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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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Par 3 #12 Photo submitted by u314160791017 on 08/13/2023
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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
perfect
The course was in great condition. Greens, fairway and fringe could not be better.
Enjoyable
Thought that the Byrd Course was in the best shape we’ve seen in it quite a few years. We’ve been playing it quite a bit in the last several years.
Cart paths will bounce you around pretty bad. They are very rough and take away from an otherwise great experience.
We will certainly continue to play the Byrd Course, just wish at least some work would be done on the cart paths.
Hello, Thanks so much for your review. We appreciate your feedback, and we hope to see you again soon at Sea Trail Golf Resort -Rees Jones Golf Course.
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.
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Course in great condition
Course was beautiful. Fairways were lush, tee boxes and greens well maintained. The only problem we had was a couple of groups of four that ignored proper golf etiquette. We were a group of three with an experienced group of four in front of us who played efficiently and should have been allowed to play through at least one of those two groups . The two groups in front of them were taking extra shots, slow play, etc. Marshall was called but never came out, so we all suffered as a domino effect. Many times we had to wait together, watching the other two groups lazily play as if they were the only groups on the course on this busy day.
Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Sea Trail Golf Resort - Rees Jones Golf Course.
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! 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!
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! 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!
Awesome Time
Staff was super friendly, course was in really good condition and looking forward to golfing it again.
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Very Nice Well Kept
Very nice well kept challenging course, good for intermediate/above average beginner players. Tee boxes were on point, green were very nice well kept fun and challenging!
Will highly recommend this course and definitely play again!
Beverage cart girl does not start till 10am and only one cart for all 3 courses.
Nice grass driving rang ($5 a bucket), had a pitch and put (free), (free) bunker shot practice, and (free) putting green.
All and all 👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Sea Trail Golf Resort - Rees Jones Golf Course.
Hello,
We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!
Thank you for your review, We will pass along your positive experience to our team. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Hello,
We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!
Hi, We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Sea Trail-Rees Jones Golf Course!
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Sea Trail Golf Resort- Rees Jones Golf Course!
Byrd Course
Quite enjoyed the Byrd course. Saw a couple of very large gators - wouldn’t want to get very close to them. I would love to go back to play again but for some reason the price increased by almost $20 a round / not sure if it’s worth the price increase. Did very much enjoy the course though
Hi. We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center!
Thank you for your review. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Please let us know what we can do for you in the future to earn that last star and thanks for choosing Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center!
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Sea Trail Golf Resort- Rees Jones Golf Course!
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Wow! We are so happy you enjoyed your round, We look forward to seeing you again soon at Sea Trail Golf Resort-Rees Jones Golf Course.