Castle Bay Country Club

The course conditions were great, the staff was very friendly. My only “negative” was this…we bought drinks in the clubhouse before the round and had a couple left over. After the morning round we went into the clubhouse for lunch and the waitress said we couldn’t have those drinks in the restaurant. She wouldn’t even let us set them unopened on the floor. “The clubhouse and beverage cart are different from the restaurant. You can’t have those drinks in here.” We literally had to take them out into the hallway and order the exact same drink from her. Extremely strange but the food was very good, so just an eyebrow raiser.

Beautiful course. Friendly staff. Very windy and challenging.

A fun day. Course is open and links like which makes it very playable. Par 3’s we’re a challenge. Wasn’t a blustery day but wind was always a factor on the approach shots. Greens were inconsistent, some bumpy, but most were real nice. Bunkers needs some attention. Overall a nice change from the SE NC courses of narrow fairways and marshes. Will be back.

They have new greens being installed mid July so they aren't doing anything to then now....lots of bare patches. As always, moist fairways, dry rough, okay tee boxes and traps. The cart GPS was off by 10 yards and pin position was not updated to the current locations. Bonus for having water on the course and a cart person making rounds.New range balls too.....should be a good fall season.

First time playing. The layout was fun, a few of the greens were struggling but overall it was in good shape. Follow the GPS as it has some targeted landing areas. I would play again if I’m in the area.

I can not wait to go back.

Everything on our outing was perfect.

Still in spring conditions but think the course would be even better come summer play.

If it was a bit closer to Carolina Beach I would be playing here regularly!

We arrived early to hit balls and warm up. We were among three groups who DID NOT HAVE A CART available. Most disturbing to me was that THERE WERE NO APOLOGIES heard regarding the situation.

The staff was nice otherwise. Course was thin, not greening up yet in early spring. Like hitting on green dirt. Greens were firm/hard. Suspect conditions should improve with warmer weather.

Cart availability is an ongoing problem at this course when teeing off between 12–1:30. The slow turn-around of carts results in delays in teeing off. Example: I was slated for 1:24 and ended up walking and teeing off at 1:40 then slow play for 9 holes. Passing 18th green, I noticed no one on green, fairway or tee box which is unheard of for this hole (short par 4). Mgmt needs to buy more carts or expand the gap between tee times. Rangers need to do better monitoring speed of play.