A rental beach house in Kill Devil Hills and spring rounds at The Currituck Club, Kilmarlic, Nags Head Golf Links and Sea Scape are the plan. A 12.75% lodging tax, golf bag fees, a car from Norfolk about 85 miles away and summer, when green fees peak and homes rent by the week, are what push the total up.
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Compare hotels on the beach, a short drive from the courses →Pick each course you'll play (one round per golfer) and we'll price it for your group. Prices are per golfer for 18 holes, with the season and time of day you choose. Your picks set “Green fees per golfer (whole trip)” in your budget.
49 courses around Outer Banks that take public tee times, by city, with peak green fees. Private member clubs are left out.
Rees Jones routed it through dunes, maritime forest and marsh along Currituck Sound; it is the area's top-ranked course and the priciest round.
ncgolfpanel.com golftrips.comA tough lowcountry-style layout with marsh and forest in play on nearly every hole, just over the Wright Memorial Bridge, with on-site cottages for groups.
ncgolfpanel.com golftrips.comThe first course after the Wright Memorial Bridge, known for top conditioning and wide, playable fairways.
golftrips.com triadgolf.comA short, windswept links-style course on Roanoke Sound where the wind matters more than the yardage; the closest marquee round to the beach towns.
ncgolfpanel.com golftrips.comA long parkland course of about 7,000 yards with fast bentgrass greens, handy as a first or last round on the drive in or out along US 158.
ncgolfpanel.com golftrips.comAn older, hilly course cut through the Kitty Hawk maritime forest with ocean breezes, a short drive from most rentals.
triadgolf.com outerbanksthisweek.comA tree-lined Ellis Maples club course where visitors can book at tourist rates when tee times are open.
outerbanksthisweek.com golflink.comA budget-friendly full-length course near the Virginia line, about an hour from the beach towns.
golflink.com outerbanksthisweek.comA short, family-friendly course with a big driving range on the Currituck mainland, about 20 minutes from Kitty Hawk.
golfnow.com outerbanksthisweek.comThe sample is 4 travelers for 4 nights. Your plan ($7,264) covers the main costs most people budget for, the ones you enter on the left. Costs people forget ($2,773, about 38% more for this trip) are the fees, taxes, tips and extras listed in the calculator. Prices were last checked on October 17, 2026.
Share of the $10,037 real cost. Nights and travelers multiply most of these costs, so changing either one moves the total the most.
12 of this trip's numbers link to a published price or rate. The rest are our estimates, and each one says what it is based on. You can also read how we calculate every trip.
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Green fees per golfer (whole trip) | $555 per traveler | Four peak-spring morning rounds with cart, estimated for 2026: Currituck Club $175, Kilmarlic $130, Nags Head Golf Links $125, Sea Scape $125 = $555. No course rate card could be read; Triad Golf (Aug 2024) gives July 2024 morning rates of $169–203 midweek at Currituck, $145 Kilmarlic, $135–145 Nags Head and $145 Sea Scape, and summer is the priciest season here, so spring is set about 15% below summer. Judgment call. Source |
| Rental home per night (whole group) | $440 a night | Kill Devil Hills 4-bedroom rentals average $478 a night (AirROI, 12 months to Oct 2026); March–May average about 8% below the year ($304, $316, $361 vs $357 overall). $440 for a spring stay. Summer homes mostly rent by the week, Saturday to Saturday. Judgment call. Source |
| Airfare per person | $451 per traveler | US DOT (BTS) average domestic itinerary fare for Norfolk (ORF), Q2 2026: $451.12 (Q1 2026 was $435.64). Source |
| Food per person, per day | $74 per traveler, per day | GSA FY2027 meals and incidentals (M&IE) rate for Kill Devil Hills (Dare County): $74 a day. Source |
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Checked bag fees | $90 per traveler | Major US airlines charge about $35 to $50 for a first checked bag each way, so about $90 round trip. Source |
| Golf bag fees | $110 per traveler | American, Delta, United and Southwest treat a golf bag as a standard checked bag; a second bag is $55 each way. Source |
| Shipping your clubs Off by default | $108 per traveler | Ground shipping for a golf bag starts around $54 each way. Source |
| Lodging taxes | 12.75% of the rental home (whole group) | Dare County's room occupancy tax is 6% (3% occupancy, 1% occupancy and tourism development, 2% beach nourishment), plus 6.75% sales tax (4.75% state, 2% Dare County; https://www.salestaxhandbook.com/north-carolina/rates/dare-county). 6% + 6.75% = 12.75%. Corolla and the Currituck mainland are in Currituck County, whose rate was not checked. Source |
| Rental car | $85 a day | KAYAK at Norfolk (ORF), Nov 2026: SUVs average about $70–73 a day, with July the priciest month at about $85; the van page lists minivans at $65–87 a day. $85 a day for a minivan or large SUV. Judgment call. Source |
| Chesapeake Expressway tolls | $8 for the trip | From May 1, 2026, the Chesapeake Expressway (VA-168) toll for cars is $4, or $10 on peak weekends (weekend before Memorial Day through weekend after Labor Day), cash or E-ZPass. $4 each way off-peak = $8 for the round trip. Source |
| Drinks on the course | $80 per traveler | Our estimate of about $20 a round for beverage-cart drinks and snacks. Judgment call. Our estimate |
| Golf balls | $55 per traveler | A dozen Titleist Pro V1 balls lists at $55. Source |
| Tips for bag drop and cart staff | $20 per traveler | A few dollars at bag drop and the turn; we use $5 a round. Judgment call. Source |
| Side bets and prizes | $50 per traveler | Our estimate for skins, team bets and a small trophy. Our estimate |
| Lessons and extras you picked Off by default | $0 for the trip | Set by the extras you pick in the tee-time planner. Our estimate |
| Travel insurance | 6% of your plan | Squaremouth says a comprehensive plan averages about 6% of the trip cost, usually 4% to 10%. Source |
| Pre-trip shopping | $60 for the trip | Our estimate for travel-size toiletries, sunscreen and small things bought before a trip. Our estimate |
| Pet boarding or sitter | $50 a day, if you check Pets | Dogster puts regular kennel boarding at about $35 to $85 a night. Overnight sitters at home cost more. Source |
For 4 golfers spending 4 nights in peak spring season, with four rounds each, a rental home, flights and food, plan on about $7,260. Once you add golf bag fees, lodging taxes, rental car, chesapeake Expressway tolls, drinks on the course, balls, tips and side bets, it's closer to $10,040, or about $2,510 each. Use the tee-time planner above to price the courses you want.
Winter, from December to February, when green fees run about 40% below spring and courses stay open, though it is cool and windy. Summer is the priciest season for both golf and rentals: Kill Devil Hills homes average about $480 a night in July, against about $310 in March and April. Source
Norfolk International (ORF) in Virginia, about 85 miles, or 1.5 to 2 hours, from Kill Devil Hills, so plan on a car. Its average fare was about $451 in mid-2026. Source
The fastest route from Norfolk uses the Chesapeake Expressway, which costs $4 for a car, or $10 on summer weekends from the weekend before Memorial Day to the weekend after Labor Day. US 17 is a toll-free alternative. Source
The Currituck Club in Corolla, a Rees Jones course through dunes, maritime forest and marsh, ranked No. 19 on the North Carolina Golf Panel's 2025 list of courses you can play. Kilmarlic is No. 25, Nags Head Golf Links No. 46 and The Carolina Club No. 50. Source