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4.0
438 Reviews (438)
5 Stars
138
4 Stars
200
3 Stars
72
2 Stars
14
1 Stars
14
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.0
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.8
84.9%
Recommend this course
373 out of 438 reviews
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4.0
27 Reviews (27)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.9
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
3.9
81.5%
Recommend this course
22 out of 27 reviews
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4.0
60 Reviews (60)
5 Stars
17
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
13
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.0
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.0
85.0%
Recommend this course
51 out of 60 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 6754 yards
Slope 138
Rating 73.2
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Sea Trail Golf Resort - The Rees Jones Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1990
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Rees Jones (1990) Greg Muirhead (1990)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes - "The Mel Sole Golf School at Sea Trail Golf Resort"
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Single Allowed Yes
Walking Allowed No

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2019 #9)

Reviews

4.0
438 Reviews (438)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 12
Bunkers 9
Forced Carries 9
This course/club is great for:
Group Getaways 7
Playing Multiple Courses 7
A Weekend Splurge 6
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 9
At a Resort 6

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Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Enjoyable day of golf

Enjoyed playing this golf course today. Good layout. Need to work on bunkers. Tee boxes and fairways were average. Pace of play was very good.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/25/2023

Hello James! Thanks so much for your review. We appreciate your feedback, and we hope to see you again soon at Jones at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center.

Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course

Great course in the Ocean Isle area. Fairways and tee-boxes were lush. Greens in great shape. Definitely would play again. Good value for the money.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 04/24/2023

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Jones at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Beautiful Course

This could be a $80 dollar course honestly
Very challenging, if you don’t hit the fairways you will be in trouble. Greens are starting to flourish so they aren’t fully grown in but still roll true.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/24/2023

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Jones at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 02/28/2023

Thank you for taking the time to review us. Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to delivering you excellent service again soon. thank you!

Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/19/2023

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Sea Trail Golf Resort- Willard Byrd Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 113
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Commented on 12/25/2022

Hello. Thank you for visiting us at Jones at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 113
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Commented on 12/19/2022

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Sea Trail Golf Resort-Willard Byrd Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

December round

Course layout is straight forward and greens are boring and consistent. Course condition is fair for this time of years. Course was over seeded tee boxes and fairways. Greens are Bermuda that is healthy but not super consistent. Sand traps were hard packed wet sand that hasn’t been raked in decades - no issue, just lift clean rake and place. For the price and time of year I’d do it again. One thing to note is that they double tee sometimes, so we finished the front in an hour and a half and had to wait forty minutes to tee off the back. The back was stop and go 2 hr round. Still finished in four hours.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 12/12/2022

Hi. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Sea Trail Golf Resort- Willard Byrd Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 12/12/2022

Thank you for reviewing us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Sea Trail Golf Resort- Willard Byrd Golf Club, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Even more fun the second time this week.

This is a straight-forward course with few gimmick holes. Because of rain the previous day, it was cart-path-only - but our two-some still finished in under 4 hours. Overall condition of the course was very good. Given the rain this week,, the traps were wet and hard, but we managed to get out in one shot on the several we landed in. Reviews in October complained about the greens because of reseeding - by late November when we played two rounds, they are well on the way to being excellent, playing a bit slow but true. Cart paths are in good condition.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 11/27/2022

Thank you for visiting us at Jones at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

A solid, straight-forward golf course

We had a very good time playing from the forward tees. There was some rain during the first four holes, but we were able to pass a slower group and then it was wide open, and the rain stopped. There is water on or near many holes, but it wasn’t in play too much from the forward tee. The traps were quite wet (no criticism, given the weather this week) but we managed to stay away from nearly all. Most holes offer wide open tee shots and there are few blind shots. It was a very pleasant round. We would like to see the sun one day while we are here at Sunset Beach.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 11/26/2022

Hello. Thank you for visiting us at Jones at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 32
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/28/2022

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Sea Trail Golf Resort- Willard Byrd Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice corse let down by poor facilities

Very pretty course but the club house looks like a 1950s bunker with poor access. We got sandwiches from the on course cart person who was very nice but the sandwiches were literally from a convenience store (we saw them later) and were mushy white bread ham and cheese.
The course was in decent shape for the time of year and greens rolled true.
We booked at a discount rate. Staff were very friendly but they sent out a foursome ahead of us at the 10th and pace of play went to a standstill.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 11/22/2022

Hi. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Sea Trail Golf Resort- Willard Byrd Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 81
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Sea Trail - Jones is in great shape and is pretty

Playable, pretty, fun... And gators!
Scored well. Nice greens were of average speed compared to area courses we played, and a tiny bit faster .

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 11/21/2022

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Sea Trail Golf Resort- Willard Byrd Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 113
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
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Commented on 11/18/2022

We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share your favorite part of your experience and what we can do to earn that last star! Thanks for golfing at Sea Trail Golf Resort- Willard Byrd Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

First play for 10 years

Course remains totally playable despite some tough holes. Greens were in good condition and staff were friendly and helpful.

Conditions Excellent
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/10/2022

Thank you for your review. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Jones at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course/poor customer service

This course was great but the customer service was disappointing. They also teed off both nines simultaneously which meant after you made the turn you now were behind several groups just starting.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/16/2022

Hi. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Sea Trail Golf Resort- Willard Byrd Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 35
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/08/2022

Hi. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Sea Trail Golf Resort- Willard Byrd Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice Layout

Great time.
Great layout.
Well organized. Group of 12 handled with no problems.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 11/01/2022

Hello. Thanks so much for your review. We're so glad you enjoyed your round at Sea Trail Golf Resort- Willard Byrd Golf Club. That's what we like to hear! We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Rough Greens

Just over seeded and the greens were terrible. Would not recommend playing for a while until the new grass comes in. Extremely slow, we played first 7 holes in 50 min and then hit groups in front of us and no rangers on the course to speed up play.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 10/29/2022

Hi! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Jones at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center!

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