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About

Holes 9
Type Public
Par 36
Length 3444 yards
Slope 140
Rating 36.7

The three different nines at Carolina National Golf Club are named after the birds that inhabit the acres of beautiful low country that the course sits on. Fred Coupes designed the 27-hole layout, taking care to preserve the beautiful natural landscape and wildlife provided by its location on the shores of the Lockwood Folly River. His work earned the golf course designation as an Audubon Sanctuary. The nines: Ibis, Egret, and Heron; all have different challenges. However, they all have challenging greens that boast some of the best conditions in the area. The Ibis is the most player-friendly of the nines. Carolina National Golf Club's 27-hole layout is played as three different 18-hole combinations. The Ibis offers some opportunities to recover your score since it is not quite as long as either the Egret or Heron.

Course Details

Year Built 2000
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Champion Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire is required. No denim.

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Food & Beverage

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4.1
375 Reviews (375)
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Reviews 3
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
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Commented on 03/16/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u472813976! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Carolina National Golf Club - Ibis Nine!

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Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Used cart

The fairways were a bit thin but that's because it's early March. The greens ,as usual were tricky although I did have my best day putting since november.As usual,the staff was their usual helpful selves.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 03/16/2020

Thank you for the kind comments! We hope to see you again soon for another round at Carolina National.

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Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 03/16/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, stevewws! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Carolina National Golf Club - Ibis Nine!

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Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Overpriced Winter Golf

Dead, barren, hardpan fairways. Painted greens that are fast and true. In the summer this course is one of the best. Winter hasn't been kind and the course shows it. Staff as always are very friendly and professional. $29 would have been a fair price.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 03/16/2020

Hello, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting Carolina National Golf Club - Ibis Nine. We hope you reconsider returning for another round in the future.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

GOLFNOW terrible!

Booked a9:16 tee off time for our foursome

When verification came on my phone I had our 9:16 but also had 9:32 being charged an additional $168.00

Tried to cancel but wouldn’t let me

I called Carolina National right away to let them know 9:32 was still open so they could fill that time slot

Tried several more times to cancel on GolfNow but could not

Finally called them and was told they couldn’t do anything

Not impressed!!!

Staff and course were great

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 02/20/2020

Thank you for visiting us at Carolina National Golf Club - Ibis Nine. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

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Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Challenging but fun

It is early in the season, the staff was very friendly and helpful. My only complaint would be that the golf carts where terrible. We had a foursome so two carts, all 8 tires looked like racing slicks, a couple of times we had to use one cart to push the other up the inclines on the cart path.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 02/20/2020

Hello. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future. Thanks for playing Carolina National!

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Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

CN

Fun course. Good condition for mid February. Greens true. Challenging and interesting layout; but very fair. Had late AM Friday tee time. Completed round in 4 hours. No on course refreshments on this day.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 02/20/2020

Hi nielsetw. 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 Carolina National Golf Club - Ibis Nine!

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 02/04/2020

Thanks for the 5-star review!

Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Need a ranger

Great place...got behind wrong groups....need a ranger out there to move people along...

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 01/16/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, Pat9011950! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Carolina National Golf Club - Ibis Nine!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good winter golf

Great round, good course which has been well kept up during the winter overall. Greens are green, fast but fair.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 01/14/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, frodo4jctm! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Carolina National Golf Club - Ibis Nine!

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Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Revieew

There were a lot of golfers and were pushed on most every hole. I had to ask for my clubs to be loaded into my vehicle. The snack bar was not open and you needed to order food and wait if you wanted it. The worse part of the course were the cart paths. They were in such disrepair and was bounced around on every hole

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 01/15/2020

Hello, Rickroseca1. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future.

Played On
Reviews 58
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Always Enjoy Playing this Course

Tee boxes and fairways were a little thin in places, acceptable for January golf. But the greens were excellent !

I was originally paired with a threesome but they had a non playing rider with them so I was paired with another single and we played as a twosome! We waited on many shots (which was expected) because there were a lot of foursomes in front of us on this 75 degree day in late December.

I do think they need to add sand to the bunkers, and perhaps that will be done this year?

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 01/02/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, hallcm! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Carolina National Golf Club - Ibis Nine!

Played On
Reviews 49
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice layout

It took 5 hours to play. No Marshall on the course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 12/09/2019

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting Carolina National Golf Club - Ibis Nine. We hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Greens unpredictable

Very challenging, staff was great. Never played greens like this, very difficult to read. Too many cart path onlt holes although threre was rain the night before. #18 just a crazy hole.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/26/2019

Hello, we appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. Thank you for choosing Carolina National Golf Club - Ibis Nine. We would love to know how we can earn those last two stars next time!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/26/2019

Thanks for the 5-star review!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
4.0
Previously Played

Played 18 holes- Heron to Egret

Th course is in fin shape. Just stay on the fairway. Rough is long and can be difficult to find your ball. Greens are lightening fast. Bunkers need more consistency in the sand. I realize there has been much rain here but some bunkers have good fluffy sand and others are like cement. Try to stay or of the bunkers. The views are beautiful. Very friendly course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 11/22/2019

Thank you for visiting us at Carolina National Golf Club - Ibis Nine. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great layout

Unique layout with subtle challenges. Staff in the pro shop and restaurant were great. Fairways and greens were in great shape. Greens were FAST.

Overall great experience

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 11/19/2019

Thanks for the kind comments! Please book another round with us soon at Carolina National.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/19/2019

Thanks for the 5-star review! Please book another round with us soon.

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