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Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center
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The Willard Byrd 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 Byrd course is built around several, man-made lakes, from 14-20 acres and features nicely undulating greens and Byrd's trademark decorative sand and waste bunkers, constrictive treelines and greenside bunkers.
The Byrd course opened in the fall of 1990 to good reviews. No. 18 finishes between two ponds at the clubhouse. The course covers 6,750 from the blue tees with a slope rating of 128 slope. Watch for No. 2, a 174-yard par-3 over water, and No. 3, a long par-5, a dogleg right with water on the left.
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Course Details
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Conditions4.1
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Value4.2
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Layout4.4
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Friendliness4.5
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Pace4.3
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Amenities4.3
Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by bnellis on 04/05/2026
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Photo submitted by CoachGrayski on 12/28/2025
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Photo submitted by CoachGrayski on 12/28/2025
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Maples greens several like this Photo submitted by KennyRuggs on 11/16/2024
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Par 3 #12 Photo submitted by u314160791017 on 08/13/2023
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Photo submitted by u314164034732 on 05/30/2023
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Photo submitted by u314163966299 on 05/18/2023
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Photo submitted by u314163966299 on 05/18/2023
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Photo submitted by u252826083 on 08/13/2022
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Photo submitted by dave00001 on 06/07/2022
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Photo submitted by DrBurb on 04/13/2021
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Photo submitted by sixeagles on 03/12/2019
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Photo submitted by sixeagles on 03/12/2019
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Photo submitted by sixeagles on 03/12/2019
Golfer Reviews
Pace Was Poor
the foursome ahead of me spent lots of time in the rough/woods and were VERY slow.
Fun on the Byrd
Course was wetter than expected, but still played well. Some very nice foursomes let our twosome through. Staff at Lunch was very good. Cart guys were very helpful and got us off early. A very enjoyable day.
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome and appreciate feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center and we hope to see you back soon for your best round yet!
Hi, u314162121456. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center.
Don’t waste your time
The staff is very off putting and the course isn’t that special. If this is a course you live near and enjoy probably not a terrible option, but you can probably find better. If you are a tourist and looking for a decent priced fun round, look somewhere else it’s a waste of your vacation time.
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Course was in bad condition
I called the clubhouse and they told me the greens have not been punched got to the course and they have been punched grass was high on tees golf carts was in bad shape
Hi, chuckt1964,
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Course could badly use some TLC. The layout was pretty redundant and not particularly interesting. Greens were a little fuzzy but rolled true. Pace of play was great.
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Great layout
The course has a great layout. Greens rolled true, fairways were in great shape. Pace of play was quick. But Tee boxes were in desperate need of a cut. Some tee boxes had weeds that were over a foot tall.
Hello, Glenn5644834. Thank you for visiting us at Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us again soon.
Hi, u425988104. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center.
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u7172383! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center!
Great time, great conditions
I had a great time playing this course for the first time. Everyone was friendly and informative, 9only 2 holes other than the par 3's were cart path only. Greens were fast, but overall course was in great condition. I will definitely be playing Sea Trail again.
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, DrBurb! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center!
Perfect Day
Course is in great condition. Starter complained about us showing up exactly at our tee time. We were held up by marathon running event in area. So not much we could do about that. Beverage cart didn’t come around as much as I’d like.
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Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u000004111511! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center!
Course had some interesting layouts. The greens were impossible to read as there seemed to be late breaks at each pin. Played with a member who couldn't figure them out either.. Overall fun round even though the weather was bad.
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Hello, fhanzl. Thank you for visiting us at Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Nice, quick-moving round on a beautiful day
Friendly, helpful staff at the bag drop; large, attractive pro shop; very honest, quick, true rolling greens; narrow fairways but wide playable space; several dramatic doglegs add to challenge; cart paths need some serious attention; otherwise a quite decent course for the money.
Hello, fendsonbacker. Thank you for visiting us at Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
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February Golf
As cart path only golf goes had a terrific time with some extra exercise. Enjoyed every hole!
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We've had too much rain!
I like this course and have played often. It's a nice mix of holes and difficulty. It played extremely long today due to a lot of rain in the last 2 weeks. Despite a beautiful day of sunshine, light wind and temps in the mid 60s, the course was still very wet. Even drives hit high plugged in the fairways, and no roll on any shots. However the greens were in pretty good condition.
I really like the back 9 on this course especially from 12 thru 18.
And in fairness, every course in the area is CPO and in similar condition.
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Wet winter golf
Albeit cart path only, and very wet conditions, the course is well maintained and played well.
The fairways looked very inviting with the outline of Bermuda rough being brown!
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