Sea Trail Resort Villas

I've played the Byrd course dozens of times during my visits over 22 years to Sunset Beach. It's a good course that was in good shape considering the heat. Most greens were playable but not great. Very disappointed there is not a driving range (due to construction to build a house on every conceivable inch of available space) and the chipping green was definitely not maintained. They don't tell you this when you book. The guys loading the bags were terrific but the gentleman inside could use some customer service training. We played in the mid-afternoon heat when nobody was on the course. I payed for 2 and had two under the age of 16 (who are free based on their policy) and he kept grilling me about their ages. Also didn't have many answers to questions except "I'm just an Indian around here". He was what he was. I'll play here again because it's convenient, but Sea Trail use to put such a high priority on customer service and customer satisfaction and that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. It's disappointing. I experienced wonderful customer service at both Panthers Run and Aberdeen in the same week.

Course was solid. Greens were a little slower than you would think. Some of the tee boxes had quite a bit of crab grass. Snack bar was very limited, no hot dogs?! Overall, not too bad. I would play here again.

We have played here numerous times over the last few years and normally found the experience enjoyable. Greens have not been in great condition lately but are normally adequate. Now they are absolutely terrible (borderline unputtable). Also, the overall course conditions were poor. The greens were so bad that we won’t be back for a long time if ever.

Discourse you can tell in the past has been a really nice course. They seem to have let it go. It could be so much more and very very nice. It almost seems like they don’t have enough people on the lawn crew. Very unkept.

No water coolers at all on the course. The tee boxes were not mowed and literally 2 inches long. Entire course grass was long. Greens were so small and slowwww. The cart path was so bumpy and in disrepair you are better off not using it at all. Inside staff were super friendly but outside not so much. Lastly no driving range or chipping area

Good layout. The greens have been punched and lots of bare spots. I believe for the condition of course they should lower the price.

Other than being July and hot, course was in great shape. It is set up to challenge the average golfer. I would definitely play it again.

Great pace for the round. Fairways in decent shape. Greens need significant attention.

Great course. Played from the White tees and it was fair but challenging for this 14 handicapper. Tee boxes in rough shape but ya get to put a stick in the ground so no big deal other that looks. Fairways were ok. Greens very not very consistent. Some in very

Bad shape. If they sent some money here it could be a very nice 5 star course. For the money I paid $60 on a Beautiful Early July morning it was worth it.

Great layout! Staff was super nice. Would definitely play it again.

Pace of play was exceptional; 3.5 hours for a threesome at 8 am on a nice day. Course layout was decent, not overly exciting but some fun short dogleg holes with risk-reward options. The greens were horrific. It appears they we aerated about 10 days prior to playing, but the had not been mowed in at least 3 days. Lots of dead patches and crabgrass growing in the greens, and the wet sandy soil paired with fairway length grass made the greens borderline unplayable.

The range and practice putting facility were closed but the course itself was in great shape!

Biggest issue was the guys at bag drop, they were the opposite of friendly. It was like they expected everyone to know what was going on. Was told multiple times to wait and it wasn’t until there was a direct question that they told us the range was closed. They eventually loaded the bags but didn’t make it seem like we could go get until 10 minutes later they asked why we were still there. Let one cart in our party take off towards the first tee before yelling at the second cart to go get them for going the wrong way because we were supposed to go off #10, but that had not been communicated previously.

Staff in the pro shop was friendly despite some card reader issues. Overall I would recommend playing there despite the issues at bag drop.

Course was in great shape. Greens rolled well. Cart paths need improvement

Course had aerated greens that we were not told about prior to booking Tee Time. Also arrived early to hit balls to be told range was closed.