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4.5
321 Reviews (321)
5 Stars
195
4 Stars
89
3 Stars
27
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
4
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.0
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.4
90.9%
Recommend this course
292 out of 321 reviews
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4.3
11 Reviews (11)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
2
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.0
Value
3.8
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.7
StaffFriendliness
4.7
100.0%
Recommend this course
11 out of 11 reviews
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4.4
24 Reviews (24)
5 Stars
16
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.3
Value
3.8
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.6
87.5%
Recommend this course
21 out of 24 reviews
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Course Highlights
This championship-style Outer Banks course impresses with well-maintained fairways, pristine greens, and a challenging layout featuring multiple tee boxes and interesting water hazards. Exceptionally friendly and attentive staff consistently elevate the experience, keeping the course in outstanding condition throughout your round.

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Holes 18
Type Public/Resort
Par 72
Length 6550 yards
Slope 144
Rating 72.2
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Course Details

Year Built 2002
Golf Season Year round
Architect Tom Steele (2002)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee
GPS No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Major credit cards accepted
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Shorts are allowed (No cut-offs). Shirts with collars are mandatory. No jeans, no denim. No tank-tops or sleeveless tee shirts

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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4.5
321 Reviews (321)
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5.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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5.0
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Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Course!!

Awesome course.. Great value for the money. Friendly staff. Definitely on the list to play in the future.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
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First Time Playing

Not worth the money

Might be due to weather, maybe the season, but course was WET! Water on fairways, very soft fairways, greens missing spots. Had fun, wasnt unplayable by any means, just needs work. Got a discount play at $81.00 through golf now but dont know if its worth that. Nice club house, seemed like nice housing on course, but play was little less than desired. Carts delivered as soon as we arrived, and very friendly staff on start. Kilmarlic is a name I regarded as High End and Perfect, but this trip didnt meet it. Maybe COVID maybe just weather, at $60 id play again, but anymore Ill try elsewhere. Check reviews closer to date for conditions.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great layout Great customer service

This is a beautiful course with lots of challenges, but yet is a fair course. When you do get into trouble it is deep trouble. The layout is very nice, with no two holes alike. Its not a grip it and rip it course. I'd definitely play it again and agian.

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

love this course

Play this course ever time im on OBX and I hate 12 always bogey..

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Greens need work/Fairways cleaned up

The greens had chickweed throughout most greens. Most fairways had clumps of grass clippings that were not cleared. Disappointing for a high value course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Back 9 was spectacular

Great parkland corse, somewhat wide to spray a bit. Really enjoyed my round.

Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 48
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course has gone downhill

While on vacation in the Outer Banks, I played Kilmarlic with my friends twice. I had remembered this course as being one of the finest In the Outer Banks area. I'm just not impressed anymore. Many areas are burned out, making it much harder to hit your ball off of burned, hard ground. Most of the sand traps have either little or no sand in them, which is very annoying. Then there's the greens...really in mostly bad shape, with weeds and muddy areas, just not even close to befitting a top grade golf course. Now, if they charged a fair amount of money to play there, it would be different, but they are still wanting high tee time fees. Not likely I will be going back any time soon

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Crabgrass growing in the greens,greens not in the best shape.No ball washers.Too much money per round and not enough ammenities.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Experience

Bag drop was well managed and friendly welcome. Starter was very helpful and professional. Tap Room 19 hole was over the top. Would recommend to anyone. Thanks!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Visually intimidating, fun, a little weird, odd routing

This is an interesting course and worth a play. Fairways were in fantastic condition, greens were hit-and-miss. Bunkers, not really all that good. Most holes look frightening off the tee and often so from the fairway: tall grasses, lurking hazards, bunkers, trees. However, it's not quite as hard as it looks, as the greens are huge and pretty accessible.

The weirdest thing about this course is the routing, which is affected by being laid out among bogs and subdivision plots. But the fact that the designer only designed two courses explains some of it, too--Nos. 2 and 11 are twin par 3's played side-by-side. Holes are spread far apart and it's hard to keep track of where you are on the course. For example, from 9th green you pass 5th tee, 4th green, the clubhouse, 1st tee, the driving range and finally you're on 10.

What's cool is all the holes pretty much stand alone. What's not so cool is there are a few too many risk/reward gimmicks, such as the C-shaped 12th short par 5, which actually plays shorter than the severe dogleg par 4 4th. Obviously, walking is pretty much out of the question.

Overall a good/fun challenge. Like many OBX courses, very expensive, but I played midday and not only was the price lower, but there were very few others on the course, making for a nice quick pace.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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

Amazing course layout, greens need work

Absolutely gorgeous course with awesome bunkering, ponds, and penalty areas. Challenging, but not too tough for almost all handicaps. Only downside was divots on fairways and really bad punctures on greens, they definitely need some work.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Twice a year
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Greens need work

The course layout is great. The greens need a lot of work.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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