Best Golf Courses in North Carolina
The best golf courses the Golf Course Gurus have played in The Tar Heel State.
Top 10 Courses
- Tobacco Road Golf Club (Mike Strantz 1998; Sanford, North Carolina)*
- Pinehurst Resort No.2 (Donald Ross 1907 and Ben Crenshaw/Bill Coore 2011; Pinehurst, North Carolina)*
- Dormie Club (Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore 2010; West End, North Carolina)
- Tot Hill Farm Golf (Mike Strantz 2000; Asheboro, North Carolina)*
- Forest Creek Golf Club (North) (Tom Fazio 2002; Pinehurst, North Carolina)
- Eagle Point Golf Club (Tom Fazio 2000; Wilmington, North Carolina)
- Pinehurst Resort No.4 (Donald Ross 1919 - Remodel by Tom Fazio 2000 - Renovation by Gil Hanse 2018; Pinehurst, North Carolina)*
- Old North State Club (Tom Fazio 1992; New London, North Carolina)
- Country Club of North Carolina (Dogwood), The (Ellis Maples and Willard Byrd 1963 - Arthur Hills renovation 2002 - Chris Spence 2016; Pinehurst, North Carolina)
- Pinehurst Resort No.8 (Tom Fazio 1996; Pinehurst, North Carolina)*
Courses 11–20
- Pinehurst Resort No.9 (Jack Nicklaus 1989; Pinehurst, North Carolina)*
- Mid Pines Golf Club (Donald Ross 1921 (Kyle Franz restoration 2013); Southern Pines, North Carolina)*
- Pine Needles Golf Course (Donald Ross 1928 (Kyle Franz restoration 2017); Southern Pines, North Carolina)*
- Cape Fear National (Tim Cate 2010; Leland, North Carolina)*
- Bald Head Island (George Cobb 1974 and Tim Cate 2010; Bald Head Island, North Carolina)
- Cape Fear Country Club (Donald Ross 1926; Wilmington, North Carolina)
- Forest Creek Golf Club (South) (Tom Fazio 1996; Pinehurst, North Carolina)
- Mid South Club (Arnold Palmer 1993; Southern Pines, North Carolina)
- Pinehurst Resort No.7 (Rees Jones 1986 and Rees Jones; Pinehurst, North Carolina)*
- River Landing (River) (Wallace, North Carolina)
Courses 21–24
- Porters Neck (Wilmington, North Carolina)
- River Landing (Landings) (Wallace, North Carolina)
- Olde Point (Hampstead, North Carolina)
- Cradle Pinehurst Short Course, The (Gil Hanse 2017; Pinehurst, North Carolina)*