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Panther's Run at Ocean Ridge Plantation
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The 18-hole Panther's Run at Ocean Ridge Plantation in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina is a public golf course that opened in 1994. Designed by Tim Cate, Panther's Run at Ocean Ridge Plantation measures 7089 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 140 and a 73.7 USGA rating. The course features 4 sets of tees for different skill levels. The greens are bent and the fairways are bermuda.
Panther's Run was born to be a different kind of challenge than Lion's Paw. Golf course designer Tim Cate has unleashed this cat to prowl along the edge of a natural preserve and continually tests your ability to stay out of, or hit over, the surrounding marsh land. Wide fairways that twist and turn with a variety of elevations, plus scenic water features blend perfectly.
The front nine picks its way through hardwood forest while the back nine is more open. The course is laid out along the edge of a natural preserve and tests golfers' ability to negotiate the surrounding marsh land and water. The fairways twist and turn and show a variety of elevations, as much as 60 feet in fact.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 7089 yards | 73.7 | 140 |
| Blue | 72 | 6706 yards | 71.2 | 131 |
| White | 72 | 6267 yards | 70.0 | 122 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 5546 yards | 72.4 | 132 |
| Gold | 72 | 5546 yards | 67.7 | 112 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5023 yards | 69.8 | 116 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.2/144 | 399 | 167 | 413 | 422 | 511 | 202 | 389 | 378 | 563 | 3444 | 397 | 193 | 380 | 546 | 430 | 405 | 548 | 201 | 421 | 3521 | 6965 |
| Blue M: 71.5/134 | 377 | 154 | 400 | 387 | 490 | 187 | 383 | 368 | 541 | 3287 | 374 | 172 | 366 | 509 | 423 | 393 | 509 | 179 | 407 | 3332 | 6619 |
| White M: 69.8/126 W: 75.7/137 | 358 | 141 | 359 | 371 | 470 | 165 | 358 | 339 | 518 | 3079 | 358 | 151 | 337 | 490 | 396 | 351 | 489 | 161 | 382 | 3115 | 6194 |
| Gold M: 67.7/110 W: 72.1/130 | 336 | 119 | 312 | 346 | 444 | 134 | 334 | 303 | 461 | 2789 | 292 | 138 | 306 | 455 | 372 | 306 | 449 | 129 | 317 | 2764 | 5553 |
| Red M: 65.4/102 W: 70.1/115 | 245 | 95 | 299 | 319 | 424 | 93 | 306 | 270 | 435 | 2486 | 263 | 125 | 271 | 424 | 327 | 291 | 417 | 115 | 289 | 2522 | 5008 |
| Handicap | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 2 |
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Fairway?? Photo submitted by u314162065496 on 08/15/2021
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Photo submitted by Jeff2299199 on 10/18/2020
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One of the par fives on the front Photo submitted by Rthrower on 09/07/2020
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Photo submitted by USSI5674 on 10/02/2016
Nice course for the money
The course was in pretty good shape. Tee boxes were a little beat up but not unusual in the winter time. Overall the greens were pretty good. A couple had some rough patches but nothing too bad. A lot of dogleg holes which kept it interesting.
Great Day
Starter very nice with his jokes and directing us! Will play again and try other cat courses.
Thank you for the wonderful Five Star review of Panther's Run! We truly appreciate your patronage and your feedback. Be sure to check out the other three Big Cats course a well. Thanks again!
Great Golf
Beautiful day but cold. We still had a nice time and enjoyed it very much.
Thank you for the awesome Five Star review of Panther's Run! We truly appreciate your patronage and your feedback. Be sure to check out the other three Big Cats courses as well. Thanks again!
Enjoyed
My husvabd and I gad a fyn nine holes for our first time out!! Staff were excellent!!
Thank you for the awesome Five Star review of Panther's Run! We hope you will visit us again soon!
We were there early but couldn't get off until they allowed us. We couldn't finish the last two holes due to darkness
Thank you for the wonderful Five Star review of Panther's Run! We apologize for the frost delay that occurred on the day you played. Unfortunately, that is out of our control, but we are happy to hear you enjoyed your visit anyway. We look forward to seeing you again in the future. Thanks again!
Thank you for the awesome Five Star review of Panther's Run Golf Links. We really appreciate it and we hope you will visit us again soon. Thanks again!
Thank you very much for the awesome Five Star review of Panther's Run! Be sure to check out the other three Big Cats courses as well. Thanks again!
Thank you so much for the wonderful Five Star review of Panther's Run! We truly appreciate your patronage and your feedback. Be sure to check out the other three Big cats courses as well.
Thank you for the very nice Four Star review of Panther's Run. We truly appreciate it. Be sure to check out the other three Big Cats courses as well. Thanks again!
Thank you so much for the wonderful Five Star review of Panther's Run! We truly appreciate your patronage and your feedback and we look forward to seeing you again soon!
Great Intro to Big Cats
Panthers Run is a great opener to the other "Big Cats". It is a fair course and it doesn't penalize you too much. The day that I played it was cart path only. I was honestly perplexed about that. The greens were in good shape overall. A few had bare spots. However, the green speed was very slow. For $40 on a Hot Deal, Panthers Run was well worth it.
Thank you for taking the time to review your visit to Panther's Run. We truly appreciate your patronage and your feedback. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by our winter preparations. We are prepping the greens to go dormant soon, so they need to store up as much energy and nutrients as possible to make it through the winter months and break dormancy in the spring. They will soon be lightning fast again! We hope you will visit us again soon and see our continued progress. Thanks again.
Amazing
Greens little slow due to the dew on grounds. Hole 18 was great!
Thank you for the awesome Five Star review of Panther's Run. We really appreciate it. Be sure to check out the other three Big cats courses as well. Thanks again!
Slow play
Played behind a group of 36. Took almost 6 hrs to play
Thank you for the very nice Four Star review of Panther's Run. We truly appreciate your patronage and your feedback. We deeply apologize for the slow play experience you described. This is the heart of our busy fall season and the courses can be full on certain days, causing play to be slower than on days when there are less players. Even so, approaching 6 hours is way beyond our expectations. I will look into this matter and we will take whatever steps necessary to try to improve this aspect of our operation. We hope you will visit us again and see our continued progress.
Single got paired up with a threesome. It took us 2 hours and only played 7 holes. Ranger told us to pick it up and nothing changed. Grabbed cart and played back 9 by myself. Tees beat up, see seed but not watering them. Northerner finding out you have to roll em everywhere every course I've played down here. Conditions don't even compare to public golf where I'm from for 15 more dollars more.
Overall, a great round. Beautiful course. Greens were true. A few bald spots did not affect the roll
Thank you for the awesome Five Star review of Panther's Run. We truly appreciate your patronage and your feedback. Be sure to check out the other three Big Cats courses as well. Thanks again!
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Thank you for the very nice Four Star review of Panther's Run. We truly appreciate your patronage and your feedback. We agree, for the winter season, when bermuda grass is dormant, the course is actually in very good overall condition and will only be getting better daily as the weather warms up. We hope you will visit us again soon!