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3.9
1069 Reviews (1069)
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.9
Value
4.0
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.0
81.7%
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3.6
18 Reviews (18)
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Conditions
3.8
Value
3.8
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
3.9
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About

Holes 9
Type Public
Par 35
Length 3191 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A

The 18-hole Sandpiper Bay Golf & Country Club in Sunset Beach, North Carolina is a public golf course that opened in 1987. Designed by Dan Maples, Sandpiper Bay Golf & Country Club measures 6503 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 119 and a 71.6 USGA rating. The course features 3 sets of tees for different skill levels. The greens are bent and the fairways are bermuda.

The Dan Maples designed layout is a real treat. The regular tees are situated to afford the average player an enjoyable round of golf with scoring opportunities. From the back tees, Sandpiper Bay will challenge the best of low handicappers. 6 par 3's, 6 par 4's and 6 par 5's await your arrival.

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Course Details

Year Built 1987
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Mini Verde Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Dan Maples (1987) Michael Gleason (1987)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Single Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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Reviews

3.9
1069 Reviews (1069)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 17
19th Hole Scenic Views 6
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 38
Bunkers 32
Forced Carries 21
This course/club is great for:
Seniors 25
Locals 24
Playing Multiple Courses 22
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 28
Convenient to the City 9
In the 'Burbs 6

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Excellent Day

Course in good shape, especially after all cold & rain.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
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Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 44
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Course in great shape!

This day we played the Piper and Bay courses. The greens were very true and running at moderate speed. Due to recent rains, some of the sand bunkers were not groomed as we would like, but did not detract from an enjoyable round. Sandpiper Bay is always a favorite "return to" course for us.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
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Sandpiper Bay 2/13/20

The course was in very good shape. Courteous, helpful staff. Great value. Played the Sand & Bay courses. Played a twosome and had the courses all to ourselves except for the last 6 holes when we caught up to a 3-some, then 4-some, but pace of play was fine, hardly had to wait much at all. We played from the white tees. Don't think total yardage was much more than 6300ish yards, but seemed to play longer--strong wind didn't help much.

Would definitely play again and again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 58
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

First Class Facility and Employees

From the bag drop to the pro shop, to the cart area, starter and ranger all friendly employees making sure your experience is easy and enjoyable. This has become one of my favorite courses based on the staff and the facilities and course conditions and value.

In addition to a great clubhouse there is a practice range, and large putting green.

All tee boxes and greens were in very good shape, and fairways are over seeded for winter and in fair condition. A little thin in some areas, but that can be expected for January and February. And I did experience a few bunkers but they had sufficient sand allowing escape !

Best of all unlike most other courses they have a ranger who will keep things moving !

I drive an hour each way to play here and plan to come at least once a month.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Golf with friends

Played the Bay and Sands todat. 90 degrees on the fairways, with some wet spots. Pace of play was great, seems like everyone else feared CPO.

Overall I would give it 4 1/2 stares, as there are still some bare spots, and looks like at some point, the greens were painted.

Will play again, during spring and am sure it will rate a solid 5 stars

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Awesome Value

For Myrtle off-season, and considering they were pummelled by a storm two days earlier, this course was terrific! Great layout, the greens rolled so true. We wish we would have booked all of our vacation rounds here!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 44
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fun to Play

We played the Piper and Bay courses this day. Course conditions were almost perfect, except greens were slightly inconsistent speeds on the Piper course. Fairways were excellent. Thankfully, we were riding fairways as cart paths are suffering from invasive tree roots in many places. Overall, Sandpiper Bay is fun to play and we will continue to rank it among our favorite courses.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 41
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Bill from Akron

Sandpiper was in great condition. The greens were soft and rolled well. The course had some soft areas near the greens, but overall the course played well. The pace of play was ideal for my wife and I.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 104
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
5.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Nice

Staff friendly great conditions greens some of the best anywhere. Free range balls chipping area. Highly recommend good price for a good course

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 104
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Enjoyable

Everything in great shape greens roll great. Love playing here!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Sandpiper Bay - Sand/Piper

Always enjoy this course, friendly staff, but was cart path only due to rainfall night before. Two of the nine holes do not drain very well.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 100
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Another day in Paradise

Course was fine but they should refrain from booking too close.....waiting!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Spectacular

I can’t believe the value you get playing this course. It’s the best course I have ever played relative to the value of what I paid. Play it today!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun but challenging

Played the Piper to Bay nines . Good mixture of long and short holes that were a little more challenging because of the wind . Pace of play was good ( little over 4 hrs). Course in good condition but greens seemed a little slow. Overall, a fun round of golf

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Tee time moved up

The course was in great shape except the greens were a little slow but was able to adjust after about 5 holes. However, I arrived at 9:15 in order to prepare for a 10 tee time. So I went to the driving range at 9:30 the ranger is screaming out my name from the shed and waving his arms for me to grab my bag and hurry up.

As I did, I was told that a storm was coming. Luckily, I was paired with two great guys that made the round really enjoyable. The storm never did come

and apparently we were the last tee times for the day because no one was behind us. I play at Sandpiper every time I visit but it always seems like the staff is always pushing you to tee off early or they run an hour behind. Besides that it is a great value and a great course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Piper-Egret

Our foursome played the Piper and Egret courses. Everyone enjoyed the round. We gound the courses very well maintained and a bit challenging. Will go back to this course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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