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Your Community Guide · Supply, Brunswick County, North Carolina

Lockwood Folly

A gated golf and waterfront community where the Lockwood Folly River meets the Intracoastal Waterway — live oaks over the streets, a member-owned Willard Byrd course winding through the marsh, and Holden Beach about four miles away. Here is how it came together, how the club actually works, and what you can buy here today.

Lockwood Folly is the kind of place you find at the end of the road, and the people who live here like it that way. The drive in runs under moss-hung oaks, the fairways wander past ponds and salt marsh, and the clubhouse deck looks out across the river toward the inlet and the island. Golfers finish their round on the water. Everyone else just comes down to watch the sun do the same.

1988year the golf course opened
Par 7218-hole Willard Byrd design
~4 mito Holden Beach
Onlymember-owned golf course in Brunswick County
Gatedwith river and Waterway frontage

Course opening year, design and ownership per the club and golf-industry listings; distance per public listing records. Subject to change — verify before relying on any figure.

Stan Powell, REALTOR and Broker, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage, 10020 Beach Dr. SW, Calabash, NC 28467

“I wanted to create these Community Guides because every neighborhood along our coast has its own personality, history, and little details that you simply can't see in a listing search. Over the past 20 years, I've worked with many of the builders who helped bring these communities to life, and I've watched them grow from the ground up. Along the way, I've had the privilege of welcoming so many people home here. These guides are my way of sharing what makes each community different, what makes them special, and why so many people are proud to call them home.”

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Before the listings

A neighborhood that grew up under the oaks

Lockwood Folly brick entrance with the gatehouse, iron gates and flags under mature trees
The gatehouse and brick entrance under the trees. Every street on this page sits behind it.

Some neighborhoods feel new for decades. Lockwood Folly never had that problem. It was carved out of old farmland and hunting ground in the 1980s, and the people who planned it left the live oaks and the pines standing. Forty years on, the trees have closed in over the streets, and driving in feels less like entering a subdivision than turning down a country lane that happens to have a golf course at the end of it.

Picture finishing a late-afternoon nine, parking the cart, and walking up to the clubhouse deck just as the light goes gold over the river. Somebody you played with last week waves you over. The boats are coming back in through the inlet. Nobody is in a hurry, because there is nowhere else anyone would rather be.

Aerial view over the treetops to the salt marsh, the Lockwood Folly River and the inlet, with the ocean on the horizon
From above the treetops: the marsh, the river and the inlet, with the barrier islands and the ocean beyond. This is the water the community takes its name from.

That is the real amenity here. Not a single building or a single feature, but the way the golf, the water and the neighbors all end up in the same place at the end of the day.

Green guarded by two bunkers, with a pond and a tree-lined fairway beyond at Lockwood Folly
Looking back down the fairway from the green — two bunkers out front, a pond along the left, and pines and oaks lining both sides.

How the neighborhood got here

From hunting ground to one of the county's first golf communities

Lockwood Folly is one of the original planned communities on this stretch of the Brunswick County coast. It has been around long enough to have a real history, and long enough that the portals have gotten some of that history wrong. Here is the short version.

Two-story Lockwood Folly clubhouse with stone columns, covered walkways and upper-level balconies
The clubhouse — stone columns and covered walkways below, balconies along the upper level. The pro shop, the Oak & Anchor and the grill are downstairs, with the event room upstairs.
  1. 1980s

    Farmland and a hunting preserve

    The land along the Lockwood Folly River was farmland, once owned by the Hewett family, and used as a hunting preserve. Development began in the 1980s as a planned golf and waterfront community, recorded in phases that still show up in legal descriptions today as Phase I and Phase II.

  2. 1988

    The Willard Byrd course opens

    The 18-hole, par 72 course opened to nominations as one of the top ten new courses in North Carolina. Byrd also designed Sea Trail's Byrd Course, Meadowlands and Ocean Ridge's Lion's Paw, and Lockwood Folly is often called the most scenic of his courses in the Myrtle Beach area.

  3. 2000s

    Recognition for course and community

    Golf Digest gave the course four-star “Places to Play” ratings in 2000, 2002 and 2004, and Myrtle Beach Golf Magazine named Lockwood Folly its “Best Residential Golf Community” in 2002. It was later voted “Best of Brunswick” golf course in 2012, 2013 and 2015.

  4. 2016

    New greens, then a new clubhouse

    In the summer of 2016, all eighteen greens were rebuilt with ultradwarf Bermuda grass. The club has since added a new two-story clubhouse overlooking the Waterway, with the pro shop, restaurant and grill downstairs and an event venue upstairs.

  5. Today

    Member-owned, and still filling in

    The club is an equity membership club, owned by its members — the only member-owned golf course in Brunswick County. The neighborhood is mostly built out, with resale homes from the 1990s onward and new custom homes going up on the remaining homesites.

That history is why Lockwood Folly feels the way it does. The course came first and the homes grew in around it, so the streets follow the land rather than a grid — around the ponds, along the fairways and down to the river.

Still pond reflecting tall pines beside a fairway at Lockwood Folly
A still pond off one of the fairways, every pine doubled in the water.

A golf community that never forgot the river

What sets Lockwood Folly apart from most golf communities in the county is that it is also genuinely a water community. The course runs past salt marsh and tidal creeks, the pool looks out over the river, and there's a boat ramp at the end of the road.

On any given morning, half the neighborhood is headed to the first tee and the other half is backing a boat down the ramp. Some days, it's the same people.

Lockwood Folly reminds us that the best coastal communities aren't built around one thing. They're built around the way you want to spend a Tuesday.

An established community, three ways in

Lockwood Folly doesn't have a builder sales office or a phase release schedule. It's an established community, and buying here means choosing between a home someone has already lived in, a newer custom home, or a homesite of your own. Tell me which one fits and I'll send you what's available.

Let me clear up the misconception that confuses buyers the most. Search Lockwood Folly on a national portal or a golf site and you may see it listed in Holden Beach, in “Holden Beach, SC” or, on at least one directory, in Illinois. It isn't on the island and it isn't in the Town of Holden Beach. It sits in unincorporated Brunswick County, and homes here carry Supply, NC 28462 mailing addresses.

What you will find is a mature neighborhood of mostly custom, often brick homes on generous lots, a steady resale market, and a handful of homesites still waiting for a house. What follows is how I'd sort it if you were sitting across from me at my Calabash office.

The right home here usually isn't about square footage. Many lots run around a third to a half acre, and the real question is what's behind you: a fairway, a pond, the marsh, a glimpse of the river or a stand of pines. In Lockwood Folly that view is what you are actually buying.

Resale homes

Most of the inventory

Most Lockwood Folly homes were custom built from the late 1980s through the 2000s, and a lot of them were built the way people built then — all-brick or brick-front exteriors, big rooms, first-floor primary suites, Carolina rooms and screened porches facing the course. Many sit on lots of around a third to a half acre, which is hard to find in newer communities at any price.

Back of a single-story Lockwood Folly home with French doors, a covered porch, brick foundation and a shaded lawn
The back of a classic Lockwood Folly home — one level, French doors onto a covered porch, a brick foundation and a lawn shaded by trees that have had decades to grow.
Aerial view of a Lockwood Folly home on a wooded lot with a long curving driveway, backing up to the golf course
Room to breathe. This lot runs from the street up a curving driveway and back through the pines to the fairway.
Home age
Late 1980s onward
Typical style
Custom, often brick
Lot sizes
Often ~⅓ to ½ acre
Views
Golf, pond, marsh, river
Golf membership
Optional, separate from POA
Amenity access
Full POA amenities

Newer custom homes

Infill construction

Every year a few new homes go up on the remaining lots, built by local custom builders rather than a national production builder. Recent examples include homes finished in 2024 and 2025 with ten-foot ceilings, quartz kitchens and screened porches on the ponds.

Builders
Local custom builders
Recent builds
2024 – 2025
Selections
Spec or to-be-built

Build on a homesite

Bring your own builder

Homesites still come up for sale here, many on the golf course or a pond, and many already carry a Brunswick County septic permit — a few even have the tank installed. There's no builder tie-in, so you choose your own builder and plan, subject to the community's standards.

This is where an experienced eye matters most. Septic capacity limits how many bedrooms you can build, flood zone and elevation affect cost and insurance, and two lots on the same street can look alike and build very differently. I'll pull the permit, the plat and the community requirements before you fall in love with a view.

Builder
Your choice
Sewer
Septic — check the permit
Permit size
Often 3-bedroom; confirm
Water
County water
Lot sizes
~¼ acre to multi-acre tracts
Plan review
Per POA standards

The reason many people come

The golf course, and how the club actually works

Lockwood Folly Country Club is a semi-private, equity membership club owned by its members — the only member-owned golf course in Brunswick County. The public can book tee times, and it's a regular stop in the Myrtle Beach World Amateur rotation, but the members run it.

Aerial view at sunset of the Lockwood Folly pool, clubhouse and golf course
Sundown over the pool, the clubhouse and the course. Golfers and non-golfers tend to end up in the same place at the end of the day.

Here's the part buyers most often get wrong. Buying a home here makes you a member of the property owners association, not the golf club. Owning property makes you eligible to join the club, and membership is a separate, optional decision with its own dues. If you golf a couple of times a week, a membership usually pays for itself. If you don't golf, you still have the pool, the courts, the clubhouse and the river.

Tennis and pickleball courts beside a gazebo and horseshoe pits at Lockwood Folly
The courts, the gazebo and the horseshoe pits, tucked in among the pines.

Willard Byrd laid the course through live oaks, pine forest, ponds, tidal creeks and salt marsh, and the fairways don't run side by side the way they do on many resort courses. Most holes feel like they're on their own. From the back tees it plays long and tight with a 140 slope; from the forward tees it's a friendly, scenic walk with a cart.

It's also a course with a social life. There's a Men's Golf Association and a Ladies Golf Association, and the Oak & Anchor restaurant in the clubhouse is where a lot of rounds end, golfers or not.

Yardage and slope as published by golf directories. Published course ratings vary between sources, so ask the pro shop for the current scorecard before you rely on any number.
TeesYardsSlopeParNotes
Championship6,83614072The full test from the tips
Blue6,53614072Where many low handicappers play
Forward5,02912272Same views, far fewer forced carries
Green4,02411172Shortest set, good for new and returning golfers

Designer Willard Byrd. Opened 1988. Greens rebuilt with ultradwarf Bermuda in 2016. Membership options and dues are set by the club.

The clubhouse, the pool on the river, and the boat ramp

Golf gets the headlines, but most of what makes daily life good here belongs to the property owners association. Everything below comes with owning a home in Lockwood Folly, whether you ever pick up a club or not.

Aerial view of the Lockwood Folly pool, pool house and putting green beside the river and salt marsh
The pool on the river, from above. The putting green sits right beside it, and the marsh runs all the way to the far shore.

The pool sits beside the water with a two-story pool house, and the view from the deck is straight across the river toward the inlet. On summer afternoons it's the busiest spot in the community; on a quiet morning in May you may have it to yourself.

Lockwood Folly driving range with practice stations and target flags framed by pines
The driving range, lined with tall pines — a quiet place to loosen up before a round.

Up at the clubhouse there's the Oak & Anchor for breakfast, lunch and dinner, a fitness center, a library, a game room and the River Room for community events. Owners run a full calendar of clubs, from the Women's Club to pickleball, and the community newsletter, the Lockwood Lines, keeps track of it all.

Wooden porch swings under a live oak overlooking the marsh, the river and the community day dock
Swings under the oaks above the marsh, with the community day dock and pier just beyond.

For anyone who owns a boat, or wants to, the community boat ramp and day docks on the Lockwood Folly River are the quiet headline.

It's worth noticing how rare that combination is. Plenty of golf communities have a pool and a clubhouse. Very few let you play eighteen in the morning and be on the water at the inlet by lunch without leaving the gate.

Lockwood Folly pool deck with lap lanes, a shaded pavilion, the pool house and the clubhouse
The pool deck from the other side — lap lanes, the shaded pavilion and the clubhouse behind.
Two tennis courts surrounded by tall pines and hardwoods at Lockwood Folly
Two courts under tall pines and hardwoods, with a bench in the middle for the changeover.

Picture an ordinary weekday here: a walk under the oaks with the dog, nine holes before it gets hot, a sandwich on the clubhouse deck, an afternoon on the boat, and supper back at the Oak & Anchor while the sun goes down over the river. Nothing about it requires planning.

18-hole golf course

Member-owned Willard Byrd design with a pro shop and driving range. Membership optional.

Clubhouse & Oak & Anchor

Restaurant and bar serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, with an upstairs event venue on the water.

Riverside pool

Outdoor pool with a two-story pool house, overlooking the Lockwood Folly River.

Fitness center, library & game room

Indoor spaces in the clubhouse, plus the River Room for community events.

Tennis, pickleball & basketball

Courts near the clubhouse, along with bocce and horseshoes.

Miles of quiet streets

Residents bike more than ten miles without leaving the gate, and private golf carts are welcome.

The question everyone asks second

What the POA covers — and what the golf club doesn't

Every owner belongs to the Lockwood Folly Property Owners Association. Recent listings show POA dues of roughly $1,550 to $1,675 a year, which is modest for a gated community with this much waterfront amenity. Dues change with the annual budget, so I pull the current figure and any assessments before you go under contract.

Golf club membership is a separate decision with its own dues. Keep the two numbers apart when you compare Lockwood Folly with other golf communities, because some of them bundle golf into the HOA and some don't.

Included with POA membership

  • Gated entrance
  • Clubhouse spaces, fitness center and library
  • Riverside pool and pool house
  • Tennis, pickleball and basketball courts
  • Common-area and road maintenance

Separate, by choice

  • Golf club membership and dues
  • Restaurant tabs and event rentals
  • Storage fees where they apply

What owners still handle

  • Lawn and landscaping on your lot
  • Home exterior, roof and paint
  • Septic system care and pumping
  • Homeowners and flood insurance on the dwelling
  • Keeping the property to community standards

Getting around

Tucked away, but never far from the beach

Lockwood Folly sits off Stone Chimney Road SW, south of Supply, at the end of a quiet drive through the woods. The golf directories describe it as slightly off the beaten path, and that's accurate — it's a few minutes off the main roads, which is exactly why it's so quiet. Holden Beach is about four miles away, and the clubhouse is about three miles from the Holden Beach bridge.

That's the trade worth understanding. You're not on the island and you're not crossing a bridge to get home, and it shows in price and insurance compared with island living. But the beach is close enough to be part of an ordinary week.

When the beach is just over the bridge

For many people, moving to the Brunswick County coast begins with a dream of spending more time near the ocean. From Lockwood Folly, Holden Beach is a short drive away, so a morning walk on the sand or an evening watching the sunset over the water can fit into an ordinary day.

There might be mornings when you head over the bridge just to see the sunrise, afternoons when the tide is right and you take the boat out instead, or evenings when dinner on the water turns into a slow drive home through the oaks.

And on the days when you simply want to stay put, there's the pool on the river, a round of golf, or your own porch waiting for you.

It's more than living near the beach. It's having the freedom to enjoy the coastal lifestyle in whatever way feels right to you.

Holden Beach bridge
~3 miles
Holden Beach — the sand
~4 miles
Supply and US-17
~10 min
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
~15 – 20 min
Shallotte
~20 min
Oak Island
~25 – 30 min
Ocean Isle Beach
~30 min
Southport
~40 min
Calabash
~40 min
Wilmington
~50 min – 1 hr
Wilmington International Airport
~1 hr
North Myrtle Beach
~50 min

Drive times are approximate and vary with season and traffic.

A good Saturday here doesn't take much planning: coffee on the porch, a morning round, a quick drive over the bridge for an hour on the sand, and dinner at the clubhouse while the sun drops behind the marsh.

Holden Beach, about four miles away

This is the beach that becomes part of an ordinary week from Lockwood Folly — shrimp boats on the Waterway, supper on the water at the causeway, and a quiet walk to the pier at sundown.

Shrimp boats tied up at the docks on the Intracoastal Waterway at sunset, with the Holden Beach bridge and water tower beyond
Shrimp boats at the docks as the sun drops behind the Holden Beach bridge and the island's water tower.
Sunset over the Waterway at Holden Beach, with a floating dock, moored shrimp boats and golden marsh grass in the foreground
Sundown on the Waterway — the docks, the working boats and the marsh grass all lit up gold.
Provision Company restaurant on the water at Holden Beach, with its dock ramp, deck and marsh grass at golden hour
Provision Company at Holden Beach — a dock out front, Adirondack chairs on the deck and the Waterway right alongside.
Wooden beach access walkway through the dunes to the ocean at dusk, with the Holden Beach pier to the left
Over the dunes at dusk, with the old pier off to the left.
Oceanfront homes behind the dunes at Holden Beach under pink sunset clouds
Oceanfront homes along the dunes as the last light turns the clouds pink.

Streets you'll see in the listings

If you're cross-referencing addresses from a portal, these streets are inside Lockwood Folly. Many carry golf names, which makes them easy to spot.

Not a complete list. Ask me if you're unsure whether an address falls inside the association.

Schools

Recent listing records place Lockwood Folly in the Virginia Williamson Elementary, Cedar Grove Middle and West Brunswick High attendance zones, though some listings name Supply Elementary instead. Assignments are set by Brunswick County Schools and change — confirm for a specific address.

Straight answers

What the national sites get wrong about Lockwood Folly

I check these portals and directories because my buyers read them first. Here is where the record needs correcting.

“Lockwood Folly, Holden Beach.”

Close, but no. Golf directories list the club in Holden Beach, NC — and in a few cases Holden Beach, SC, or even Illinois. The community is in unincorporated Brunswick County with Supply, NC 28462 mailing addresses. It isn't on the island and isn't governed by the Town of Holden Beach.

“Where the Shallotte River meets the Intracoastal.”

Wrong river. At least one listing places it on the Shallotte River. The community fronts the Lockwood Folly River and the Intracoastal Waterway, near the Lockwood Folly Inlet — hence the name.

“Golf is included with the home.”

Not automatically. Buying a home makes you a member of the property owners association. Joining the golf club is a separate, optional membership with its own dues.

“A William Byrd course.”

Willard Byrd. It's a small slip, but it matters to golfers. Willard Byrd also designed the Byrd Course at Sea Trail, Meadowlands and Lion's Paw at Ocean Ridge.

Questions I get about Lockwood Folly

Who tends to like Lockwood Folly most?

Golfers, boaters and anyone who wants both. It lands hardest with retirees, second-home owners and relocators who want a mature, gated neighborhood with real trees, bigger lots and the water close by, and who don't mind a few extra minutes off the main road for the quiet. If you want to walk to the beach, or you want a brand-new community with a builder model to tour, I'll tell you that plainly and point you somewhere else in the county.

Is Lockwood Folly in Holden Beach?

No. It's about four miles from Holden Beach and many sites list it there, but it sits in unincorporated Brunswick County and homes carry Supply, NC 28462 mailing addresses.

Do I have to join the golf club?

No. Every owner belongs to the Lockwood Folly Property Owners Association, which covers the pool, courts, clubhouse spaces, boat ramp and storage. Owning property makes you eligible to join Lockwood Folly Country Club, but membership is optional and has its own dues. The course is semi-private, so you can also play it as a member of the public.

What are the POA dues?

Recent listings show roughly $1,550 to $1,675 a year. The figure changes with the annual budget, so I pull the current documents and check for any special assessments rather than quoting a number that may be out of date.

Is there water access for boats?

Yes. The community has a boat ramp and day docks on the Lockwood Folly River, fishing piers, and storage for boats and RVs. Ask me about tides and water depth for your boat before you count on a particular launch time.

Are the homes on sewer or septic?

Lots here are typically on septic with county water. Many homesites listed for sale already carry a Brunswick County septic permit, often sized for three bedrooms, which limits what you can build. For a resale home, I recommend a septic inspection along with the home inspection.

Can I bring my own builder to a lot?

Yes. There's no builder tie-in at Lockwood Folly, so you choose your own builder and plan, subject to the community's standards and review. I'll help you check the septic permit, flood zone and plat before you buy.

Should I use my own agent here?

Yes. Lockwood Folly homes vary a lot in age, condition and updates, and lots vary in septic capacity, elevation and view. I spent a long stretch of my career on the builder side of the table, so I know how to read a lot, what a custom build really costs, and which updates hold their value.

How's the resale market here?

I publish a branded market snapshot covering absorption rate, days on market and closed price trends. Ask me for the current edition for Lockwood Folly — it's free and there's no obligation attached.

Finding your place at Lockwood Folly

Every buyer arrives at the coast with a different vision of what home should feel like.

For some, it's a tee time and a porch on the fairway. For others, it's the river a few minutes away, and room for family and friends to visit. For many, it's simply a quiet street under the oaks where the neighbors wave.

What I love about communities like Lockwood Folly is that they remind us a home is much more than a collection of bedrooms, bathrooms, and square footage. It's where ordinary days become meaningful, where new traditions begin, and where the next chapter of life starts to take shape.

After more than 20 years working in the Brunswick County housing market, I've learned that helping someone find the right community is just as important as finding the right house. My goal is to help you understand both — so when you finally turn the key, you feel confident you've found a place that truly fits the life you came here to enjoy.

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Stan Powell

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