Castle Bay Country Club

This course was on temporary greens. I would have not booked it had I know.

Course is under repair

They are redoing the greens and fairways currently and have temporary greens, FYI

Great course for sure. Ive been about seven or eight times since last year. Its the only links style in my area and I think is a good representation of the links style. They have pretty good deals on different apps and checking in and a little practice on their putting green and pitching range are always a great warm up. Only real critique I have, is for whatever reason play on the back nine is always slow. The back has more yardage and hazards, plus holes are closer together. Given that, its still gets super clogged in the afternoon when everyone tees off at 11am or after. Course can get pretty mushy and wet limiting to cart path and balls plugging if there's been 3 or 4 good rain days in the week.

But right now I would not go. I was out Sunday 2 days ago and learned they are moving the greens to use Champion Bermuda grass instead of whatever it was before. They started July 15th and Im not sure I heard a date they might be finished. Right now they mowed temporary greens to compensate(hence why I only payed 25 for the round). The new greens are no more than 15foot in diameter and the hole is actually on the crest of the space they mowed. They put 6in cups in to help but the whole green side experience is ridiculous and destroys all motivation to play after hole 1.

Think of a perky boob. The nipple is the cup and its like that on half of the holes. Also they are all placed 50-65 yards in front of the actual old greens so yardage is always off. No wonder the parking lot was more than half empty at 11:30 on a Sunday.

I get they are doing something huge to improve the course, but the temporary things are so poorly thought out and its only to keep people booking times for money. I would call ahead and make sure the renovations are finished because Im not going back there until they are.

Most importantly the staff was very friendly and "up front"! I was told all the greens were temporary. Unknowingly, I found that the temporary greens were located in very extreme locations. I only played 7 holes and then left. When the permanent greens are functional I'd certainly enjoying the course again.

Reseeding greens had temp greens set up but would not have played if we knew ahead of time

Played this course several times and was my 2nd time boo ki kng on golf now app. When we got to the course in the morning the golf Tennant ssidnthat there were temporary greens due to the redoing of the regular greens. If I and the 3 guys I was with would have known that would have never booked the round a waste of money. Gentlemen in the workshop said they let everybody know so how it did not get to the golf now app I have no clue. Wont be paying this course anytime again in the near future.

Course was in great condition. The only thing is that just resurfaced the greens. So they were rough.

What a great place to play. Short drive from Topsail and worth the $50 to play. Fairways were in great shape & greens were rolling well. The practice greens rolled exactly like the course which. Only downside is the bent greens were taking a pounding in the summer & people were not fixing ball marks. If you are playing in hot summer months, the earlier you can get out the better.

The clubhouse is all your need to be successful. Do check out merchandise - may items were 15-20% below what an unbranded shirt or hat would be at retail such as golf galaxy.

Great place to play, look forward to coming back.

Good value for the price. Greens were in pretty good shape. Landing areas in fairways were ample. Would play again when in the area.

Course is tight but fair, come here every year to

Play and this gem will be on schedule.

Could not have played a nicer course. Absolutely wonderful.I can not say one bad thing about the course.

I played the blue tees which was around 6300 yards. It was a good test and required using most all the clubs. It was fair test of golf skill. My recommendation is to play the course if you are in the area !

Enjoyed this course. Pretty wide open for the most part, but has some holes that require you to be very accurate off the tee. The layout was fun and had its challenges, including heavy marsh and high grass areas which you’d expect from this style course. Overhead folks talking about a greens renovation project they will be undergoing in the 2nd half of 2019. I would definitely play this course again, but probably not with temporary greens.

Course is in good shape, we had one of the first tee times but when we rounded the corner at #7 the pro shop had allowed several groups of female foursomes to shotgun tee off on #’s 5, 6 & 7 and get ahead of us which caused a big delay till #9. Besides that it was a great day with an old military buddy I hadn’t seen in 25 years.

I live in Durham (2.5 hours away.) I wanted to play golf and go to the beach, which would be a perfect day and it was. I booked a round on Tuesday at 12:25 at Castle Bay GC through GN. Never played at Castle Bay before. Teed off on time and even though it was hot, there was a gentle breeze that kept the round moving along. The fact that there were not any groups of 3s or 4s in front of me allowed me to play the course in about 3 hours and that was taking my time and enjoying the course. , I will be back.

What a hidden gem; what a great golf course, layout wise and condition wise. Hats off to the grounds crew and the staff at CBGC.

Went out as a threesome on Monday June 17. Course was in great shape, aside from some lazy people not repairing their ball marks on Green. On this particular day there was a best ball tournament that had play backed up. We waited for EVERY SINGLE shot and the round took around 5 1/2 hours. Also the grill is not open on Mondays so our lunch consisted of crackers, a Snickers and a honey bun. Aside from that we loved the course and would gladly return to play again

We enjoyed a nice day at Castle Bay.

The course was in good condition and pace of play was pretty good-we finished in four hours.

The pro shop, clubhouse and practice facilities are kept in good condition.

The course itself offers open tee shots but presents more challenges at you approach the greens...which were in excellent condition.

Course was well maintained and the holes were mostly forgiving. If you hit an average tee shot, you'll be fine. Some holes the penalty for mishits is greater than others, but overall it evens out. Would play again.