Step to the tee among stunning mountains, rolling hills or beautiful beaches. North Carolina offers 400-plus golf courses across the state with temperatures that allow play year-round. Many champions have been drawn to world-class courses such as the famed Pinehurst No. 2. Legendary course designer Donald Ross designed courses all across the country, but this is where he made his home. Golf Digest has rated 85 of our courses as four-stars or higher. From celebrated resorts to the first miniature golf course in America, everyone who plays here wants to stay.

The Golf Clubhouse at Pinehurst Resort

Out of nearly 600 golf courses throughout North Carolina, courses in the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen area earned 17 spots in the list of Top 100 Golf Courses in the state, as determined annually by the North Carolina Golf Panel.  Once again, Pinehurst No. 2 tops the list — as has been the case since the panel was founded in 1995.

North Carolina has a host of challenging golf courses framed to a backdrop of stunning vista’s. With a blue sky overhead, there are few states that match North Carolina as a golfing destination. With more than 400 courses across the state, you’ll be spoiled for choice. Golf resorts come thick and fast, from the incredible Pinehurst to the golf resorts that dot the NC Golf Coast framed around Calabash and the Brunswick Islands. From the mountains to the sea, North Carolina delivers world-class golf experiences.

RESORTS
The Ballantyne Hotel, Chaarlotte.....www.theballantynehotel.com
Beau Rivage Golf & Resort, Wilmington.....www.beaurivagegolf.com
Blockade Runner Resort, Wrightsville Beach.....www.blockade-runner.com
Eseeola Lodge, Linville.....www.eseeola.com
Grandover Resort, Greensboro.....www.grandover.com
Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa, Asheville.....www.groveparkinn.com
Pine Needles Lodge, Southern Pines.....www.pineneedles-midpines.com
Pinehurst Resort,  Pinehurst.....www.pinehurst.com

Rumbling Bald Resort on Lake Lure, Lake Lure.....www.rumblingbald.com
Sea Trail Resort, Sunset Beach.....www.seatrail.com
Waynesville Inn Golf Resort & Spa, Waynesville.....www.wccinn.com


GOLF COURSES
Pine Needles Lodge (Pine Needles & Mid Pines Courses), Southern Pines.....www.pineneedles-midpines.com
Linville GC, Linville.....www.eseeola.com/golf-and-recreation/golf
Tobacco Road Golf Course, Sanford.....www.tobaccoroadgolf.com
Ocean Ridge Plantation (Leopard’s Chase & Panther's Run Courses), Sunset Beach.....www.bigcatsgolf.com
Pinehurst Resort, (#2, #4 & #8 Courses), Pinehurst.....www.pinehurst.com
Southern Pines Golf Club, Southern Pines.....www.southernpinesgc.com
Tanglewood Park (Championship Course), Clemmons.....https://www.forsyth.cc/Parks/Tanglewood/Golf