.

  • Toughest test

    Rivers Edge Golf Club & Plantation

    Arnold Palmer · par 72, 6,909 yards, slope 149 · 4.5 from 1,398 reviews

    Arnold Palmer on the bluffs above the Shallotte River. Marsh down the back nine and the highest slope on this page.

  • On the resort

    Sea Trail Golf Club - Maples Course

    Dan Maples · par 72, 6,374 yards, slope 134 · 3.2 from 513 reviews

    Dan Maples through the pines to the Calabash River marsh. The shortest of the six and the one to finish on.

The rest of the trail

Any mix counts. Three rounds on the resort is a Brunswick package, and so is a long weekend with the Big Cats. The planner spaces the rounds across your stay and keeps the group's tee times together.

Villas at Sea Trail with screened porches above the garages and parking at the door
Open living area and kitchen inside a villa at Sea Trail, with doors onto the porch
Room for the whole group One to four bedroom villas with full kitchens, in six communities across the resort
The screened porch of a villa at Sea Trail, looking across the lawn to the buildings opposite
Somewhere to settle the bets A screened porch on the villa and the 55 Bistro Bar on the resort by night

Where you sleep

Villas in the middle of three courses

The package is built around the villas at Sea Trail, a 2,600 acre resort at Sunset Beach with the Jones, Byrd and Maples courses on the property. One to four bedroom villas with full kitchens, screened porches and golf course views, spread across six communities from Champions beside the Maples course to the townhouse style villas at Saw Mill. The Village Activity Center has indoor and outdoor pools, a hot tub and a fitness center, and the beach is a mile away.

Sunset Beach is the small island town at the south end of Brunswick County, with Calabash and its seafood restaurants five minutes away. If the group would rather sleep somewhere else, ask and the planner will quote the same golf around it.

Pricing

What you pay and when

One quote for the trip

Rounds, villa, tee times and taxes on a single price per golfer. Nothing is added at the counter and there are no platform fees.

$100 holds it

A $100 deposit per golfer confirms the whole package, and each golfer can pay their own share.

Balance 30 days out

Book more than a month ahead and the rest is not due until 30 days before you arrive.

Three ways to play it

Most booked

Two courses or more

Play two or more of the trail courses on the same trip and the rate per round comes down. The more of the sixteen you put on the list, the better the number per golfer.

Late start

Hangover package

Six of the trail courses offer special rates on tee times at one in the afternoon or later. A slow morning on the porch and a cheaper round after lunch.

Most golf

Replay package

Go back out after the round. Replay nine or eighteen holes along the trail, subject to availability, for the group that wants golf, golf and more golf. The planner builds it around your dates.

The number depends on the season, the courses, the villa and how many are in the group, so there is no single sticker price. Send the dates and a head count and the quote comes back with everything on it, including which of the six courses the afternoon rate applies to on your dates. Other lengths of stay are quoted the same way.

Pick the week. We will hold the tee times.

Call (888) 796-4652 with rough dates and a head count, or build it online and a planner confirms every tee time before anything is charged.