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Maples at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center is an 18-hole resort course in Sunset Beach, North Carolina.

Designed by Dan F. Maples. It plays 6,384 yards from the Blue tees, rated 72/138 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
72
par
6,384
yards (tips)
138
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES301341171508170514370367441407179506313345553335182381142433455365748494104113125134144155164173184PAROUT 3,183 YDSIN 3,201 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Dan F. Maples reported
access
resort
address
589 Clubhouse Road, Sunset Beach, NC, 28468
elevation
24 ft derived
opened
1986
on site
putting green · restaurant

33.88725, -78.51174 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows 15 of 18 holes. OpenStreetMap has not traced holes 13–15. Holes 5–12 and 16–18 are mapped without a green. The course outline is inferred from the mapped holes — OpenStreetMap has no outline for this course, so the shaded area is our own and the real property line may sit wider or tighter. 1 mapped feature sits close to more than one hole and is drawn with the nearer one. The map below draws everything that has been traced.

79 traced features across 7 layers for Maples at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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79 traced features across 7 layers for Maples at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

15
Holes
3
Fairways
15
Bunkers
5
Water
4
Greens
16
Tee pads
1,321yds
Blue tees
508yds
Longest hole
171yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-09-21 – 2022-09-23

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 7 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 7 rows.

BlueM72638472.013831833201
WhiteM72590769.712729632944
GoldF72550373.113427332770
GoldM72550367.711927332770
RedM72476464.710824482316
RedF72476468.911724482316
TealF72361061.810218691741

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 443535444435445434 72
Blue 301341171508170514370367441407179506313345553335182381 6,384
White 279319132493158493334335420388160437294320527314170334 5,907
Gold 259298107444148475288312402372139428279302511295154290 5,503
Red 2302598642014144226926034133511236520322545825198269 4,764
Teal 16421691280116295220260227217106280196152281201102206 3,610
Handicap 135177159311161810144212168

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Maples at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 79 traced features, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

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  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Maples at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

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Also bookable nearby: The Pearl Golf Links East Course (0.8 mi) · Jones at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center (0.9 mi) · Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center (1.1 mi) · Legends Golf Resort Oyster Bay (1.3 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn North CarolinaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,384 yds372nd of 541=6,883rd of 12,02541st of 57 in the Wilmington, NC metro area · 458th of 601 resort courses · =3,477th of 7,004 courses you can book · =6,820th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 138=89th of 356=1,412th of 8,710=13th of 39 in the Wilmington, NC metro area · =117th of 477 resort courses · =540th of 4,936 courses you can book · =1,381st of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.0=211th of 333=4,008th of 7,615=34th of 37 in the Wilmington, NC metro area · =288th of 446 resort courses · =1,846th of 4,145 courses you can book · =3,966th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread2,774 yds between tees=31st of 528=467th of 11,5238th of 56 in the Wilmington, NC metro area · 38th of 593 resort courses · 216th of 6,653 courses you can book · =460th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1986=204th of 395=5,809th of 9,3688th of 50 in the Wilmington, NC metro area · =268th of 516 resort courses · =3,156th of 5,526 courses you can book · =4,130th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level24 ft derived =502nd of 554=11,249th of 12,437=40th of 57 in the Wilmington, NC metro area · =543rd of 616 resort courses · =6,771st of 7,274 courses you can book · =8,156th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

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What's on this page

In progress2 of 6 built

2 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 7 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 7 sets of tees.
  • Course map, partly built.4 of the 18 greens are drawn — the rest of the course isn't mapped yet.
  • Per-hole distances, partly built.15 of the 18 holes are traced — the others have no measured distances yet.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold a phone number and the grass on the greens.

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Sources

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Nearby courses

The Pearl Golf Links East Course

0.8 mi · Sunset Beach · public · 9 holes

Jones at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center

0.9 mi · Sunset Beach · resort · 18 holes

Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center

1.1 mi · Sunset Beach · resort · 18 holes

Legends Golf Resort Oyster Bay

1.3 mi · Sunset Beach · public · 18 holes

The Pearl Golf Links North Course

1.5 mi · Sunset Beach · public · 9 holes

Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center

1.6 mi · Sunset Beach · resort · 18 holes

The Pearl Golf Links West Course

2.0 mi · Sunset Beach · public · 9 holes

Sandpiper Bay Golf Country Club Sand Nine

2.0 mi · Sunset Beach · public · 9 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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