The best courses you can play in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members have logged 13,049 rounds in North Carolina and rate what they played. These are the 25 highest-rated public courses within about 25 miles of Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, ranked by those community scores.

MacKay
Thistle Golf Club
Sunset Beach, NC, USAPublicTim Cate
- 5.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities

Stewart
Thistle Golf Club
Sunset Beach, NC, USAPublicTim Cate
- 5.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities

Cameron/Stewart
Thistle Golf Club
Sunset Beach, NC, USAPublicTim Cate
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.0Facilities

Tidewater Golf Club
North Myrtle Beach, SC, USAPublicKen Tomlinson
- 3.7Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 4.0Value
- 4.6Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
…not a fan of a hole with a long forced carry on the last hole. Long distance between holes Unorganized Parking Lot Bag Drop area seemed not very functional ability and starting holes across the street causes confusion
Written by
@rboltgolf
- By water
- Driving range
- Views

The Dye
Barefoot Resort and Golf
North Myrtle Beach, SC, USAPublicPete Dye
- 3.8Conditions
- 3.7Layout
- 3.1Value
- 3.6Scenery
- 3.2Facilities
- Views
- Driving range
- Putting area

Rivers Edge Golf Club
Shallotte, NC, USAPublicArnold Palmer & Erik Larsen
- 4.4Conditions
- 3.7Layout
- 3.3Value
- 4.6Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
Very tight. Not really a driver course. It’s in a neighborhood and the homes are just way too close and takes away from what could be a decent golf course. A couple of frustrating golf holes made worse by the narrowness around the course
Written by
@jstevelman
- Hidden gem
- Views
- By water

Stewart/MacKay
Thistle Golf Club
Sunset Beach, NC, USAPublicTim Cate

Heron/Ibis
Carolina National Golf Club
Bolivia, NC, USAPublicFred Couples & Gene Bates
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Driving range
- Grass range
- Putting area

Love
Barefoot Resort and Golf
North Myrtle Beach, SC, USAPublicDavis Love III
- 4.3Conditions
- 3.3Layout
- 2.9Value
- 3.4Scenery
- 2.2Facilities
One of my favorite on the Barefoot Campus in Myrtle Beach. Open layout but fairway sloping gets you into some horrific angles if you catch a bad bounce. Whole Barefoot Resort is a tad pricy but I feel you gotta play at least 1 I’d you’re down there
Written by
@tagliatelletodd
- Driving range
- Putting area
- Underrated

The Grande Dunes Resort Club
Myrtle Beach, SC, USAPublicRoger Rulewich
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 2.7Value
- 2.8Scenery
- 2.5Facilities
- Driving range
- Grass range
- Restaurant

Fazio
Barefoot Resort and Golf
North Myrtle Beach, SC, USAPublicTom Fazio
- 3.5Conditions
- 4.7Layout
- 3.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.0Facilities
- Resort
- Challenging
- Pristine

MacKay/Cameron
Thistle Golf Club
Sunset Beach, NC, USAPublicTim Cate
- 3.5Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities

Pine Lakes Country Club
Myrtle Beach, SC, USAPublicRobert White & Craig Schreiner
- 3.5Conditions
- 4.1Layout
- 3.8Value
- 3.6Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
The renovation a few years ago made it wide open and it plays like an old-school test. Some absolutely brutal par 4’s and a ton of really fun mid and long iron shots. Easy pars and hard birdies.
Written by
@Platimer
- Bar
- Walkable
- Challenging

Glen Dornoch Waterway Golf Links
Little River, SC, USAPublicClyde Johnston & Brad Bartell
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.3Layout
- 2.8Value
- 3.5Scenery
- 2.8Facilities
One of my favorite in SC, some great holes on the Intercostal. Really tight fairways and a ton of water
Written by
@tagliatelletodd
- Challenging
- Pristine
- Hidden gem

East
The Pearl Golf Links
Calabash, NC, USAPublicDan Maples

Norman
Barefoot Resort and Golf
North Myrtle Beach, SC, USAPublicGreg Norman
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.0Facilities
- Driving range
- Resort
- Bar

Long Bay Golf Club
Longs, SC, USAPublicJack Nicklaus
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.0Facilities
- Challenging
- Tourist trap

Oyster Bay Golf Links
Sunset Beach, NC, USAPublicDan Maples
- 3.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.0Facilities

Oak Island Golf Club
Caswell Beach, NC, USAPublicGeorge Cobb
- NRConditions
- NRLayout
- 4.0Value
- NRScenery
- 4.0Facilities
This George Cobb designed course with the 14th as its signature hole is known for its beautiful surroundings and the ever changing winds patterns making it play different every round.
Written by
@NCgolfer

Farmstead Golf Links
Calabash, NC, USAPublicWillard Byrd & David Johnson

Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club
Conway, SC, USAPublicClyde Johnston
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 3.3Value
- 2.5Scenery
- 2.4Facilities
- Challenging
- Walkable
- Driving range

Maples
Sea Trail Golf Resort & Convention Center
Sunset Beach, NC, USAPublicDan Maples
- 3.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
Newly Renovated Tees and Fairway are same grass and ripped out rough and made it a naturally sandy area. Greens putted Awesome…
Written by
@rboltgolf

Leopard's Chase
The Big Cats Golf Course of Ocean Ridge Plantation
Ocean Isle Beach, NC, USAPublicTim Cate
- 4.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
- Resort

Byrd
Sea Trail Golf Resort & Convention Center
Sunset Beach, NC, USAPublicWillard Byrd
- 3.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities

Azalea Sands Golf Course
North Myrtle Beach, SC, USAPublicGene Hamm
- 1.8Conditions
- 2.3Layout
- 3.0Value
- 2.0Scenery
- 1.9Facilities
How we rank
Course Vaults ranks public golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Ocean Isle Beach, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
FAQ
Common questions about public course rankings in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina.
The top public golf courses in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina on Course Vaults are led by Thistle Golf Club with a Course Vaults score of 8.5. This page ranks 25 courses, including Thistle Golf Club, Thistle Golf Club, Thistle Golf Club.
Course Vaults ranks public golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Ocean Isle Beach, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina list includes public golf courses within about 25 miles of Ocean Isle Beach, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
Thistle Golf Club is currently #1 among public courses in and around Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina on Course Vaults at 8.5 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 3:55 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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