Sea Trail Resort Villas

My parents are property owners for 26 years and were one of the original families that lived on this course. I have played the Maples Course at least once or twice a year over those 26 years. It was in the poorest condition I have ever witnessed. Greens were slow and shaggy and some appeared to have Poa auunua type weeds on them, even though there has been plenty of rain lately.. Grass and weeds overgrown around the hazards. It was just really disappointing to see this course go downhill, when it was once outstanding. Please bring it back to the conditions I had grown to love.

This Rees Jones layout is a challenge. Probably was great years ago. The greens were very bumpy and slow for Bermuda. Hazards were poor. Hadn’t been maintained and made course look like a cheap muni. Practice area was embarrassing. I always look forward to golf in the Myrtle Beach area and try to play different courses. I can’t recommend this course as a must play. It’s a good design but needs some TLC to make it a must play. I also played World Tour , Avocet, The Surf Club, and Eagle Nest. Of all of those, Avocet is a must play and best maintained.

The course was in beautiful shape. I had the course to myself after passing one group.

This is a course full of dog legs that needs a lot of TLC. Cart paths will shatter your teeth. Haphazard mowing and a lot of crabgrass. Shaggy greens.

Played on a Monday afternoon and only person on the course. Cart attendant and pro shop guy were very nice and efficient, but literally the only staff I saw my whole visit. Nobody at the snack bar to get any drinks or food or ranger/starter/bev cart (it was a weekday, can understand light staff). Loaded up and headed to first tee.

Tee boxes were inconsistent: sometimes perfectly mown, sometimes with rough length grass, sometimes very patchy with big weeds sprouting up. Fairways were probably the best kept areas, rain in the area made them very soft however. Could not play out of any bunkers as they were either bare or waterlogged. Greens were patchy as well, ball hopped a lot.

I have to make a statement particularly for the cart paths as I was there on a cart path only day: WORST paths I have ever driven on. Almost needed to go to the chiropractor after. Roots have destroyed the pavement, they need a major overhaul.

Would recommend this course in the dryer seasons because the rain is a common problem here.

I remember when Sea Trail was a premier golf destination and I realize it's not what it once was, but the recent reviews had me believing this place was absolutely terrible. Fortunately I gave it a try and ended up playing all three courses while in the area for the week. Between the cost and late afternoon tee time availability, I'd recommend Sea Trail and play it again and again.

The greens were on the slow side but smooth and playable,

fairways and rough were in excellent condition, traps and tee boxes are decent.

Well worth $30-$55!

It was Ok not great course was very wet and greens were bumpy.

The course is over priced for what you get. Fairways are in good shape but kept flooded with water. Three holes were cart path only because of the water. Greens are in rough shape and a couple look like they may not make the season. Driving range did not open until 9am so no warmup and the chipping green had not been mowed all summer. Save your money and try somewhere else.

The course has fallen in stature over the years. Beverages cart was slow and no more personal beverages is bad policy.

I was alarmed at how much the course had deteriorated over the years.

I’ve been playing the Jones course at Sea Trail for many years on beach trips, and I always enjoy returning and playing this great layout. The course has no bad holes and at least 6-7 great holes.

The staff is friendly, and Sea Trail is open and welcoming to junior golfers.

Candidly, the old beach bermuda greens are struggling this summer. However, that did not impact our enjoyment of the course and round.

Course was in great shape but cart paths leave a lot to be desired. Overall my wife and I enjoyed the round. We we will return

On Sunday, July 10th, our foursome tee'd off at 1:30. We made it through three holes in 30-ish minutes (the course was wide open--we now know why) only for a monsoon to start. My friends and I waited out the rain under a tree for around an hour, but it never stopped. Once we were finally able to return to the clubhouse for a rain-check, we were informed that we would only be receiving a 9-hole rain-check instead of the 18-hole rain-check we were expecting. Jim at the pro-shop was extremely rude and refused to give us more than a 9-hole rain check since being on the course for an hour constituted 9 holes. Again, we tried to explain that we only played three holes and spent the rest of our time waiting out a thunder storm. However, Jim continued to discount our reasoning and said the best he could do was give us a 9-hole rain check.

The service was almost as bad as the shape of the course. For this area, I would consider it a cow pasture. There were seed stalks in the middle of the fairways, brown greens, and 2-4ft tall weeds right off the THREE (not nine) tee boxes we were able to make it to.

Terrible course. Terrible service. There are several much better courses in the area for the price. We will never play Sea-Trail again. Hopefully, they can use some of that money for lawnmower gas because the course sure needs it.

Take my advice and please take your money elsewhere.