Beau Rivage Plantation is located south of Wilmington on Carolina Beach Road within a residential community with the homes mostly blocked by trees.

The golf course is unusually hilly for the area with elevation change of up to 75 feet. It lumbers over hills and through valleys along long needle, pine tree lined fairways bordered by pine straw rough with numerous doglegs, blind shots, water hazards on 11 holes, and a generous amount of sand traps at the landing areas and greenside. It plays to 6,116 yards from the middle, white tees, 70.3/133 course and slope ratings, designed by Joe Gessner in the late 1980s.