Sea Trail – Byrd Course

Gorgeous course and the refinished clubhouse was stunning. Our 2nd favorite course of the trip

They aerated a week before we arrived and even though we brought this up to the scheduler 2 months ago were told that wouldn't happen but it did.

Course in nice shape. Greens were punched recently which is always annoying. Dont think that was disclosed

A better course that Bird and very enjoyable.

Renovations are coming along great. It will just keep getting better

Lived Sea Trail! It was the first time we’ve played that course and it’s an automatic to add to our annual “must play” list. Beautiful grounds and facility!

Awesome improvement with the renovation.

Great improvement on the course! Would recommend to anyone!

Awesome track, great conditions. Cart was awesome with plenty of convenient tech tools on it. Looking forward to playing again in the future

Course was in good shape and fun to play. Staff was pleasant and accomodating.

sand traps need sand and inconsistent

Understand that the Sea Trail Byrd course is being improved but frankly it was not quite ready for our group!! The construction in the immediate area combined with winds made is much less desirable and my annual group voted it off the island!!

Conditions not very good didn’t matter where ball ended up fairway or rough sand base underneath with no grass just beat up not worth playing

Conditions weren’t great would expect better

Greens were fairly slow. Course condition was excellent. They doing a significant amount of construction beside several holes and on the 9th hole. Course staff were excellent.

One of the groups favorite courses. Clubhouse and everything all brand new.

Tee boxes were in rough shape

Course was in good shape, but adjoining course under reconstruction made air very dusty, and a great deal of noise from heavy construction equipment. Staff was very friendly.

We liked this course. Had a great time playing it.

Good conditions. Helpful and friendly staff. Pace of play good.

Great course great conditions made for great day off golf

Great course in great shape really enjoyed playing the course great pick.

I really enjoyed this course also

The front nine was an unpleasant experience with all the construction and earthmoving equipment on both sides of several fairways. Noisy and dusty. Should have put us on the Jones course.

Greens too firm

Greens could had been more receptive

Course is a lot of fun but tee boxes needed mowing otherwise great course

Our group had a lot of fun on this course

Really liked it , the best course we played this week

Love this course nice to see it back to it’s former glory

Course was in nice shape

Because of the over seeding and heavily watered fairways it was disappointing

Average and overpriced

Very nice course, some of the greens were patched and under repair

Good conditions, greens nice but still a little slow. Staff was friendly

Wet but that isn’t controllable staff not friendly want money for pictures and par 3 don’t need that

Great staff, course was “ok” not much character

Staff were friendly. It rained the entire round but the course did not get sloppy. Greens were amazing

Nice track but if they really wanted to be a good destination they need to spend a little more time on the details of the course. It needs just a little TLC to be in the big boy camp

Understaffed

Course was nice

Liked the course, in decent shape!

Renovations of the course and club house are outstanding

sand traps sand was hard packed, could of been due to rain over night and were still damp. other than that we enjoyed the course

Fairways were a little sparse. Greens were good.

The course was not bad but the lack of a driving range or putting facility was a negative.

No driving , good course

Need a driving range and putting range

Could have used some water coolers at tees

Couldn't believe no GPS on carts,but accommodations were great

Good course but the bunkers didn't have much sand. Could have been because of all the rain they had recently.

club house and breakfast were the best sitting on the deck after a round was a great time course and greens were in great shape

Fairways were a little bit softer than concrete. We understand they have had little rain, so turn on the irrigation! Other courses in the area had grass in the fairways.

Nice course very dry and hard but layout is amazing

haven't played there in a while, pleasantly surprised

Perfect location and great course.

The course was okay, the concessions though were way overpriced, almost $11 for dog- come on…….

Had some sanding and greens were really quick.

Greens were new, wouldn’t hold at all. Didn’t care for layout either, wouldn’t recommend this course

very nice course. the greens were fast and in great shape. very kid friendly. love to see a course that has jr tee boxes. would play here again.

hard to day as the weather was a problem - too cold

Should be much better in a year.

Fairways and rough have not grown in yet. Greens were good.

Course was in good shape. Greens were new but fun to play on

Good layout and condition.

Again, favorite course

Awesome venue

Greens were in good shape

Great shape, could be more challenging, we played Byrd.

Greens good, Fairways good, surrounds, not so much. a bit rough in the rouch, but not greened up yet. Likely better later in the season.

A very nice track. Pace of play was good.

Nice but greens were fast!!

Byrd was always my least favorite course of the three. That was before the renovations. Thank You! It is amazing how a few tweaks can change the course. I hope this is a preview of things to come on the other two.

Great place to stay, great accommodations and amenities.

Greens were fast and hard!Nothing stuck on greens

Nice course as we enjoyed it

Tough course Employees are very cordial

Good course. Recommend they at 150 yard posts/markers visible from the tee. Greens in great condition.

Beautiful and challenging layout, greens very fast and conditions superbe, must play course, only issue no range, surprising for a golf resort of this level

Very nice club house can be confusing

Excellent shape. New, hard, fast greens

Course had overseeded and was cart path only. We had a 91 yr old in our group and course was not allowing handicap flag. We took rain checks and went elsewhere.

#3 this was a surprise we will come back for sure great food and club house.

Avg course and renovation has a lot to be desired. Greens are the best part of the reno. Plenty of other courses in area to choose from.

Cart Pathways in poor condition.

greens were in poor condition, with long grass and slow runouts

all of the greens were slow. We understand that the course is going to be renovating in a few weeks so it makes sense that they wouldn't invest a lot to maintain it at this time. I probably wouldn't have picked this resort at this time but would like to see the improvements possibly next year

greens were bumpy and in bad shape. Hoping ST improves the course as much as the improved lodging (great!) and the clubhouse (food was very good)

Course was closing in two weeks for a major renovation. Was not really taken care of.

Rough tee boxes greens were inconsistent

greens were very fuzzy making it hard to put. lots of tree cutting and land clearing going on which made for some difficult scrambled and saves. cart paths are rough

Loved the course and layout. Staff was very nice. will go back maybe next year.

Not marked very well

Absolutely terrible course worst I have played in years

Poorly maintained fairways and greens - dozens of trees have been taken down along the fairways and the run off areas - many municipal courses are far superior to this golf course

The lack of maintenance is astonishing. The greens have not been aerated in a LONG time. The bunkers have almost no sand. Many of the rakes are missing enough teeth to make raking difficult. The bunkers need basic maintenance.

awful condition, so bad i couldn't even assess the layout or routing, and I write articles on golf course architecture.

tee box to green in poor condition, and would not have been a memorable experience even had they been better

Pretty course but no driving range was odd!

Tree roots are very dangerous for elderly people!

course under construction. shouldn't have played it. wish we would have been told.

Enjoyed this course

Greens were awful and too much work going on. You should shut down one and completely renovate rather than trying to force revenue. I returned my ball retriever with the cart to the garage and it miraculously disappeared. I get it. Lots of stuff gets lost, but should not be lost when it goes to the cart garage.

Course is under construction now in March 2024. After the upgrades are completed, this course will be great. Back nine greens were beautiful.

Course was closed so we had to play Jones. We weren't notified of changes beforehand.

Rained out - did not play

Course is in rough shape. Basically no maintenance.

The condition of the greens was not good. Too many bare spots or rough spots.

All good. Service very good

Course was in poor condition. The fringe was like the rough. Lots of weeds along with bare patches of missing or dead grass. Very difficult to putt on the greens due to poor condition. I would not recommend or want to ay on this course again.

This is not the Sea Trails that I have played in the past. Both courses were in horrible shape. It seems that none to very little maintenance has been done.

Crabgrass actually growing over holes, it was hard to believe this was the Sea Trails I have played for 40 years. We actually quit after 4 holes the course was in such bad shape

Fairways were mowed a bit narrow. Greens rolled well. Cart paths were a bit rough, lots of broken pavement ruts to be careful not hitting while driving.

Same as for Maples

The course has really gone downhill over the years.

One of the worst we have ever had to play sense we started going on these trip's.

Best of the four

Not well mantained and staff was saying the courses were close to being sold and no one cared.

Great to stay and play. Great job

Wasn't impressed. Pretty basic and wasn't in great condition. Cart paths were horrible and rough.

Worst course we played all week, poor condition, I would recommend deleting it from your package. Course needs an overhaul and/or investment to return it to it's original design.

Terrible condition. Miserable fairways. Poor greens.

Decent layout, some patchy greens on front 9.

course conditions were pretty average, greens were grainy. layout pretty boring. Too many homes

fairways need work

Not too bad again only seen the beverage cart once in 18 holes, not good.

Great course! Was in very good shape! The staff were amazing…

The people weren't as nice but the course was good

Excellent, challenging course, great shape for this time of year. Greens were true and fast.

All Sea trail courses look the same.

greens rolled well

Another challenging course, shorter than Jones, again beautiful surroundings.

very beautiful course. It was in great shape.

Great course. Layout in between maple and Jones. Would definitely replay this course

Employees were not pleasant or accommodating at all. Seem to have been bothered that we came out to play. Won’t be returning to this one next year.

did not know the greens were being reseeded. they were very hard to putt on

this course was in horrible shape, they just reseeded the greens and didn't cut them, they did clean them off either, the cart paths are horrible also, we will not want this course again

did not get the accommodations we wanted, this condo had a loft for a bedroom and the 4 people upstairs had to share one bathroom, very disappointed

Fun course and layout. Greens were a little spongy and inconsistent but likely caught the course on a bad day. Cart staff was a little curt in the morning but making the turn they were incredibly accommodating and helpful.

awful course, greens sucked.

One of the worst courses I played this year. Extremely disappointed!

Only slightly better than the Jones course comments left above

Enjoyed the course. All the construction was annoying but not your fault

Worst cart paths I’ve ever seen. Course below average for the cost. Not getting the attention needed to stay competitive in the area.

Same as Jones Course

TIME TO FIND A NEW OWNER, GREENS KEEPER OR SOMETHING!! CUPS HAD NOT BEEN MOVED IN MANY DAYS - GRASS GROWING INTO THE CUP. SERIOUSLY HAIRY GREENS. THE BALL TRACKED BACK AND FORTH WHEN PUTTING. EXTREMELY BUMPY. NO WAY TO READ A BREAK. JUST AIM AT THE HOLE AND KNOCK THE HELL OUT OF IT. I HAD NOT PLAYED SEA TRAIL IN 15 YEARS OR SO AND I'M DONE WITH IT. NEVER GOING BACK. TELLING EVERYONE I SEE TO STEAR CLEAR AND SAVE YOUR MONEY. I'M VERY DISAPPONTED!

Greens need some attention but a fun course

greens in rough shape

course wasn't in the most ideal shape for the amount of money spent on our trip. was the biggest disappointment.

Greens were horrible!

Greens were absolutely horrible.

very poor condition

Cart paths and greens are in horrible shape

Greens need attention.

We love the layout and have been very satisfied over several packages. But this past trip the course appeared neglected. It was a bit disappointing.

Fairways were good; however, greens needed work. I'm disappointed that carts couldn't be taken to the driving range.

course condition needs some improvement

Course was not in good condition, greens were very sandy and rough

The Sea Trail courses were the worst quality (greens, tee boxes, etc) we played all week. Byrd and Jones were similar. Layouts were good though.

Cart paths are horrible, grass is thin, greens need lots of work.

Greens not in good condition

Greens not in good condition

Greens were terribly bumpy, with bare spots. Rough was better, but not swept at all, so difficult to find balls that were not center fairway. Beverage service on the course was terrible, as she somehow drove right by our group twice without checking in.

Very disappointed. Greens were bumpy and in bad shape! Certainly not the course we had played previously.

Greens were a little rough on this course. They were not filled in.

Greens were in rough shape.

Greens were in rough shape, but the rest of the course would have been really enjoyable

This was a nice course but the greens were awful and looked like they went through a Canadian winter having a tone of winter kill.

Greens and fairways were in poor conditions we would not play this course again

Greens were in bad shape. But course looked nice. A little frustrating that we were told that a beverage cart would be out. Never saw one in almost five hours of golf.

This day was a rain out so we didn't play. We were given a rain check which we gave to the couple we were paired with at Crown park.

Good condition. Fast greens

Greens were in terrible shape.

A standard course

All the course need some tender living care. Design is very good. But condition and up keep are poor.

Interesting course, easy to ride, a bit on the rough side, though I understand it’s early in the season yet. The gold tee blocks could be a bit fairer to a good woman golfer. As well... as a woman golfer I found the lack of oncourse washrooms a bit daunting... almost as if you’re saying “This course caters more to men.” As well the ability to judge the fairway distances was daunting... without a GPS device I was often floundering to guess yardage.

Needs some work

Greens in rough shape, staff unfriendly and interested in talking to each other, had I not asked if we could have carts to go to the range, we would have been late for our tee time, did not make it to the range as a result

Greens were really bumpy, little confusion with starter and when we could get out.

Did not enjoy this course at all. Broken cart paths throughout the course. Tree roots everywhere from the cart path inward. Terrible greens

green were very spotty.

greens were in bad shape

greens poor shape

Greens and cart paths were in bad shape. Staff were not friendly

Nice course. Greens a little bumpy.

Very nice course

Nice course greens where not in good shape but nice course

Bad condition

Would not recommend. Greens were beat up. Poor service from all staff.

Great course! The cart path was very rundown but it was still beautiful!

Good course but super wet.

Enjoy the bird course

Seems a little older course. Nice layout I recommend this course

Course was great and pace of play was fast. Every round we played was done in 4 hours. This was second round that day, and we started early

Unfortunately we played a couple of nicer courses before playing here. It's not a bad course, fairways and greens were well kept. The fairways are tight and on some holes the houses are literally right off the waste areas and rough.

We didn’t play , we went to long bay (great course)

Excellent course; they reduced Golf Tee bill for 1 player; only charged you for 11

Not a very interesting track. Cart paths are the worst I've ever seen. Staff seems uninterested, not welcoming, unhappy to be there. Won't be back to play at this location (includes Jones).

Poor condition, surly staff

The course is just "meh". Not bad and didn't mind playing but thought it could be a little better. With all the construction going on I see where the money is being allocated.

Cart paths are rough, not enough help. Greens in rough shape

36 holes only saw the beverage cart once. Track was incredible

Staff not very friendly. No coffee or snack bar open until after 10am??? Course was ok. Fairly vanilla.

Need more ball washers, trash cans and cart person sell drinks.

Excellent, good shape and great pace of play

Best of the three conditions wise.

Very busy so it was double booked. Was paired with Steve from Long Island, New York. We played 18 holes in 3 hours. Awesome day!

Doing aeration during play. Course not in great shape.

greens were in bad shape

Overall upkeep of the course was poor. With as many options to play in the NC/SC coast I don't plan to come back.

Greens were terrible

Greens not good

I would put it in the average category.

Good course. Needs a little tender loving care. A lot of fun. Tough course.

AWSOME course! Greens were great and challenging to read as a novice golfer but enjoyed the course. 2nd time playing it.

Very nice course really enjoyed it

Cart girls for water

Excellent course

Don't remember which was the Jones vs. Byrd. Overall, they had nice layouts with good amounts of water, sand, and pine trees. Course conditions were OK. Would rate as 3.5

We played 5 courses. Byrd was last place but we still had fun. Probably would not play it again

Should be closed for play. Needs major work to improve to playable level.

Cart paths were some of the roughest I've seen. Greens were a little hard to hold but in great shape. Starters rushed us off and carts weren't ready. No pencils / score cards for anyone (6 carts) and we sent a cart back from 1st hole to pick them up.

decent course

Very well maintained, greens nice and fast!

Course was in good shape and staff were very friendly. Good course to start off vacation week.

Too busy and not convenient. We couldn’t use the cart to go to our car or either the driving range or putting green.

cart paths need some TLC

Pretty course and nice layout. Greens weren't in the greatest shape. Ball drop were just plain rude and the lady taking pictures that took us to the first tee was like a used car salesman. She was very pushy for us to buy the photos she took. We didn't appreciate that part of it.

Absolutely beautiful

I can only assume people have stolen golf carts in the past for them to be so stringent on their made-up rules and to bark orders at the patrons the way they do. I never felt welcomed by any employee in or outside of the clubhouse. It doesn't take much to just drop the attitude and do your job.

We got a little rain during our round, but the course drained extremely well and the greens stayed surprisingly fast. The layout was very challenging, and there was no shortage of great holes.

not impressed with the course . we have a free 9 hole course at home that was in better shape

Fairways in poor condition

One of our favorite

Starters were surly and in a hurry to get home

In spite of early spring, course was in excellent condition.

Greens rolled true but fairways were a little rough. Mostly due to previous weather I think.

The Jones and Byrd course we’re good, nice flow of golf holes. The cart staff was OK, just one individual who could have understood customer service better

Greens in good shape, tee boxes and fairways playable but needed mowing. Very wet (had standing water on one par 3) so drainage could be improved. Bag drop guys were great.

The course was good shape!

Good shape for time of year.

Liked course. A bit slow on back 9

Course was exceptional. The greens were challenging as suspected. Being that we were on the coast the ball did not carry please remind me next year.

The greens were fast but in great shape.

They were nice- but they told us crown park sucked. Course was nice though. They also didn’t tell us that the carts needed to be in at a certain time and kicked us off

Cart paths are past due for repair. Bag boys need attitude adjustment. They can get their message across to people without being rude.

Wet fairways. Greens were fast and smooth.

Not very friendly no handicapped card (extremely wet not there fault weather (

Don’t know didn’t get to play.

Rained out our round. The staff is mailing us a raincheck however which was very nice.

Unplayable due to weather.

Rain shortened my round to 13 holes but I loved the holes I did play. Very scenic, challenging, and well-designed course

Quit after 13 holes due to weather.. But I liked the holes I did manage to play: very challenging and scenic, staff was very friendly and accommodating.

Very challenging, well maintained and scenic. Wish I could have finished my round. Would have loved to have finished my round.

Was alright but enjoyed the Jones course more.

Was really wet due to irrigation after over seeding Made play a little more difficult

Didn’t get to play it

Did not get to play due to weather

Course had a lot of area at the front of the greens that was holding water

Good layout, turtle back greens we're challenging. Poor drainage. Greens rolled well

Very good shape. Greens and fairways were better than expected.

was in poor shape , having been recently reopened

Course was in good shape, greens a little bumpy and slow.

Same feedback as for Jones course.

Too wet and misquoted infested

Complete dog track . Looks like the place is about to close . Wet and mosquitoes were so bad .

Awful course

Another good course.

Course was way too wet. Definitely over watered fairways. Disappointed in the manicure of the course off the fairways.

Greens were a little rough but it is late in the year

Loved it great cource

This was our first course we played. From the beginining our $100 voucher was not there, but it was by the end. Snack bar was closed all we could purchase was Candy and a select few of drinks. The fairways had High grass area and the greens seemed forgotten about. The staff was not very welcoming.

Greens were in bad shape, tee boxes were in bad shape, facility is very much dated

Course was pretty easy. Greens were slow and there was a lot of squishy areas from overwatering

Fairways needed to be cut and sand traps needed to be at least raked. Greens were good but not overly fast. Course layout is nice.

Got to play this course twice. We paid fees to play this course on Friday.. it was a little spongy from present rains but enjoyed it just the same

Course was in horrible condition and the course personnel were rude and indifferent to our needs. Will never play there again

Considering the amount of rain course had to deal with it was in good shape and greens rolled true and were very nice. Enjoyed the course.

Terrible condition. Grass was not cut and extremely wet in all areas.

Cart paths suck. No ranger and we had a group that was oblivious in front of us. Took over 5+ hours

I would recommend if you aren't letting people bring drinks and coolers you should at least have someone going around selling them during game and snacks. After drinking all I had purchased from shop still very thirsty but no cold drinks due to no ice in coolers.

Very nice course.

Course was nice but the drainage was terrible.