The Oak Island Golf Club (OIGC) is located in Caswell Beach NC on the south side of Oak Island looking out at the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lower Cape Fear region in Brunswick County, Southeast North Carolina, it is one of the few 18 holes golf courses built on a barrier island. The privately owned 6,720 yard, par 72 course is open to the public and has 37 bunkers with water in play on 11 holes. Laid out with five sets of tees which present a wide range of playability, the back (blue) tees are course rated at 73.1 with a slope of 139. A pro shop/pub/snack bar along with a full practice facility to include a sand trap, both putting and pitching greens, and a driving range is also available to the public.

Oak Island Golf Club
Golf Course View of the Atlantic Ocean
Club information
Coordinates33°54′11″N 78°04′03″W / 33.90319°N 78.06755°W / 33.90319; -78.06755
LocationCaswell Beach, North Carolina, United States
Established1962
TypePrivate/Open to the Public
Owned byOak Island Golf and Country Club
Total holes18
Events hostedSuper Bowl Scramble, Superintendent’s Revenge, Southport-Oak Island Classic, Club Championship and Member-Guest
Websitewww.oakislandgolf.com
Designed byGeorge Cobb
Par72
Length6720
Course rating73.1
Course record63 – Ken Green
1962 Aerial View of the Golf Course under construction
1977 OIGC Scorecard Photo of Clubhouse/18th green
Diagram (2018) of the Oak Island Golf Course

History

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The first nine holes were completed in 1962 while the second nine opened to the public in 1975.[1] The course architect, George Cobb (1914-1986), in addition to being the co-designer of Augusta National's par 3 course,[2] is also the architect for over 100 other courses in the southeast US to include East Lake in Atlanta GA, Quail Hollow in Charlotte NC and Sea Pines in Hilton Head SC. The Oak Island layout features ultra-dwarf TifEagle greens [3] and Bermuda tees/fairways/rough with Long Leaf Pine, Live Oak and Yaupon Holly trees bordering most every fairway. In December 2017, the original 1962 clubhouse/restaurant was torn down and a new facility built which opened in December 2019.

Golf Events

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Tournaments are held year round with the most popular ones being a mixed scramble event on Super Bowl Sunday, the Superintendent’s Revenge in late winter where the course is set up with no concern for the rules of golf and pin positions are unbelievably difficult, the Southport-Oak Island Classic captain's choice event sponsored by the local Chamber of Commerce in the spring which includes a "Putt for Green" competition, the annual Battle of the Beaches where all the neighboring communities compete against each other in a team event, the Club Championship in late August which also includes a senior and super-senior competition, and the weekend Member-Guest tournament in October.

View of the Oak Island Golf Club 18th Hole looking north

Scorecard

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Oak Island Golf Course
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Blue 73.1./139 494 412 189 560 386 409 204 355 426 3435 336 399 170 391 515 371 363 188 549 3282 6717
Black 71.7/134 476 397 165 546 371 392 188 328 415 3278 329 374 154 381 492 353 334 174 532 3123 6401
White 69.7/128 437 353 155 472 360 380 161 304 3022 321 310 361 144 371 455 342 306 159 459 2918 5940
Gold 67.2/120 421 323 147 466 347 307 155 297 325 2788 285 325 132 295 429 302 298 139 430 2635 5423
Par 5 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 4 36 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 5 36 72
SI 11 1 13 5 15 7 9 17 3 14 8 18 6 2 10 16 12 4
Red 69.7/125 387 321 125 421 308 283 134 262 351 2592 279 309 117 289 262 287 272 114 282 2311 4903
Par 5 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 5 37 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 35 72
SI 9 1 15 5 3 13 7 17 11 12 6 18 8 2 10 16 14 4

Golf Associations

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The Linksters [4] men's group dates back to 1986 and holds monthly tournaments on Saturdays where individuals and two or four man teams compete in best ball, scramble or total score events. There is also a match play elimination tournament held during the spring/summer and a mixed couples putting contest on a Sunday afternoon in September followed by a banquet. The December monthly competition includes a post event luncheon where awards are presented, the highlight of which is the Joe O’Brien Cup (former Town Mayor) presentation to the golfer of the year.

Its counterpart, the Oak Island Women’s Golf Association (OIWGA) [5] is an equally active group that conducts year-round weekday (Wednesday) and weekend (Saturday) morning competitions. Tournaments held during the year include the mixed couple Sadie Hawkins Day contest in March, the Member-Member team event in April and the two day Women’s Championship Stroke Play competition in September. A combined Linkster/OIGWA team event is held in October while the final event of the year in December is followed by an awards luncheon.

Course Environs

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Carved out of a maritime forest, the course is built through four residential communities: single family homes in Oak Island Estates bordering holes 10-16; another single family development, the Arboretum [6] located between holes 1–2 and 16–18; the Ocean Greens mixed townhouse, condo and duplex community surrounding holes 3-7; and Caswell Dunes,[7] a mixed condo and patio home development alongside holes 5-9.

References

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  1. ^ "Oak Island Golf Club". OIGC.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  2. ^ "Augusta Par 3". Thought.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  3. ^ "Tif Eagle" (PDF). USDA.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  4. ^ "Linksters". Linksters.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  5. ^ "Oak Island Women's Golf Assn". OIGWA.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  6. ^ "Arboretum Community Assn". Arboretum HOA.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  7. ^ "Caswell Dunes HOA". Caswell Dunes.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
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