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Jones at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center
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The Rees Jones course at Sea Trail Plantation is one of three courses on the property, which covers 2,000 acres of creeks and wooded lots.
It's in Sunset Beach, N.C., once named the top coastal destination in the U.S. by Money magazine, and in 2003, Golf Week named Sea Trail in America's best residential courses of distinction.
All three courses, by Dan Maples, Rees Jones and Willard Byrd got 4-star ratings from Golf Digest.
The Jones course opened in 1990 and has wide, rolling fairways and mounds and many of the elevated greens are surrounded by water. Water comes into play on 11 of the 18 holes, but those aren't the only hazards. You'll also have to deal with pot and large expanse bunkers. The course stretches to 6,761 from the tips and has a moderately difficult slope rating of 135 from the back tees. The Jones course has four sets of tees, down to 4,912 from the most forward tees.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6754 yards | 73.2 | 138 |
| White | 72 | 6345 yards | 71.0 | 125 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 5775 yards | 74.4 | 131 |
| Gold | 72 | 5775 yards | 68.4 | 119 |
| Red | 72 | 4985 yards | 64.9 | 108 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 4985 yards | 69.5 | 123 |
| Teal (W) | 72 | 3555 yards | 61.5 | 102 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 73.2/138 | 440 | 196 | 367 | 396 | 170 | 402 | 440 | 511 | 531 | 3453 | 320 | 431 | 393 | 141 | 338 | 548 | 415 | 150 | 522 | 3258 | 6711 |
| White M: 71.0/125 | 399 | 176 | 353 | 356 | 143 | 389 | 405 | 493 | 512 | 3226 | 305 | 400 | 380 | 127 | 322 | 531 | 400 | 142 | 486 | 3093 | 6319 |
| Gold M: 68.4/119 W: 74.4/131 | 330 | 154 | 330 | 295 | 122 | 327 | 325 | 471 | 493 | 2847 | 283 | 369 | 361 | 108 | 299 | 466 | 371 | 132 | 464 | 2853 | 5700 |
| Red M: 64.9/108 W: 69.5/123 | 273 | 133 | 294 | 286 | 55 | 310 | 283 | 445 | 440 | 2519 | 236 | 322 | 305 | 99 | 244 | 390 | 294 | 120 | 417 | 2427 | 4946 |
| Teal W: 61.5/102 | 198 | 113 | 211 | 199 | 51 | 212 | 216 | 297 | 297 | 1794 | 169 | 208 | 214 | 90 | 204 | 261 | 218 | 117 | 292 | 1773 | 3567 |
| Handicap | 5 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 7 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 10 |
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Nice course
Nice course, not extremely difficult, but there are a few tough holes. The ONLY issue I had was the cart paths that have not be repaved since WWII. Not sure how much they spend on golf cart repairs, but I but it would be cut in half if they repaved the cart paths.
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Byrd Course
First time playing the Byrd course. Played the Jones last year in the spring. I really enjoyed both they were in good shape, staff was very professional Reasonable price for our round
Beautiful Day for Golf
We purchased our second home at Sea Trail almost two years ago. We LOVE all three golf courses! All are different and fun to play.
The staff at the clubhouse are so very friendly- they go the extra mile!
Clubhouse does need some updating.
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Sea Trail
Very nice course. A bit soggy today because of recent rains, but course overall in great shape.
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Fun Course
Will be better when it dries out and they start mowing the fairways.
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Great deal
It was a great deal on TeeOff.com wish I knew that they had over seated and did not allow carts in the fairway. Pace of play was good on the front nine but slowed up on the back because they were doing double tees. Good value for the money
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Neighborhood golf
Ok course. Not great condition. Decent layout with houses bordering several holes. Slow and inconsistent greens. Nice fairways. Hairy tee boxes due to overseeding. Bunkers need work too. The fabric that holds the sand was showing in several spots. Pace of play was decent. 4 1/2 hours. Staff was friendly but, slow service. They seemed understaffed. Saw the snack/drink cart once (on the 9th hole)
The course has potential to be really good. Just needs attention/money. My guess is that this place is struggling like others during COVID.
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tough trek
although yardage looks short, it is a Par 70 with Long challenging par 4's. Mid range golfers don't be embarrassed to play the whites as many are over 400 yards. Toughest from the Blue's was 450 yard par 4 which second shot had to carry water 410.
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Great course
This a great course in great condition. Everyone was nice until I found out I was playing in a threesome that I did not know. I asked for a separate cart to be distanced and found I had to pay $20 more. Well I played the Maples course last week in a threesome and I was given a cart of my own. Make up your rules as you go. Sounds like nascar.
Terrible customer service. Poor communication. Staff and website was not truthful about the course, the greens and the condition of the course
Stay away.from this course Very disappointing course to play
Poorly run facility
Pace of play is 6 hrs or more on a weekday
Facilities and courses are going downhill
One of the worst values for golf I’ve ever had
Ok, not great!
The course lay out was not bad, but the course needed to be mowed bad. It was not in very good shape and definitely not worth the price.
Great Golf Experience
Beautiful Course...challenging, but fair. A bit of everything, including water hazards and long fairways.
A bit wet in places.
Beware of the Gators...
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