Nags Head Golf Links
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4.4
1083 Reviews (1083)
5 Stars
600
4 Stars
362
3 Stars
88
2 Stars
24
1 Stars
9
Conditions
4.4
Value
3.9
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.1
89.1%
Recommend this course
1000 out of 1083 reviews
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4.8
17 Reviews (17)
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.6
Layout
4.9
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.7
94.1%
Recommend this course
16 out of 17 reviews
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4.4
77 Reviews (77)
5 Stars
47
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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4
1 Stars
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Conditions
4.4
Value
3.9
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.5
87.0%
Recommend this course
67 out of 77 reviews
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Course Highlights
Stunning sound-side water views and a well-designed layout consistently make Nags Head a must-play destination on the Outer Banks. Fairways and greens stay in excellent condition, and the welcoming staff genuinely enhance every round.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private/Resort
Style Links
Par 71
Length 6126 yards
Slope 128
Rating 70.2

Nags Head Golf Club has a traditional Scottish-links layout that is right at home on the windswept terrain of the Outer Banks. Situated along the Roanoke Sound, the rugged coastline and rolling sand dunes perfectly mimic a classic links landscape. The golf course is a shot maker's layout that will test your skills but it is still player friendly enough to appeal to all skill levels. You'll need a sharp short game for sure, but you won't need much length on this rather short layout. Some form of water appears on nearly every hole, including some holes that play right along the Sound, and the undulating greens can be tough. It's a challenging-but-fun round that is worth playing for the scenery alone. Unsurprisingly, Nags Head Golf Club is one of the most popular golf courses in the OBX.

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Course Details

Year Built 1986
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent L93 Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jerry Turner Bob Moore (1986)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

4.4
1083 Reviews (1083)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 26
19th Hole Scenic Views 25
Brunch 8
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 59
Narrow Fairways 54
Forced Carries 38
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 50
Advanced Golfers 40
A Weekend Splurge 26
This Course's Location is:
Near Local Attractions 30
Worth the Drive 20
At a Resort 17

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Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Great Course

My son and I had a great time. We'll never leave the island again to play golf.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 06/20/2017:
Wonderful! We're thrilled that you and your son had a great time with us at Nags Head. We can't wait to have you back soon!
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Awesome

My son and I had a great time playing here for the first time. Great course on a great day. Awesome in every way. I'll be back in June. Can't wait. I'll bring a four some this time.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 05/02/2017:
Wonderful! We're thrilled that you and your son enjoyed your first time with us at Nags Head. We're happy that you enjoyed everything about your day with us. We can't wait to have you back for another great day at Nags Head!
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Great Day

My son and I played and it was great. I'll never leave the island again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/26/2017:
Wonderful! We're thrilled that you and your son had a great time with us at Nags Head. We can't wait to have you both back for another great day!
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Commented on 04/30/2017

Actually it was 3 of my 4 sons and I and we'll be back in June and July to play again.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Difficult but nice

Great conditions but a couple of the holes not really fair as am not a long ball hitter. All in all had a good round

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Response from on 11/20/2016:
Thanks for your review! We're glad that you enjoyed your round at Nags Head. We hope to have you back soon for your next round!
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens in great shape

Very nice course, short but very challenging!

Hole number 12 will have you crying like a little girl

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Response from on 11/14/2016:
Thanks for your feedback! We are pleased that you enjoyed the challenge our course presented. Maybe the next time you are here, you'll have #12 crying instead.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Tight Track!

This beautiful bayside links course demands accuracy and thoughtfulness. The course is well maintained and has many interesting, memorable holes. Because of it's sound-side location, you must also deal with windy conditions, usuallly from the direction of the water. I have played the course many times, and always look forward to the challenges and natural beauty it presents. Bring your "A" game and enjoy your round at Nags Head Golf Links.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 10/10/2016:
Thanks for your review! We are pleased that you enjoyed your round at Nags Head. We are glad that you enjoyed our course layout as well as the natural beauty that surrounds it. We look forward to having you back soon for your next round!
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Nag's Head Links

Enjoyed what we played which was the back nine as the front nine was being aerated. It is a more difficult for ladies who do not hit a long ball as some of the carries over water are quite long. Would play the course again but would want to play the whole course.

Ron

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 10/10/2016:
Thanks for your review Ron! We are glad that you enjoyed your round at Nags Head. We appreciate all of your feedback and look forward to having you back for a full 18 holes!
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Good course. Slow play. Bar closed at 5pm...

I booked through GolfNOw and that took the edge of the price. The course is very well designed, well maintained and challenging. Greens are nice and true but also very soft. You don't get any roll on them when you hit them. We were behind a fourball that must have thought the course was theirs. No one if front of them and a traffic jam behind them. Terribly bad golfers and no letting through of course. This took away most of the fun for us. After a 5 hour round we got to the clubhouse ready for a beer, only to be disappointed as the bar had just closed at 5pm...

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
77b5f7ef-4156-5d90-ae7c-359deab727ea
Commented on 09/30/2016

Thanks for your review! We are glad that you enjoyed our course. We apologize for the pace of play and that the bar was not open when you finished your round. We hope to see you back soon for your next round at Nags Head!

Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Nags Head Golf Links

Wow. Beautiful clubhouse that fits in to the Outer Banks design and a real lookout nest that allows you to see the Atlantic Ocean and the Roanoke Sound, and Manteo Island. The course itself does not disappoint in design or conditioning. There is no "easy" hole on the course, as the shortest holes require good placement off the tee, and water, sand, and wild native areas make you think, plan, and even alter your strategy from shot to shot. Add some wind coming off the ocean or the sound, and this is a true "links-style" day. I will go back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
77b5f7ef-4156-5d90-ae7c-359deab727ea
Commented on 09/30/2016

Thanks for your review! We are thrilled that you enjoyed your experience at Nags Head. We are glad that you enjoyed our course layout as well as our views. We look forward to having you back for your next round!

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

Very Nice Layout

Enjoyed playing this course. Challenging with a nice variety of holes including water on many. Rewards the straight ball striker. Very scenic along the sound.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
77b5f7ef-4156-5d90-ae7c-359deab727ea
Commented on 09/19/2016

Thank you for your review! We are thrilled that you enjoyed your round at Nags Head. We're pleased that our layout wasn't too challenging. We hope to see you back soon for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 1
Plays Twice a year
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Excellent Golf Day

Very nice beach links. Playable but challenging. Staff was excellent. Great day on the links. Good value for a vacation round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
77b5f7ef-4156-5d90-ae7c-359deab727ea
Commented on 09/19/2016

Thank you for your review! We are thrilled that you enjoyed your round at Nags Head. We're glad that you enjoyed our course layout as well as our staff. We look forward to having you back soon for your next round with us!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Keep holding out hope

Have played this course since it opened--really fun course to play but the greens are always too soft ---don't understand why they are not rolled- I like hitting a shot and having it stick, but you do like to get some roll

THere are too many places on the course where if you are in the 1st cut off the fairway you can loose your ball and then when you find it you cannot advance it very far ---understand if you are far off fairway there should be a penalty but not in the first cut ---good example is up the right side of 18 fairway

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
77b5f7ef-4156-5d90-ae7c-359deab727ea
Commented on 09/16/2016

Thanks for your review! We are glad that you enjoyed your round at Nags Head. We hope to see you back soon for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Slow

Front 9 moved ok. On the back it slowed to a crawl, very very very slow. It turns out it was 3 couple's (thats right a sixsome) two groups in front holding up the rest of the course. No marshal, ever. No fun either. Never going back!

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
77b5f7ef-4156-5d90-ae7c-359deab727ea
Commented on 09/12/2016

Thank you for your review! We apologize for the pace of play and that you did not enjoy your experience at Nags Head. We will make sure to address these issues immediately. We hope you will give our course another try in the future. Again, thank you for your review!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Shot Makers Course.

This was my first time playing, I would like to start by saying the course was a little hard to find. When I pulled in to the the lot I had someone bringing a cart out to me right away, they loaded my bag and brought me to the club house. The staff gave me some local advise and suggested I buy the yardage book, thank god I did. This course is in great shape and is manageable from the tips if you hit your spots. The risk reward is there. Just make sure you consider the wind.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
77b5f7ef-4156-5d90-ae7c-359deab727ea
Commented on 09/07/2016

Thanks for your review! We are glad that you enjoyed your first time with us at Nags Head. We hope to see you back again soon for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Beautiful Course

Overall the course was in great condition and was a lot of fun to play. Tight in some areas so you have to be straight off the tee but a lot of short holes that you can take advantage of. Pace of play was slow due to over booking tee times and people were on top of each other but overall a lot of fun to play

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
77b5f7ef-4156-5d90-ae7c-359deab727ea
Commented on 09/07/2016

Thank you for your review! We are glad that you enjoyed your round with us. We apologize that pace of play was a little slow. We will make sure to work on this in the future. We hope to see you back again soon for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great afternoon

Friendly helpful staff

Tough course for average player, absolutely need to hit straight

If first time get the course guide for yardages, don't always want to hit driver off tee

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
77b5f7ef-4156-5d90-ae7c-359deab727ea
Commented on 09/07/2016

Thanks for your review! We're glad that you enjoyed our course and our staff. We look forward to having you back soon for your next round at Nags Head!

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Poor Pace of Play...! Made for a challenging round

I am not one to offer negative reviews on courses I play. Unfortunately, today is my first one. Today, was a hot, humid day continuing the heat wave for the week. Therefore an early tee time was set to hopefully finish the round in 4 hours or less. From the start, two groups of three (was told they were family from the starter) were all over the golf course. The group I was playing with literally, waited 10-15 minutes before teeing off on almost every hole. On the turn, when I shared my frustration with the starter, he replied its "not my turn today" to push them along. Well, to make a long story short, when you pay a good price for a round of golf, the expectation is the pace of play is consistent and a ranger (was not seen again after the hole 3, par 3) is moving the pace of the groups, so everyone who plays Nags Head is getting maximum enjoyment from a course that has beautiful views and a nice layout with some challenging holes.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
77b5f7ef-4156-5d90-ae7c-359deab727ea
Commented on 09/07/2016

Thank you for your review! We apologize that you did not enjoy your experience with us and that the pace of play was slow. We will make sure to address these issues immediately. We hope to see you back soon to give us another try at Nags Head!

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Makes you hit every club in your bag!!! I hit 4 drivers all day!!

Course was in great shape. The wind always blows hard and make your round very challenging. I enjoyed playing this course very much!!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
77b5f7ef-4156-5d90-ae7c-359deab727ea
Commented on 09/07/2016

Thank you for your review! We are pleased that you enjoyed your round at Nags Head. We hope to see you back again soon for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow slow slow

Slow slow slow slow. Waste of money! Couldn't finish a round of golf in 4.5 hours with TWO and a cart. Pace of play is horrendous and for $100 I will never play here again. Very upset!

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
77b5f7ef-4156-5d90-ae7c-359deab727ea
Commented on 09/07/2016

Thank you for your review! We apologize that you did not enjoy your experience and that the pace of play was slow. We will make sure to address these issues immediately. We hope you will give us another try in the future!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Keep it Straight

Played the course on vacation in the outer banks , on a hot deal from golf now! Afternoon was hotttttt, but the mild ocean breeze made it tolerable. Very well maintained course, tight with some blind shots and risk reward shots. Beautiful ocean views. Staff was friendly. Played a few holes with a golfer who knew the course which was helpful

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
77b5f7ef-4156-5d90-ae7c-359deab727ea
Commented on 08/14/2016

Thank you for your review! We are thrilled that you enjoyed our course and staff. We hope to see you back again for another round at Nags Head!

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