[Andy Hughes]

Sorry if this has already been posted--I have searched the archives and came up empty.

Can anyone recommend two courses (or one course for two rounds) in the Duck, NC area that would be fun to play?
Looking around, Sea Scape Golf Links and Nags Head Links look like good candidates.
The Currituck Club looks less so. Is that correct?

Is there anywhere else I should look?
   

[Mike_Sweeney]

If you are staying in Duck, you probably won't want to drive too much off the island or down the island. I thought Currituck was pretty good as a resort course. I played one private course near the entrance that takes afternoon play. I think it was Duck Woods, but would stick to Currituck.

[John Goodman]

I played Sea Scape several times in March, Andy.  It was fine, Doak 4-ish.  It does not play near the ocean, plays through a bunch of condos (they don't intrude on the play, but are not much to look at).  It is perfectly serviceable golf, but I doubt you will find anything there worth posting about here.

John

[Mike_Sweeney]

It is perfectly serviceable golf, but I doubt you will find anything there worth posting about here.

John

Your can drive North of Currituck on the beach to Corova, and you will find some awesome land for golf, but alas it is owned by the Feds and will never be touched.

[Andy Hughes]

Mike and John, thanks. My first time to the Outer Banks.

Am I to infer that Carrituck then will be the most fun?  If so, and I receive the dispensation to play a second round, is it Sea Scape or  Kitty Hawk?

[Bill_McBride]

Nags Head Links is short, funky, extremely wind blown.  Pay close attention to the yardage book!  Duck Woods is raggedy but more protected from the wind and more traditional in layout.  There's nothing at Nags Head worth making a trip for, at least IMHO.

[Andy Hughes]

Bill, Nags Head is funky and windy (it sounded like it was headed for praise!  ), but should be skipped.  That's good to know because what I had seen from bouncing around the internets looked appealing. Thanks.

[Bill_McBride]

I didn't say don't play Nags Head, just be prepared!  Study that yardage book on each tee because you can run out of room fast and you can be blown off the fairways if not the planet in some places!  

What I meant to say is there's nothing there of special merit, at least not meriting a special trip, but sometimes you just gotta play golf, right?  

[Andy Hughes]

What I meant to say is there's nothing there of special merit, at least not meriting a special trip, but sometimes you just gotta play golf, right?

Bill, that is exactly right. I am going to be there (Duck) for a week anyway; I play less than a dozen rounds a year, so I do want to play when I get the chance, and this is that chance!

[T_MacWood]

I've played all four: Currituck, Duck Woods, Seascape and Nags Head. Bill's right about Nags Head, I wouldn't even bother taking your driver. They jammed an 18 hole course in the space for a 12-holer, maybe. Currituck is nothing to write home about, a pedestrian Rees Jones course and it costs $160. Duck Woods is typical 60s/70s George Cobb, water in the form of a lagoons lining almost every hole....often on both sides. I've played the course a couple of times and don't recall a single hole.

Seascape was at one time the star of the area. Half the holes in the open dunes, the other half in the sandy pines. What was once islands of fairways in the sand, unfortunately now is wall to wall grass everywhere, and condos and houses...really no dune character any more, which is a shame because it was dominate characteristic...it really was a hidden gem.

I don't think I've been much help.

[Dale_McCallon]

Family and I went to Outer Banks in early June.  Played a course called Kilmarlic (about 20 minutes from Duck).  Wonderfully smooth putting surfaces and a few good holes--nothing great.  I enjoyed Currituck.  Cart golf/gps all the sins of GCA, but some really good holes.  Check for twilight rates and you can save a lot of money.

I tried to play at Sea Scape was treated like a second class citizen.  I had prepaid for a round, got there at 3:30 and was told all I would have time for was nine holes--despite the parking lot only having about 12 cars in it.  Played four holes in about 15 minutes (never saw anyone), lightning starts striking so I decide to leave.  Man from clubhouse starts chasing after me telling me that he will not give a refund on twilight rates and that lightning didn't mean I had to stop.  What an a--hole.

We may have looked like uber tourists but we rented a Jeep and rode down the beaches of Corova and had a great time.

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