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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 | 389 | 172 | 482 | 412 | 412 | 394 | 165 | 394 | 531 | 3351 | 398 | 369 | 188 | 525 | 393 | 382 | 203 | 383 | 462 | 3303 | 6654 |
| White M: 70.4/129 | 348 | 162 | 453 | 384 | 399 | 359 | 136 | 366 | 490 | 3097 | 383 | 343 | 154 | 494 | 356 | 363 | 162 | 359 | 422 | 3036 | 6133 |
| Gold M: 67.5/116 W: 72.8/132 | 310 | 137 | 427 | 323 | 373 | 320 | 119 | 330 | 457 | 2796 | 359 | 273 | 116 | 456 | 343 | 333 | 128 | 309 | 405 | 2722 | 5518 |
| Red M: 63.0/107 W: 67.4/112 | 248 | 112 | 312 | 299 | 324 | 217 | 105 | 289 | 373 | 2279 | 310 | 218 | 100 | 383 | 248 | 269 | 112 | 261 | 343 | 2244 | 4523 |
| Teal M: 59.9/100 W: 62.0/99 | 211 | 107 | 262 | 223 | 228 | 177 | 100 | 232 | 267 | 1807 | 231 | 202 | 92 | 271 | 203 | 244 | 105 | 204 | 236 | 1788 | 3595 |
| Handicap | 9 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 16 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 6 |
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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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Don’t waste your money
This is the worst golf course in the area. The cart paths look like land mines have exploded. Everything is dried out burnt up and the greens are like putting in the fairways. Sand traps are dirt holes. I wish I knew this before I payed money to play and need to get my money back. I haven’t played a track this awful in years. I didn’t even finish the round. DO NOT WASTE TIME OR $$.
Cow pasture.
What a terrible course! The tee boxes and fairways were not cut and the rough was just dirt. The cart paths were straight out of a war zone, just chunks of asphalt and craters. It looks like they are probably going to shut it down and are trying to maximize their profits by not putting any money into it. I would not play this course again even if it was free!
Nice course
I played this course 30 years ago. Enjoyed playing then and enjoyed playing it again.
Needs attention
The tees, and greens were in fair condition, although the greens had a lot of poa. The fairways could be better, and the cart paths were terrible as well as the areas off the fairway. We will not be playing here again…very disappointing.
Stay away
This course is in extremely poor condition, they are closing soon for renovations and seemed to give up on maintenance. Greens were very slow, signage is non existent and bunkers and rough is a shambles. I can't believe they charged over $60 to play this course, embarrassing!
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Good condition for the time of year
Greens rolled good; the overseeding budget must have been tight because about every fairway was only 15 to 20 yds wide.
No range to warm up on. Digging it up for more housing to be built
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Nice course BUT somewhat disappointed
We travelled from Canada (18 hr drive) to play golf in Myrtle mainly to play golf and enjoy the weather and amenities.
We enjoyed the Byrd course BUT were disappointed that the greens were covered with bits of leaves and pine needles etc and it would have been more enjoyable if a grounds keeper could have taken the time to blow greens of impediments which would have only been a few minutes per green. That being the case we are reluctant to play the other Sea Trail courses.
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Hi, We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single-star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thanks for choosing our course.
Always wanted to play this corse
We had a tropical storm Friday and that place got hit with the rain it was foggy wet but I love the corse wood love to play it dry had a good day good partners
Hello Phillip,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review of our golf course business. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the recent tropical storm, and we appreciate your understanding. We're glad to hear that you enjoyed your day and had a good experience playing with your partners.
Thank you for choosing Sea Trail Golf Resort.
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