Golfing
Above Par Courses To Challenge Your Handicap
With everything else the Crystal Coast has to offer, sometimes visitors forget one of this area's most popular pastimes - the links. Golf in this area offers a variety of topographies and challenge levels for avid golfers and beginners alike. Lessons are readily available at several courses with just a phone call ahead, and the beauty alone of the different clubs is often worth the trip in itself. Brilliant sound views, water oaks and towering pines, streams and ponds mixed with an abundance of wildlife can often be seen on many area courses along the way.
Here you'll find championship links, a range of course designs, PGA-certified lessons and even a driving range that’s for serious golfers on one side, and fun for the family with mini-golf and go-karts on the other. Whichever course you choose, most clubs are open to the public and, with the Crystal Coast's mild year-round climate, offer the chance to tee it up almost any day of the year. The only catch? Be sure to reserve a tee time, particularly on the weekends, because golf in this area is relatively economical and popular to visitors and residents alike.
Golf Links
- Country Club of the Crystal Coast (Pine Knoll Shores, NC)
- Star Hill Golf and Country Club (Cape Carteret, NC)
- Brandywine Bay (Morehead City, NC)
- The Golf Farm (Newport, NC)
Articles
SmartMoney.com: Top 5 Bargain Places to Buy a Vacation Home — 05/16/2008
Far from a tourist trap. "It still has a quietness about it," says Craig Venezia, author of "Buying a Second Home
Optimism about state tourism industry — 03/19/2008
Commerce Secretary Jim Fain was attending the Governor's Conference on Tourism - says the industry was up 7.2 percent from 2006.





