BANKING ON SOMETHING NEW
The five courses that tend to draw most of
the golf traffic along North Carolina’s Outer
Banks—The Carolina Club, The Currituck
Club, Kilmarlic Golf Club, Nags Head Golf
Links and The Pointe Golf Club—feature
90 combined fantastic holes, several of
which several of which provide views of
the Atlantic.
One of those five has now taken the lead
in targeting even more family and group
style play, while still catering to the spring
and fall golf travelers.
The first three Cottages at Kilmar-
lic opened in March 2018, nine more are
expected to be completed by the time spring
2019 arrives and 18 in total will eventually be
available. The two-bedroom, two-bath mini-
homes are perfect for four to six people, each
unit featuring a kitchen and living room.
They are a far cry from the pre-existing
norm of those who visited the area prior
to last year.
“There are 5,000-6,000 houses on the
rental market. They are amongst the hus-
tle and bustle. It’s just row after row, street
after street,” said Impact Golf ’s Robbie
Wooten, a spokesperson for the cottages.
“Kilmarlic is across the bridge, it’s quiet.
It’s going to be peaceful. You’re not going to
have all that craziness of all that tradition-
al beach community. It’s a great getaway.”
The units themselves are a draw, but so,
too, are their surrounding amenities.
Around the outskirts of the cottage
property is a four-hole pitch-and-putt
course (the holes measure between 27-40
yards). There is also a lit putting green and
a pond, perfect for a late-night cocktail
or lemonade amid some work with the
flat stick.
“The nice
thing is once
you drive here,
you never
have to get
in your car
again...”
Those are all great for the family that
golfs together. And the one that swims
together will find the cottages have a prox-
imity benefit. Just three minutes away is
the H20 OBX waterpark, the mega facility
that opened in 2017.
And then there’s the golf.
There are the pair of Russell Breed-
en designs at The Pointe Golf Club and
The Carolina Club, of which have been
attracting players since the mid-late-
1990s. Kilmarlic features forest and wet-
lands, while Rees Jones’ Currituck Club is
a wildlife enthusiast and photographer’s
dream. Lastly, Nags Head Golf Links gives
players a Scottish-style option next to the
Roanoke Sound.
All five courses have at least four sets of
active tees from spring through fall, allow-
ing players of all skill levels an appropriate
way to play the game.
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ABOVE AND LEFT: The new Cottages at Kilmarlic feature two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a full
kitchen, making it an ideal resting place between rounds and other fun activities. Beautiful beaches are
just 10 minutes away.
BELOW: The risk-reward par 5 on Kilmarlic’s 18th hole gives golfers a worthy test before they can relax
and imbibe at the clubhouse’s Black Tartan Tap Room.