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3.2
Amenities
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6848 yards
Slope 125
Rating 71.4

Course Details

Year Built 2007
Fairways Bermuda
Greens Champion Bermuda
Golf Season Year round
Architect Rusty Simmons (2007) Gene Daniel (2007)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire required.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in North Carolina (2016 #20)

Reviews

3.2
103 Reviews (103)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 7
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 16
Forced Carries 16
Water Hazards 16
This course/club is great for:
Locals 22
Seniors 13
Advanced Golfers 12
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 20
Convenient to the City 6

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Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

great value here

i play this course frequently. Its the best course in the area and the price is great. You can take advantage of the par 5s and shoot some great scores. Not too hard. not too easy. Greens are always in great condition.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Mr.

The course was in good shape. Had a great time. I'll play it again soon.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

Well Worth the Price of Admission

This course is beautiful and challenging. Think North Shore at a third of the cost. The only complaint I had was that it took the entire round to get the speed of the greens dialed in. 3 and 4 putting ruined an otherwise pretty good score card. The greens are fast, very fast and the contours leave many putts that you just can't get to stop. Also, you can't get approach shots to bite. Everything had to be left short or on the downhill side. We played nine more after our first 18 and I had a respectable score. The practice green does not prepare you for these greens. I will play this course many times in the future because it is a great value for the money and it's quite challenging. The staff was fantastic and brought us a cart out of the blue on 14 when we started having trouble with ours.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

The course was beautiful and so easy to follow

Course and staff were wonderful. This is only my first year of golfing and enjoyed my outing with my husband

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Good Value

The course was in good condition and was not crowded. Pace of play was very good. Not a great design, but very playable.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great place to play

Course was well kept, some tee boxes need a little work but still playable. Greens were excellent!

Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Very well kept and very enjoyable to play

The course was in wonderful shape. Greens where well kept. Tee boxes and fairways were in great shape. Had a wonderful day and a great round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Nice Course!! Fairways are wide and rolling bunker and hills.

Very nice course! We enjoyed playing there. The only drawback was the ride to and from the course, we live in Wilmington which is one hour away. The green are very good and they run specials for senior each week. If I lived closer, I would become a member.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Forgiving but fun

My wife and I played and enjoyed the day. Course is not long and relatively forgiving. Conditions were really good. Greens rolled true.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

If you like wide fairways, wide landing areas, you will like this course

If you like wide fairways, wide landing areas, you will like this course. The course was in great condition. Lots of fun to play. Must play for the area.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course

Bear Trial is in the middle of nowhere and hard to find. Once We found the course I was surprised at we found. The conditions were awesome! If you like to have a perfect lie on every shot then you need to play this course. We played on Friday afternoon about 3, I think we were the only golfers there. The design of course was cookie cutter links course, although after the first 4 or 5 holes the course becomes more pleasing to the eyes.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Awesome Value...Great Course

Perfectly maintained, great layout, great scoring holes but still challenging. Could use a few more greenside bunkers...and the rough could be a little deeper, but lots of water in play. Loved how almost every hole is in the forest. Really quiet and peaceful. Great experience...especially compared to other courses in the area. Highly recomend!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great course conditions and a real bargain.

Course WAIS in excellent condition and the best value I have gotten in quite some time.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 42
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Good Course not that far from the beach

Bear trail has some great par 5 and Challenging Par 3... Course was actually in a good shape for the amount of rain over the last couple of weeks... Driving Range available...pace of play was good, I think the weather scared people off but didn't rain once while I was there. Greens rolled well although they were air rated

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Course

Grounds crew were punching greens on back 9. So we had to play front 9 twice. Kind of wish we would have known before we bought tee time and drove that far (40 min) but a great golf course. Directions to golf need to be a little better marked. We saw no signs to course on the way there.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Pleasant Surprise

My wife and I enjoyed our round at Bear Trail, it was a beautiful day and the course was in very good condition considering the rain that had fallen the previous day. The course is a beautiful design with challenging greens. Lots of sand and water but the fairways are generous and the greens were holding shots. We definitely recommend giving this course a try.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Long but good

Good course but long for players who dont drive far

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Best course for the money

Bear trail golf course was one of the best golf courses that I have ever played. It was maintained extremely well and was very scenic. I will definitely be playing this course again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Worth the 40 mile drive!

It was a beautiful day, a nice country drive, to a very nice course. I would definitely play the course again AND recommend it to others. My only negative would be the Marshall on duty who rushed up to us, didn't say hello or welcome, or hope you enjoy the round.......just 90 degree rule, don't drive past the white posts, and don't take the cart into the wooded areas.....grrrrrrrrr. We listened to grumpy, smiled, waved, laughed quietly, and went on to have a great round!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

First time at this course.

This is the first time at this course. It was recommended to me by a friend that plays there regularly. My dad was in town and we played there and had a great time. The course is set up like a professional course should be. (Range markers, tee boxes, ect.) The course is a little long for the short drive hitter. They obviously put the time in to build a good cours and then build a fancy club house later after the membership grows.GOOD JOB.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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