Oak Island Golf Club

Oak Island Golf Club
Golf Course View of the Atlantic Ocean
Club information
Location Caswell Beach, North Carolina, United States
Established 1962
Type Private/Open to the Public
Owned by Oak Island Golf and Country Club
Total holes 18
Tournaments hosted Super Bowl Scramble, Superintendent’s Revenge, Southport-Oak Island Classic, Club Championship and Member-Guest
Website
Designed by George Cobb
Par 72
Length 6720
Course rating 73.1
Course record 63 – Ken Green

The Oak Island Golf Club (OIGC)[1] 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.

1962 Aerial View of the Golf Course under construction
1977 OIGC Scorecard Photo of 18th Green/Clubhouse
Diagram (2018) of the Oak Island Golf Course

History

The first nine holes were completed in 1962 while the second nine opened to the public in 1975. 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. Some of his more notable designs 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 with construction of a new facility slated to begin in mid-2018. The golf course remains open with a temporary structure serving as the pro shop/pub/snack bar. The new building is expected to be about the same size as the old one but take better advantage of the site's expansive Atlantic Ocean view.[4]

Golf Events

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

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 4944121895603864092043554263435 33639917039151537136318854932826717
Black 71.7/134 4763971655463713921883284153278 32937415438149235333417453231236401
White 69.7/128 4373531554723603801613043022321 31036114437145534230615945929185940
Gold 67.2/120 4213231474663473071552973252788 28532513229542930229813943026355423
Par 54354434436 4434544353672
Handicap 1111351579173 14818621016124
Red 69.7/125 3873211254213082831342623512592 27930911728926228727211428223114903
Par 54354434537 4434444353572
Handicap 9115531371711 12618821016144

Golf Associations

The Linksters[5] mens 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)[6] 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

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[7] located between holes 1–2 and 16–18; the Ocean Greens mixed townhouse, condo and duplex community surrounding holes 3-7; and Caswell Dunes[8], a mixed condo and patio home development alongside holes 5-9.

References

  1. ↑ "Oak Island Golf Club". Archived from the original on 2016-05-27.
  2. ↑ http://www.golftoday.co.uk/tours/majors/Masters_par_3_course.html
  3. ↑ https://agresearchmag.ars.usda.gov/ar/archive/1998/may/gras0598.pdf
  4. ↑ http://stateportpilot.com/news/article_381393c0-e753-11e7-aed3-3778c5c74f55.html
  5. ↑ http://www.oakislandlinksters.com. Accessed: 2018-04-19. (Archived by WebCite® at https://www.webcitation.org/6ynHY2XuE)
  6. ↑ "Oak Island Women's Golf Association". Archived from the original on 2018-02-19.
  7. ↑ "Arboretum Community Association".
  8. ↑ "Caswell Dunes Homeowners Association".

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