Carved from a maritime forest next to the tidal marshlands on the Outer Banks, the course at Kilmarlic Golf Club is an early new millennium design which came to local prominence hosting the North Carolina Open in 2004 and 2009.
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Carved from a maritime forest next to the tidal marshlands on the Outer Banks, the course at Kilmarlic Golf Club is an early new millennium design which came to local prominence hosting the North Carolina Open in 2004 and 2009.
Kilmarlic
If you haven’t quite found your golf legs by the time the second tee comes around, a par three green perched along a pond can be an intimidating sight. That said, Kilmarlic Golf Course gives you a reminder why you should work to have your game in working order by later in the round. From the same teebox, you’ll be able to see the island green in the same lake, which you’ll tangle with at hole 11.
It’s a slight mislead, however, as Tom Steele’s ample bunkering will provide the bulk of the challenge throughout your round. The hole immediately following the island par three serves as an example. Although there is salt marsh to carry off the tee, and it remains lurking down the right side of the par five, the true strategy revolves around the large bunker that juts in from the right side, starting perhaps 150 yards out from the green. Many players can consider going for it in two with a strong drive (the hole is just 495 yards from the back tees), but the sand will mess with the scorecard much more so than the water on the hole.
Kilmarlic is a strong public golf option in the popular Outer Banks tourist region.