Outer Banks Golf
Golf in the Outer Banks is an experience of a lifetime, combining mild ocean
breeze, clean beaches, and magnificent forests to round out the astonishing
settings of North Carolina's renowned championship golf courses, highlighted
by the Outer Banks Golf Association.
- The Pointe Golf Course is located in Currituck and is recognized as one of
the most player-friendly golf courses in the region. Although, this course was
groomed for the professional golfer, it is available to the public. 30,000 square-feet
of A-1 bent grass greens are natural turf practice tee that can accommodate
from small to the largest groups.
This golf club features the finest short game area with a large chipping green
and practice bunkers, allowing members and visitors to sharpen their scoring
skills. For a full effect, the practice area is maintained exactly like the
greens on the course to make it consistent with actual real playing conditions.
Private or group lessons are available, besides scheduled tournaments.
- The Currituck Club at Corolla invites you literally to enjoy the gracious
golf resort living on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and part of the favorite
pick of several international publications. The Wall Street Journal stated,
"You should consider Corolla and The Currituck Club as Your Next Address."
USA Today described the beaches surrounding the club as "one of the best
undiscovered beaches on the East Coast," while the Condé Nast magazine
votes the Outer Banks of North Carolina as one of the "Top 20 Islands in
the World."
The Outer Banks is famous for its sparkling blue water and sandy beaches, offering
an enchanting environment to this course setting, which has its own trolley
transportation service. Currituck Club offers security, freedom and privacy,
as well as a large number of amenities such as swimming pools, bike paths, tennis
courts, fitness center, and a large number of community games and activities.
- Sea Scape Golf Course is the featured course at Kitty Hawk, located one block
from the ocean, and representing the natural diversity of the Outer Banks. This
course has a unique coastal environment with dramatic elevation changes, offering
breathtaking ocean views on several holes.
Featuring a true Scottish links-style course designed by Art Wall, the Sea
Scape Golf Course offers a clubhouse with a full service restaurant and bar,
as well as a golf shop with pro items, golf lessons and scheduled tournaments.
- Village at Nags Head Golf Links, located at Nags Head has a slogan: "you
can almost hear the bagpipes". This golf course claims to be the true Scottish
links-style championship course with authentic settings nestled into the natural
environment of the Outer Banks; in fact, Golf Digest magazine considers this
zone "Among the most beautiful in the eastern United States."
Sand dunes, rugged coastline, hazards and coastal winds challenge the visitor
to a different round every playing time. The Village at Nags Head Golf Links
has been designed to meet the expectations of players of all abilities, while
offering impressive views of the historic Roanoke Sound, which temperate climate
provides the course with excellent conditions to play any time, year-round.
- Kilmarlic Golf Course is located in Currituck, and its community offers to
members and visitors a unique lifestyle experience like no other on the Outer
Banks. This classically designed course is situated in the middle of a natural
setting composed of maritime forests and sprawling wetlands to stimulate the
most diverse challenges.
Kilmarlic invites people to "Live or Play the Legend" either as member
or homeowner within its community. Perhaps because of the legend or the course
setting, just 4 miles north of the Wright Memorial Bridge, offering also the
convenience for resort living with a number of facilities and amenities within
a quiet atmosphere of peace, privacy and protection.
- Duck Woods Golf Course, situated in the Southern Shores community, this golf
course offers 14 holes wrapped around that parallels the water. The course was
built in 1969, as a semi-private course, and designed by architect Ellis Maples
in response to the increasing demand of accuracy and precision on each hole.
The course features water hazards coming into play on 14 holes, and other visual
attractions, including the frequent sight of deer, raccoons, rabbits and geese.
The most challenging hole is the par 4 16th hole, which is 440 yards. The greens
are medium-sized and slightly sloped.
The Outer Banks wind at Duck Woods Golf Course helps players with challenging
holes, and the course incorporates several sand bunkers throughout all of its
design.
The Ocean Edge Golf Course in Frisco features a 9-hole executive course. However,
the Outer Banks have also 2 golf courses in Grandy: the Carolina Club, a 18
hole 7000 yard par 72 championship golf club, and the Goose Creek Golf and Country
Club presenting a 18 hole regulation style course.
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