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Dubbed "North Carolina's Golf Coast", Brunswick
County offers over 600 holes on 35 Championship Golf Courses.
Several of these outstanding courses are found right in the
greater Southport-Oak Island area and none is more than a
35-minute drive away.
Golf has become a way of life in the Southport-Oak Island
area of Brunswick County. Course's here are laid out among
the most beautiful beaches on the East Coast. Byrd, Dye, Couples,
Palmer, Maples and Irwin are among the designers who have
developed Brunswick County courses in the 1990s. Whether you
opt to live in a fully-equipped villa on the fairway or choose
a beachfront cottage just a stone's throw away, great golf
and beautiful beaches contribute to an unparalleled quality
of life in the Southport-Oak Island area of Brunswick County,
North Carolina.
Highlighted here are just a few of the great Brunswick County
Golf Courses in the Southport-Oak Island, Bald Head Island,
St. James Plantation, Winding River Plantation, and Boiling
Spring Lakes area of Brunswick County, North Carolina.
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Oak
Island Golf and Country Club
The
area's most mature golf course, Oak Island Golf and Country
Club is a George Cobb design, built in 1962. The 18-hole, par
72, course is set between the Atlantic Ocean and the Elizabeth
River Marsh as it meaners from the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
Landscaping includes much of the natural vegetation of this
subtropical region. The course is inhabited by a variety of
native water fowl, foxes, raccoons, and opossums. A docile alligator
or two lend new meaning to term "water hazard.
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St.
James Plantation
Three
of the Golf Coast's finest courses have been woven through St.
James Plantation at Southport, The Founders Club, The Players
Club and The Members Club courses offer three distinctive challenges
to golfers at all levels of ability.
The Founders Club, the first of the three courses
built in the early 1990's, is a P.B. Dye course that makes maximum
use of the marsh and Intracoastal Waterway vistas of this section
of Southeastern North Carolina. The final three holes play through
and over a series of lakes and marshes, providing a spectacular
finish to each round.
The Players Club, a Tim N. Cates design, is
a magnificent 72-par layout that is both challenging and eye-pleasing,
blending use of berms and bunkers with the natural landscape
of the region.
The Members Club was recognized in 1996 by
Golf Digest's "Places to Play" for its amenities and
first class service. The course is Hale Irwin's 72-par design
on 200 immaculately groomed areas. Tim Cates added an additional
nine holes to The Members Club, making this a 27 hole course.
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Bald
Head Island
A
20-minute ferry ride from Southport brings the golfer to the
prestigious Bald Head Island Club, one of the finest and most
challenging courses anywhere in the Carolinas.
The island's scenic beauty is called center stage to this George
Cobb design as it winds its way through the maritime forest
of this island lying at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. The
course features 15 fresh water lagoons and several tees atop
massive dunes which overlook the Atlantic Ocean.
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Carolina
National Golf Club
Masters
Champion Fred Couples designed Carolina National Golf Club
at Winding River Plantation near Southport. The 27-hole championship
course has been recognized as one of the finest courses on
the Atlantic Coast. The course offers four tee placements
to challenge every golfer, veteran or beginner.
Carolina National was a stop last year on the Hooters Tour.
"The 18-hole championship layout features a design of
innovative surprises sure to delight the pros, yet kind enough
to keep all skill levels eagerly coming back for more,"
Carolina national management says.
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The
Lakes Country Club
Four
beautifully serene ponds and two creeks influence the championship
play on six holes at this 6,762-yard course in Boiling Spring
Lakes.
Fast and tight greens make play here an experience equaled
only by the striking beauty of the pine forest in which it
is nestled. The layout here is very playable year-round.
Boiling Spring Lakes is located just six miles north of the
City of Southport and about a 20 minute drive south of Wilmington.
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