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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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6658 yards | 72.6 | 129 |
| White | 72 | 6143 yards | 70.8 | 125 |
| Gold | 72 | 5452 yards | 67.6 | 117 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 5452 yards | 73.5 | 133 |
| Red | 72 | 4520 yards | 63.0 | 106 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 4520 yards | 67.5 | 114 |
| Teal (W) | 72 | 3553 yards | 61.7 | 101 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 72.5/134 | 382 | 174 | 471 | 416 | 413 | 396 | 167 | 389 | 536 | 3344 | 402 | 362 | 180 | 526 | 399 | 383 | 202 | 385 | 466 | 3305 | 6649 |
| White M: 70.4/129 | 344 | 163 | 437 | 387 | 399 | 363 | 136 | 369 | 505 | 3103 | 385 | 336 | 155 | 499 | 355 | 363 | 161 | 360 | 425 | 3039 | 6142 |
| Gold M: 67.5/116 W: 72.8/132 | 303 | 139 | 418 | 314 | 376 | 315 | 120 | 329 | 461 | 2775 | 358 | 264 | 123 | 460 | 341 | 336 | 126 | 311 | 410 | 2729 | 5504 |
| Red M: 63.0/107 W: 67.4/112 | 243 | 115 | 328 | 288 | 327 | 221 | 105 | 288 | 377 | 2292 | 308 | 213 | 108 | 387 | 250 | 267 | 106 | 262 | 317 | 2218 | 4510 |
| Teal M: 59.9/100 W: 62.0/99 | 215 | 110 | 223 | 233 | 233 | 189 | 97 | 218 | 275 | 1793 | 231 | 202 | 94 | 269 | 203 | 240 | 100 | 205 | 248 | 1792 | 3585 |
| Handicap | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 14 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 14 |
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Maples greens several like this Photo submitted by KennyRuggs on 11/16/2024
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Excellent Value
Play here every year during stay st Myrtle Beach. Very good facility.
Quick round in the afternoon
Got out on an almost empty track, nice conditions, friendly staff. Old standby
Poor Management
The course has 3 course and they ALWAYS double tee the Byrd Course. The condition was perfect but the staff was unbelievably rude. The starters were missing tee times for people who booked in the club house. The started, whose name was Andrew was yelling at customers telling them it was not his fault the clubhouse miss booked their time. We played off the back tees on the Byrd course and there were 4 some on 4 some stacked up in front of us and and out tee time was at 8:04 am. It took almost 1.5 hours to play 5 holes so we went to the clubhouse to get a refund cause we were leaving town the next day and "the best they could do" was a rain check for the following year. Did not even consider a refund with the way it was all handled with the awful staff. It simply another course that caters to the locals and over books to get as much money as possible. My advice, never play this course without an 8 hour window blocked off.
Slow due to poor rangers
Played on the 4th. We played behind the slowest group I have ever played behind and it was a 3some. In front of the 3some were 5 empty holes. We asked the ranger to help us with no avail. 3some would not let us play through. No help and no professionalism from this course. We left after 13 holes.
Nice layout
Good staff and clubhouse. Wasn't busy at all on a Sunday afternoon in June. Nice variety of holes....course just needed to be mowed. Especially the greens.
Good experience
Love the layout and condition of the course was pretty decent- greens had been aerated recently but reasonably playable. Staff was very friendly and accommodating! The only real negative was the cart paths- very bumpy and in need of considerable repair.
Good layout, multiple tees so playable for any handicap
The Byrd course was closed for aeration, we played the Jones course and it was very enjoyable. Had one hour delay for thunderstorm on 8th tee. Resumed play and completed round in under 5 hours total.
Good morning and thank you for your 4-star rating of our course.
Hope to see you again soon at Sea Trail!
Beach Golf
Great staff!!! The course was in excellent shape. Moderate challenge. Played the whites on Jones course. Plenty of wildlife...a couple of holes with gators.
Thank you so much for your kind words about the course and the 5-star rating! We are thoroughly pleased you enjoyed your round at Sea Trail and look forward to your return!
P.S.: Watch out for those alligators!
Byrd course at Sea Trail
Course was in very good shape. The layout is perfect for mid handicappers.
Thank you for your 4-star rating of the course.
Hope to have your back at Sea Trail soon!
course
Starter was fantastic. Worked us right in.Great guy to talk with.Dont lose this guy he really works at his job.Now as far as the check in lady that was behind counter I would say there could be some improvement.Maybe she was having a bad day.We told her first time players.We had to ask her where we go.She was very short with us.I kind of got the feeling that she didn't have time for us.Not a good feeling of first impression of your staff.Any ways you have enough customers so you can afford to lose one.
Byrd course.
Great course. Excellent pace until it slowed at 16. Great shape. Well recommended.
Cart paths & sand traps
Both the cart paths and sand traps could use some help. Otherwise a very nice track.
Week of the masters
Nice green sgood condition . Good amount of water greens fast. Strarter very nice and helpful.
Excellent Day
Course was in great shape but pace of play was slow 5+ hours. Weather was great. An enjoyable day.
Pace of play
We played Jones course first. Great! Conditions are very good. Conditions good at Byrd, but pace of play was slow. Really slow. Loved Maples layout and pace was really good on both Jones & Maples.
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Thank you so much for your review of the Byrd Course. We appreciate your positive comments and input pertaining to areas of the course.
Looking forward to your next visit with us at Sea Trail!