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Conditions
2.8
Value
3.6
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.0
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 71
Length 7041 yards
Slope 147
Rating 76.0

Editor's Note: Course closed for business in 2018.

Formerly known as Cape Golf & Racquet Club.

Course Details

Year Built 1984
Fairways 419 Bermuda Grass
Greens Mini-Verde Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Bob Moore (2008) Gene Hamm (1984)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole No

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, American Express, Mastercard, Discover
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirts, no jeans.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Available Sports

Tennis

Reviews

3.1
117 Reviews (117)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Forced Carries 9
Narrow Fairways 9
Water Hazards 9
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 12
Locals 10
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 7
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 7
Convenient to the City 6

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Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

improving

mbcc is hopefully turning the corner to become a reasonably priced semi private (only one of two remaining in metro Wilmington) course. substantial improvement over three weeks prior and happy to hear that it is remaining an 18 hole course. may switch my membership to mbcc

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 06/07/2018:
Thanks for being such a loyal golfer to Masonboro Golf Club! We appreciate you noticing the improvements we've made recently. We hope to see you out here for many more rounds to come!
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Weedville

The worst course I’ve seen in a long time. Weeds everywhere, from tee box to green and everywhere in between appears to be maintained by a blind 8 yr old. Horrible!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Pace Average
Response from on 05/16/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Masonboro Golf Club, in the New Hanover County area. We are sorry to see that you may have had a poor customer experience with us and that the course may not have been in the best shape when you played. Any additional feedback is greatly appreciated so that we can improve your experience with us in the future. Thank you for choosing to golf with us and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 78
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 05/11/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to review your experience with us, we truly appreciate your feedback and will certainly pass it along to our team. We hope to have another opportunity to welcome you back to the 5-star experience that you deserve.
Played On
Reviews 78
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Bad shape

The entire course is in bad shape, the tee boxes were not mowed for maybe a week and were mostly weeds. The fairways were were not much different, we were hitting our second and third shots from dirt most of the time. The greens were fast and were in need of attention as well. Although the layout is challenging, but I won’t play it again until they repair the entire course and would not recommend it to anyone.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Response from on 05/03/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Masonboro Golf Club, in the New Hanover County area. We appreciate your dedication to playing our course over the years but are very sorry to hear your recent experience with us may have been poor due to the course conditions. We greatly value your feedback as we work towards any necessary improvements, and hope you will notice some of these improvements during your next round with us. Thank you for choosing our course, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

hope it stays open

MBCC is a great semi private course in ILM - just one of three remaining on the peninsula that allows everyday people to afford the game. Since Echo closed, it is one of the three or over the bridge to BC unless you have big bucks to afford membership at PVCC, Landfall, Porters Neck et al.

MBCC needs some work as even tee boxes are overgrown with weeds. Greens are FAST and fairways narrow so positioning shots is very important.

I played fist nine with no one in front of me and was shocked when a three some suddently appeared on 10 t box. Guess the pro shop wanted to start people on both - would have been nice had thery not done so.

Planning to go back and walk 9 or 18 and HOPE thi one survives the developer cat!

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 05/03/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review us, Masonboro Golf Club, in the New Hanover County area. We're very sorry to hear your recent experience with us may have been poor due to the course conditions, and we greatly appreciate your feedback regarding the fairways so we may work towards any necessary improvements. We also appreciate your dedication to playing our course over the years and hope we can continue to provide you with a valuable golf experience. Thank you for golfing with us, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 60
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

There no longer appears to be any course maintenance

I played this course several years ago and recall it was pretty nice. Arrived to play this time and the pro shop had been converted to a pool room and I had to check in for golf at the bar. Even worse was the condition of the course where fairways and tee boxes only had patches of grass. Honestly some of the bunkers had more vegetation than the fairways. I will not play here again unless there is a major renovation.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Response from on 04/27/2018:
Hello David, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Masonboro Golf Club in the Wilmington, NC area. We appreciate your dedication to playing our course over the years but are very sorry to hear your recent experience with us may have been poor due to the course conditions. We greatly value your feedback as we work towards any necessary improvements, and hope you will notice some of these improvements during your next round with us. Thank you for choosing our course, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 4
1.0
Previously Played
Used cart

STAY AWAY

The Course was in HORRIBLE shape. NO GRASS to be found anywhere. Looked like it hasn't seen water in a year. STAY AWAY

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Amenities Poor
Response from on 04/27/2018:
Hello Anthony, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Masonboro Golf Club, in the Wilmington area. We appreciate your dedication to playing our course over the years but are very sorry to hear your recent experience with us may have been poor due to the course conditions. We greatly value your feedback as we work towards any necessary improvements, and hope you will notice some of these improvements during your next round with us. Thank you for choosing our course, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather

Course Looks Bad

This was a great course when I played it 2 years ago. It was in very good shape. Sunday (4/1) I went over to the course to use the driving range. There is a pool table in the what used to be the "Pro Shop". I didn't see a lot of merchandise and all golf transaction are handled in the bar area.

The staff was very friendly and they do have a cart attendant that will bring a cart to you in the parking lot or give you a ride to clubhouse if you're walking.

I took a picture of the practice green as I walked by and posted it here. I know it's been a tough winter and as you can see, the practice green is in sorry shape.

The driving range was in a similar state. The hitting area was about 75% sand and the landing area itself looked very barren. It's all summer grass and I don't there there had been any attempt to over-seed any of it.

Since I wasn't playing, I asked someone who was walking off the 9th green how the course looked and he said that it looked like they had run out of money and were letting the course go.

I'm not sure what the story is; bad winter or lack of funds, but the course is in sad shape these days.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Poor
Response from on 04/03/2018:
Hello, thank you for reviewing our course, Masonboro Golf Club. We strive to provide the best possible customer experience to our golfers, and we apologize if we missed the mark. Your loyalty to our course is valued and we hope you will see improvements the next time you are with us. Thank you for choosing to play our course, in the Wilmington, NC area, and we hope to earn your business again soon.
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Commented on 10/22/2018

This course is now closed indefinitely according to their Facebook page.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser

Never Again

Booked a pre-paid tee time. Due to GPS error was a few minutes late arriving. Was told 3 hiurs later would be the earliest they could work me in, but no offer of a refund was made. If they had an issue with the discounts offered by GolfNow, I wish they would just say so rather than make it so obvious in other ways. I’ll never book there again...on line or off!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Response from on 04/02/2018:
Hello Dudley, thank you for reviewing our course, Masonboro Golf Club. We strive to provide the best possible customer experience to our golfers, and we apologize if we missed the mark. Your loyalty to our course is valued and we hope you will see improvements the next time you are with us. Thank you for choosing to play our course, in the Wilmington, NC area, and we hope to earn your business again soon.
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 04/05/2018:
Thank you for the 4 stars. Come back again soon!
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

This course used to be in great shape. It looks like they haven't put any money into it in a long time. Live in town and probably will never go back.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 03/20/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Masonboro Golf Club, in the Wilmington, NC area. We are sorry to see that you may have had a poor customer experience with us and that the course may not have been in the best shape when you played. Any additional feedback is greatly appreciated so that we can improve your experience with us in the future. Thank you for choosing to golf with us. and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Terrible!

This is possible the worst golf course I’ve ever played. The conditions of the course were boarder line unplayable. Not suitable for a beginner. The pace of play was good because we were the only dumb people to play.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Response from on 03/13/2018:
Hi Patrick. Thanks for your review. We're very sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy your round. We are grateful for your feedback, and we will share it with the appropriate staff to make any improvements. We hope that you will give us the opportunity to change your mind about our course. Thanks again for the review and for choosing Masonboro Golf Club.
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Commented on 03/18/2018

Pathetic is the only word I can use to describe this property. What an injustice the proprietor has imposed upon the local homeowners. To add insult they increased the rates. Nothing but dirt and dead plants.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Challenging golf course. Some of the tee-boxes needed some help. Greens were excellent.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 02/12/2018:
Hello Ruth and Dave. It was our pleasure having you here at Masonboro Golf Club., and thank you so much for your review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed the course so much and that our staff provided you with the high-level service you deserve. We will share your feedback regarding the tee-boxes with the appropriate staff to make any improvements or corrections. We look forward to welcoming you back to our course soon.
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Response from on 01/16/2018:
Hello, thank you for reviewing our course, Masonboro Golf Club. We're very sorry to hear you may have had a poor customer experience with us recently, and we appreciate your feedback so we may work on improvements for your future experience with us. We apologize for any miscommunication or misunderstanding in regards to your reservation and hope we can better clarify in the future if necessary. Thank you for choosing our course in the Wilmington, NC area, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Day!

Perfect day for my husband and I....December temp was 70 with sun and course wasn't busy. The only problem was the pace. The front was a bit slow because we waited for foursome in front of us (they didn't play back). The twosome behind us played the forward tees which made the back more uncomfortable because they were always waiting for us. This was also the case on the front but the foursome held us all up so we didn't feel we were to blame. Because the course was so slow it seemed unnecessary for everyone to be held up or feeling rushed. However, we would like to play here again. Good challenging course and for December, good conditions.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Response from on 01/09/2018:
Thank you for playing Masonboro Golf Club. We apologize if the pace of play was slower than normal during your round but we're glad to hear that you would like to play here again. See you soon!
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 01/09/2018:
Thanks for the 4 stars, Mark!
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 01/09/2018:
Awesome! Thank you for your 5-star review, Antonio. Come back again soon.
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Not worth it

The course is not very well maintained. The greens were nice but everything else was not maintained.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 11/27/2017:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review us, Masonboro Golf Club. We're very sorry to hear the course may not have been in the best condition on the day of your round and your feedback is greatly appreciated in regards to maintenance improvements. However, we're glad you had a friendly experience with our staff and enjoyed the course layout. Thank you for golfing with us in the Raleigh Durham area, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course in horrible shape. Iplaed here every time I visit the area,gets worse each time. Understand they will close by next April,such a shame it got this way. Too bad the county won't make a go of it.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Response from on 11/27/2017:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review us, Masonboro Golf Club in the Raleigh Durham area. We are very sorry to hear that you had a poor experience with us and that the course may not have been in the best shape when you played. Your feedback is greatly appreciated so we may work towards any necessary improvements. It looks like you did have a friendly experience with our staff, so we hope this improved your overall customer experience with us. Thank you for choosing our course and we hope to see you again soon.
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