OUTER BANKS, N.C. (February 7, 2011) – The Currituck Club, Kilmarlic Golf Club and Nags Head Golf Links are named in North Carolina Golf Panel’s “Top 100 You Can Play” published in the official 2011 North Carolina Golf Guide.
The Currituck Club (No. 42), Kilmarlic Golf Club (No. 59) and Nags Head Golf Links (No. 67) cracked the elite list that was determined by a scoring system that asks 150 panelists to consider the course’s conditioning, routing, design, strategy, memorability, fairness, variety and aesthetics.
Since the panel was formed in 1995, its members can only vote for courses that they have played which proves quite a daunting task for a state sporting more than 550 golf courses. And for the first-time ever, the North Carolina Golf Panel released both a “Top 100 Courses” and “Top 100 You Can Play” list.
Compared to other regions of the state, the Outer Banks has relatively few courses. But the high quality and memorable settings are further attested to by these lofty rankings as nearby Scotch Hall Preserve also checked in at No. 12.
Designed by world-renowned architect Rees Jones, The Currituck Club is a breathtaking layout that stretches across nearly 7,000 yards of diverse coastal terrain, including towering sand dunes, wetlands, maritime forests and soundside shoreline. Golf Magazine awarded the course a coveted spot on its list of “Top 10 You Can Play,” and Golf Digest ranked Currituck Club as one of the Top 25 courses in North Carolina.
Best known as host site of the North Carolina Open in 2004 and 2009, Kilmarlic Golf Club is nestled among 605 acres of maritime forest and sprawling wetlands. Award-winning golf course architect Tom Steele’s classic design creates stimulating challenges with its outstanding layout and conditioning, as it meanders through canopies of giant oak, pine and dogwood that exemplify the natural beauty of North Carolina’s Outer Banks and illustrate Kilmarlic’s unique partnership between golf and nature – not to mention a remarkable 15 acres of coastal ponds and lakes creating scenic natural hazards.
Nags Head Golf Links, designed by Bob Moore, is another true, Scottish, links-style course nestled into the natural, windswept environment of the Outer Banks. Sand dunes, wild sea grasses and rugged coastline create holes that Golf Digest labeled as “among the most beautiful in the eastern United States.” The ever-changing coastal winds provide a different challenge each round.
To learn more about these courses and the Ultimate Coastal Golf Destination, visit PlayOBXGolf.com or call 800-916-6244.
Contact:
Martin Armes
919-608-7260
martinarmes@nc.rr.com
Brad King
336-306-9219
king@bradkingcommunications.com
