Members Club at St. James Plantation

4006 St. James Drive, Southport, NC 28461
800.245.3871 or 910.253.9500
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This 27-hole course, along with her sister courses the Founders Club (formerly the Gauntlet), Players Club and the newest, the Reserve Club, is located almost an hour north of Myrtle Beach at St. James Plantation just west of the fishing village of Southport, North Carolina. Like the other three courses, this is an Audubon certified cooperative sanctuary. The track consists of the Irwin Front 9, the Irwin Back 9 and The Tim Cate 9. The essence of this tract is its 200-acres of natural terrain, uncommon elevation changes, wide fairways, medium-size, well-bunkered greens and lots of water and sand wandering amid the Carolina pines. Their website is a joke!

IMPORTANT: All four St. James Plantation courses are now semi-private. Some outside play is available, but you must call the St. James courses to ascertain how to book tee times there.

Note: St. James Plantation is located in Southport, NC and has four very good golf courses – including this one - but it really is a pain to get to unless you are staying north of, or close to, the North Carolina/South Carolina Stateline.

Architect: Hale Irwin and Tim Cate

Year Opened: 1996

Type: Semi-Private

Rating: 70.8

Holes: 27

Par: 72

Slope: 124

Greens: Tifdwarf Bermuda

Walking Allowed: No

Sunday Alcohol: After Noon

Coolers Allowed: No

Spikes : Soft