Golf

Because of mild weather, golf is a popular year-round sport in the southern N.C. coastal region, and there are several challenging golf courses in the area. Check our listings for golf courses, driving ranges, pro shops and golf lesson options in Wilmington, N.C.

The Wilmington area's newest golf course, Cape Fear National at Brunswick Forest features 18 holes of championship golf in a setting of unmatched beauty. This Tim Cate–designed masterpiece has already garnered the following awards: GOLF's Top 10 Best New Courses 2010, Golfweek's Best New Courses 2010 and Best Residential List 2011...read more

Olde Point is a mature, traditional course, designed by landscape architect Jerry Turner. Featuring tree-lined fairways, scenic ponds and lakes, this 18-hole, par 72 course is 6253 yards with a slope of 120. The 11th hole is a long, narrow, 589-yard par 5 with a gradual dogleg that slopes laterally downward...read more

Porters Neck Plantation is an aficionado's course, aesthetically perfect and strategically challenging. Designed by world renowned golf architect Tom Fazio, this is a par 72 championship course that emphasizes careful club selection. The wide and impeccably maintained fairways undulate in a sometimes deceptive fashion. Distinctive waste mounds planted with native grasses...read more

Elevations up to 72 feet and scads of bunkers (including two waste bunkers) place this course among the more dramatically landscaped in New Hanover County. It is a semiprivate par 72 course in which water hazards come into play on eight holes. Hole 4 (206 yards, par 3) is notable for...read more

Golfing on Landfall's two superlative courses, designed by Jack Nicklaus and Pete Dye and situated along the Intracoastal Waterway, is for members (and their guests) of Country Club of Landfall. The rewards for golfing members include challenges unparalleled on the majority of courses.

The par 72 Nicklaus course has added another nine...read more

Echo Farms features beautiful stands of moss-draped hardwood and some of the finest TifEagle greens in the area. Links-style course and bunkers make for a challenging game. A former dairy farm (the original farmhouse near the 17th hole is still occupied), it's now a par 72 challenge. Water comes into play...read more

Home to nine U.S. Open Qualifiers, the 2001 Mid-Amateur Championship and the 2005 North Carolina Open, River Landing was rated one of the best courses in the state by North Carolina Magazine. The 36-hole layout combines artful landscape design and horticultural diversity with a variety of challenges from its five sets...read more

You'll find this 1926 Donald Ross classic nestled in the heart of Wilmington. Measuring 6,564 yards, the course, known as the Muni,is challenging yet enjoyable regardless of one's ability. Wilmington Golf Course features the area's most affordable rates and allows golfers the option of walking at any time. Its grass-banked bunders...read more