Why locals love it
Bucket-list course. Wind off the ocean turns par 4s into adventures.
What locals are saying
The Ocean Course is as close to a pilgrimage as American golf gets — a walking-only, caddie-mandatory Pete and Alice Dye design stretched along the Atlantic, built on fill dirt raised expressly to keep the ocean in view on every hole. Green fees peak at $600 in season, and that's before the recommended $100-plus caddie tip, making it a genuine financial commitment — though devotees argue it competes favorably with elite private clubs for the quality of the experience. The wind is the course's co-designer and chief enforcer: holes running relentlessly east-west mean players battle headwinds and tailwinds rather than crosswinds, a quirk that draws some criticism from purists, but the back nine — set tight against the shoreline — is widely considered among the finest stretches of golf holes in the country.
