The best courses you can play in Sunset Beach, North Carolina
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members log rounds and rate what they played. These are the 25 highest-rated public courses within about 25 miles of Sunset Beach, North Carolina, ranked by those community scores.
+58.5(MacKay) Thistle Golf Club
Sunset Beach, NC, USA- +58.3
(Stewart) Thistle Golf Club
Sunset Beach, NC, USA 
+68.0(Cameron/Stewart) Thistle Golf Club
Sunset Beach, NC, USA
+357.9Tidewater Golf Club
North Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
+407.8(The Dye) Barefoot Resort and Golf
North Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
+207.7Rivers Edge Golf Club
Shallotte, NC, USA
+57.6(Stewart/MacKay) Thistle Golf Club
Sunset Beach, NC, USA
+77.6(Heron/Ibis) Carolina National Golf Club
Bolivia, NC, USA
+307.5(Love) Barefoot Resort and Golf
North Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
+197.5The Grande Dunes Resort Club
Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
+227.5(Fazio) Barefoot Resort and Golf
North Myrtle Beach, SC, USA- +57.3
(MacKay/Cameron) Thistle Golf Club
Sunset Beach, NC, USA 
+147.2Glen Dornoch Waterway Golf Links
Little River, SC, USA
+177.2Pine Lakes Country Club
Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
+117.1(Pinehills) Myrtlewood Golf Club
Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
+247.0(Open/Championship) World Tour Golf Club
Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
+167.0(Norman) Barefoot Resort and Golf
North Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
+96.9Oyster Bay Golf Links
Sunset Beach, NC, USA
+126.9Long Bay Golf Club
Longs, SC, USA
+86.7(Fox-Otter) River Oaks Golf Plantation
Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
+196.6(Palmetto) Myrtlewood Golf Club
Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
+86.6Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club
Conway, SC, USA
+66.6(Leopard's Chase) The Big Cats Golf Course of Ocean Ridge Plantation
Ocean Isle Beach, NC, USA
+56.6(Maples) Sea Trail Golf Resort & Convention Center
Sunset Beach, NC, USA
+56.0(Byrd) Sea Trail Golf Resort & Convention Center
Sunset Beach, NC, USA
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 Sunset 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 Sunset Beach, North Carolina.
The top public golf courses in Sunset 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 Sunset 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 Sunset Beach, North Carolina list includes public golf courses within about 25 miles of Sunset 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 Sunset Beach, North Carolina on Course Vaults at 8.5 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 4:10 AM EDT. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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