About
Although it is tucked away just north of Hampstead, Castle Bay Country Club will make you feel as though you've been transported to the British Isles. The golf course offers an authentic Scottish-links design that incorporates the natural wetlands of its coastal Carolina location, giving it a truly unique character. The landscape of rolling dunes is covered with native grasses but completely devoid of trees. Tall sand bunkers are strategically placed throughout and there are also expansive waste areas, both characteristics that are true to its links nature. Water hazards come into play on several holes as well. Accurate shot placement is the key to doing well on this course and just like any seaside links layout, the coastal breezes play a prominent role. Much of the difficulty of the golf course comes from negotiating with the prevailing winds.
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Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by u000007865974 on 04/28/2025
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Photo submitted by u000007865974 on 04/28/2025
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Photo submitted by lfcediel on 10/23/2022
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Photo submitted by lfcediel on 10/23/2022
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Photo submitted by lfcediel on 10/23/2022
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Photo submitted by lfcediel on 10/23/2022
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Photo submitted by lfcediel on 10/23/2022
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Photo submitted by kathyken1956 on 12/12/2020
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Photo submitted by kathyken1956 on 12/12/2020
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Gators and Golf, that’s North Carolina Low Country Photo submitted by Howard61965 on 06/23/2020
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Photo submitted by Fedele on 06/01/2020
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Photo submitted by pmaru77 on 04/29/2019
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Photo submitted by u000001816724 on 07/29/2015
Golfer Reviews
Beautiful
My wife and I played this course, for the first time, in March 2021, after it had rained here for a week straight and this was the only course open in the area and probably shouldn't have been. I looked forward to playing here when it was dry. I was not disappointed. The course is beautiful. The greens were immaculate. Challenging enough for an avid golfers but playable enough for hacks like me. Love the links style lay out. The greens fees were more than reasonable and the staff friendlyand accommodating. After playing all the courses in the area, this is by far my favorite. Can't wait to come back next year. If I wait that long
With neighbor
Enjoy this course nice and quiet course in great shape
Pretty good
Course was in good shape, even with our arra not receiving normal amounts of rain fall. Fairways were excellent, greens were consistent. Will definitely be playing again soon.
Fun but hard course
I like the overall layout of the course. There’s a little bit of everything. Wide fairways and narrow fairways. Short par 4s and really long ones. And water or marshes everywhere. I’ve shot everything from 94 to 110. Greens are consistent and challenging. Bunkers are deep, but playable.
Great course
This is the best course in and around Hampstead. Always in great shape and really fun to play. Great value and my favorite course.
Great Course
This is an A tier course. I frequent here often and you cannot beat it for the price. Not only is the round a great but all the beer and snacks are priced amazing as well. This is a fantastic place to play and I would recommend it to anyone.
Aug 18 - carts were limited
Despite the course always being in good condition there has been an ongoing usssue with the availability of carts. This has been further exasperated by a recent lightening strike which fried the boards on 7 carts. So despite a weekday tee of 11 AM, I had to wait 30 minutes for a cart.
One would think that the 30 minute delay would have yielded a quiker round. But endless waiting on the back 9 and NO rangers monitoring pace of play led to a 4:45 round.
Pace
The pace of play out here has gotten so bad recently. I have noticed they don’t even have the ranger making sure you are teeing off at the right time. After 12 it seems he completely stops doing his job and anyone and everyone just goes out whenever. This causes terrible back ups and waiting on every single box for 18 holes. I like the course a ton but like every course pace of play not being enforced is an absolute disappointment and is the one thing that really sucks about golf in general. Hope they get this dialed in.
Great course!
We were here on vacation. Tried it on a whim. Course was in great condition. The only drawback is the lack of a ranger so pace of play was a little slow.