Golf trip packages & costs

Cheap Golf Trip Packages Under $1,500 Per Person: 6 Best Bets

By the Curated Golf Trips concierge team · Updated October 17, 2026 · 9 min read

Palm trees and a white-sand bunker beside a turquoise Gulf of Mexico shoreline

Key takeaways

Myrtle Beach is the cheapest major golf trip: published 3-night, 4-round packages from about $290–$480 pp
Ocean City fall weekday packages start around $250–$315 pp for 2 nights and 3 rounds
The RTJ Trail's fall golf special starts at $115 per person per day with cart
Even Pinehurst fits under $1,500 in winter, when the Sandhills' best public courses are $125–$155

Our picks, ranked

1. Myrtle Beach
Big groups and the lowest per-person price
Best time
Mid-November–early February; late fall
Budget
About $850–$1,400 pp, 3 nights / 4 rounds
The deepest package market in the country — lodging, green fees, carts and taxes bundled, often with a free or cheap fourth round.
Myrtle Beach golf guide Plan a Myrtle Beach trip
2. Ocean City, Maryland
A drive-in Mid-Atlantic buddies trip
Best time
September–October and April weekdays
Budget
About $700–$1,100 pp, 3 nights / 4 rounds
Rum Pointe's bayside Dye links and a cluster of value courses within 30 minutes of the boardwalk.
Ocean City golf guide Plan a Ocean City trip
3. Alabama's RTJ Golf Trail
Big, championship-length public golf
Best time
September–mid-November; spring
Budget
About $1,100–$1,450 pp, 3 nights / 4 rounds
Twenty-six courses at 11 sites across the state, with multi-day golf specials that include carts.
RTJ Trail golf guide Plan a RTJ Trail trip
4. Gulf Shores & Orange Beach
Beach-house groups
Best time
March–May; October–November
Budget
About $900–$1,450 pp, 3 nights / 3–4 rounds
Kiva Dunes' links-style golf, Gulf State Park and big beach houses that keep lodging cheap per golfer.
Gulf Shores golf guide Plan a Gulf Shores trip
5. St. George, Utah
Red-rock desert golf for less than Scottsdale
Best time
October–January shoulder season
Budget
About $1,000–$1,450 pp, 3 nights / 3–4 rounds
Sand Hollow's cliff-edge holes at shoulder-season rates and rental homes for big groups.
Watch out: Black Desert Resort is the splurge round — keep it to one if you're on budget.
St. George golf guide Plan a St. George trip
6. Pinehurst in winter
Bucket-list Sandhills golf at half price
Best time
Late November–mid-February
Budget
About $1,100–$1,450 pp, 3 nights / 4 rounds
Pine Needles, Mid Pines and Southern Pines drop to $105–$155 a round, and Southern Pines rentals are inexpensive in winter.
Watch out: Highs are typically in the 50s — pack layers.
Pinehurst golf guide Plan a Pinehurst trip

Six golf trips under $1,500, side by side

Every budget below is a full trip estimate per person — golf with carts, lodging, food and drinks, and shared ground transport — not just the package price. Airfare is excluded because groups fly in from different cities.

Budget golf trips compared, per person, before airfare
Trip	Nights / rounds	Cheapest window	Golf + lodging	Estimated all-in
Myrtle Beach, SC	3 / 4	Mid-Nov–early Feb	From ~$290–$480 (package)	$850–$1,400
Ocean City, MD	3 / 4	Sep–Oct weekdays	From ~$400	$700–$1,100
RTJ Golf Trail, AL	3 / 4	Sep–mid-Nov	~$730–$1,000	$1,100–$1,450
Gulf Shores & Orange Beach, AL	3 / 3–4	Oct–Nov; Mar	~$550–$1,000	$900–$1,450
St. George, UT	3 / 3–4	Oct–Jan	~$600–$1,000	$1,000–$1,450
Pinehurst-area (winter)	3 / 4	Late Nov–mid-Feb	~$750–$1,000	$1,100–$1,450

Our estimates for a group of 8 sharing rooms, condos or a rental home, using the published rates cited on this page. Assumes about $75–$125 per person per day for food and drinks and $15–$30 per person per day for shared ground transport. Peak weeks run higher.

Myrtle Beach: the cheapest big golf trip in America

Myrtle Beach's package market does the work for you. Legends Golf & Resort, for example, publishes 3-night, 4-round packages — a 2-bedroom villa for four golfers, green fees, carts and taxes — at $483 per person from mid-November through December 2026 and $492 in January 2027, rising to $837 in peak spring. Barefoot Resort publishes a fall–winter 3-night, 4-round package at $287–$449 per person, and the area's golf marketing group puts the typical 3-night, 4-round spend at $450–$700+ per golfer.

Package (3 nights, 4 rounds, golf, carts, taxes): about $290–$840 by season
Food and drinks: about $250–$450
Shared ground transport: about $45–$90
Estimated all-in: about $850–$1,400 per person

Ocean City, Maryland: the Mid-Atlantic value trip

Ocean City's golf packages are priced for drive-in groups. The Ruark 3 Play package — two nights at a Best Western, three rounds at Rum Pointe, Man O'War and Nutters Crossing, breakfast, green fees, carts and taxes — starts at $315 per person on September weekdays and $250 on October weekdays, double occupancy. Add a third night and fourth round and most groups stay near $1,000 all-in.

Alabama's Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail

The RTJ Trail is 26 championship public courses at 11 sites, built for road trips. Its fall 2026 special starts at $115 per person per day for a round with cart and range balls ($190 at Ross Bridge), and the unlimited-golf version starts at $155 per day — so a 36-hole day costs little more than 18. For a 3-night trip, pair two sites — Grand National and Capitol Hill, or Oxmoor Valley and Ross Bridge — and stay at Trail-side hotels or a lake house.

Golf: 4 rounds at $115–$190 per day, or one unlimited day at $155+
Lodging: 3 nights, about $90–$125 per person per night, double occupancy
Estimated all-in: about $1,100–$1,450 per person

Gulf Shores & Orange Beach and St. George

Gulf Shores and Orange Beach keep costs down with big beach houses split eight or ten ways and reasonably priced golf. Kiva Dunes, the headliner, uses dynamic pricing — recent 18-hole rates have run around $100–$130 — and Gulf State Park adds a strong value round near the beach.

St. George, Utah, is the budget desert trip. Sand Hollow's Championship course, with its cliff-edge back nine, publishes peak rates around $225–$295 from February through May but drops to about $130–$175 from October through January, and it takes reservations up to 180 days ahead. Rental homes are plentiful, and Zion National Park is about an hour away for a rest day.

Pinehurst for under $1,500 — in winter

Yes, really. From November 19, 2026 through February 17, 2027, Pine Needles is $145–$155, Mid Pines $125–$135, and Southern Pines Golf Club was $105–$115 last winter. Four rounds plus three nights in a shared Southern Pines rental lands around $1,100–$1,450 per person. Want No. 2? Pinehurst Resort's winter Donald Ross package is $880 per person for 2 nights and 3 rounds with breakfast and dinner, plus the $250 No. 2 premium, tax and the resort service charge — tight, but possible near $1,500.

Rental home vs. package: the math

Packages win when lodging is cheap per room and golf is bundled at a discount — Myrtle Beach and Ocean City are the clearest examples. A rental home wins when the group is eight or more and wants to stay together. Run the numbers like this:

Example: group of 8, 3 nights
Item	Rental home + public tee times	Stay-and-play package
Lodging	4-bedroom home at $600/night × 3 = $1,800 + ~15% fees and tax = $2,070 → about $260 per golfer	Included — compare against the package's no-golf room rate
Golf	4 rounds at public rates, booked yourselves	Included, often with discounted replays
Breakfast	Cook at the house	Sometimes included
Best when	8+ golfers, mixed course list, one shared living room	Groups of 4–8, resort-only courses, simplest logistics

Illustrative math — plug in real quotes for your dates.

Seven ways to cut the cost without cutting the fun

Go in the shoulder season — the same course can cost half as much a few weeks outside peak
Play weekdays: many courses price Monday–Wednesday below Thursday–Sunday
Use replay and unlimited-golf rates for a second round the same day
Ask for package extras: free fourth rounds, breakfast and range balls are common
Pick one splurge round and surround it with value courses
Share one big rental vehicle and cook breakfast at the house
Collect deposits early so you can lock group rates before they rise

Common questions

What is the cheapest golf trip in the U.S.?

Myrtle Beach. Published 3-night, 4-round packages including lodging, green fees, carts and taxes start around $290–$480 per person in late fall and winter, and most groups spend about $850–$1,300 all-in before airfare.

Can you do a golf trip for under $1,000 per person?

Yes — a 3-night trip to Myrtle Beach or Ocean City outside peak weeks can come in under $1,000 per person including food, if the group shares condos and plays value courses.

Are golf packages cheaper than booking yourself?

Usually, in package-heavy markets like Myrtle Beach and Ocean City. For groups of eight or more who want a big rental home, booking lodging and tee times separately can be cheaper.

When are golf trip packages cheapest?

Outside each destination's peak season: late fall and winter for the Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic, summer and early winter for the desert, and weekdays everywhere.

Sources & price checks

Prices and dates were checked on October 17, 2026. Rates change often — we confirm current pricing in every proposal.