The best courses you can play in Wilmington, 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 7 highest-rated public courses within about 25 miles of Wilmington, North Carolina, ranked by those community scores.
Bald Head Island Country Club
Bald Head Island, NC, USAPublicGeorge Cobb & Tim Cate
- 5.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 1.0Value
- 5.0Scenery
- 1.0Facilities
- Driving range
- Pristine
- Grass range
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
The Wilmington Municipal Golf Course
Wilmington, NC, USAPublicDonald Ross
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.4Layout
- 2.7Value
- 2.3Scenery
- 1.9Facilities
A fantastic muni designed by Ross and renovated earlier this century. Excellent green complexes and a lot of variety throughout. Any city would be lucky to have a muni half as good as the Wilmington muni
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- Challenging
- Fast greens
- Putting area
Beau Rivage Golf & Resort
Wilmington, NC, USAPublicJoe Gessner
- 3.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 1.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 2.1Facilities
- Driving range
- Pristine
- Putting area
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.
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@NCgolfer
Castle Bay Country Club
Hampstead, NC, USAPublicRandy Blanton
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.5Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
Olde Point Golf Course
Hampstead, NC, USAPublicJerry Turner
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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 Wilmington, 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 Wilmington, North Carolina.
The top public golf courses in Wilmington, North Carolina on Course Vaults are led by Bald Head Island Country Club with a Course Vaults score of 7.8. This page ranks 7 courses, including Bald Head Island Country Club, Carolina National Golf Club, The Wilmington Municipal Golf Course.
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 Wilmington, 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 Wilmington, North Carolina list includes public golf courses within about 25 miles of Wilmington, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
Bald Head Island Country Club is currently #1 among public courses in and around Wilmington, North Carolina on Course Vaults at 7.8 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 3:53 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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