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Pinehurst No.2 course opened for play in 1907 and its green sites are the ultimate test, legendary and quite unique.

North Carolina, United States

Perry Maxwell took advantage of the hills to create a brilliant set of undulating greens with steep swales and strong contours at the Old Town Club.

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Wade Hampton Golf Club was named after the Confederate cavalry leader, General Wade Hampton III, who was also Governor of South Carolina and later US Senator during the 19th century.

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The Roaring Gap Club is a unique Donald Ross-designed mountain top layout with far reaching views from the fringe of the escarpment.

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"Pine Valley on steroids" is how Tobacco Road Golf Club is billed. Cut through an old sand quarry, it’s certainly a unique Mike Strantz creation.

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Host to the US Women’s Amateur Championship in 2010, the course at Charlotte Country Club is a lovely old Donald Ross design that was recently renovated by Ron Pritchard.

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Laid out on an undulating property close to Pinehurst, the resort course at Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club is an understated Donald Ross design that first opened for play in 1921.

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Another minimalist creation from the Coore & Crenshaw design team, Dormie Club lies to the north of the Pinehurst Resort in a tract of sandy, wooded terrain that extends to just over 300 acres.

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Venue of the 2008 US Amateur Championship, Donald Ross’s No.4 course at the Pinehurst Resort was completely renovated by Gil Hanse in 2018, completely eradicating Tom Fazio's 1999 redesign.

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Diamond Creek Golf Club is set into the Blue Ridge Mountains at an elevation of 4,000 feet. The mountain scenery here is nothing short of breathtaking and it’s hard to concentrate on the golf...

North Carolina, United States

One of the best value courses in the Sandhills, Southern Pines is a classic, old-fashioned 6,300-yard Donald Ross layout that should not be overlooked by golfers visiting the Pinehurst area.

North Carolina, United States

Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, Quail Hollow Club burst into the limelight in 2003 as the host venue of the Wachovia Championship, which has become an important event on the PGA Tour.

North Carolina, United States

Laid out in 1927 Pine Needles is one of Donald Ross’s best creations. Most people head to North Carolina to play the courses at Pinehurst but overlook Pine Needles at your peril.

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Grandfather is the highest of the Blue Ridge Mountain peaks and at the feet of the old man nestles Grandfather Golf and Country Club.

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Routed close to the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic further east, the Eagle Point layout can stretch to 7,170 yards from the tips and it plays tough when there’s a freshening wind.

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Pinehurst is the home of American golf, with No.2 the best-known course on the property. Recently, the Cradle (a 10-acre Gil Hanse design) caught the attention of the golfing world. Tom Doak's No. 10 puts Pinehurst back into the spotlight.

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Behind the gates that lead to a substantial 1,200-acre residential site at Forest Creek Golf Club, are 37 holes that were laid out over the rolling sand hills of North Carolina by Tom Fazio.

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The course at Mountaintop Golf & Lake Club was fashioned by Tom Fazio and it’s set within a private retreat in the Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains where fairways blend in beautifully with the flowing landscape.

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One of two 18-hole Tom Fazio layouts at Forest Creek Golf Club, the South course opened for play in 1996, six years before its sibling, the North.

North Carolina, United States

Designed by Donald Ross in 1922 and lovingly restored by Brian Silva in 1998, the course at Biltmore Forest Country Club is set on a rolling landscape where a winding brook comes into play on a number of holes.

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Cape Fear Country Club was established in 1896 and is the oldest private country club in North Carolina. In the early days the club relocated twice, however, the course in play nowadays is a 1922 Donald Ross creation which Ross subsequently revised more than once.

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Host venue to an LPGA Tour event from 1966 to 1974, the 18-hole layout at Raleigh Country Club dates back to the late 1940s. It’s thought to be the very last course that Donald Ross designed.

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Situated on the site of the old gun club, the No.8 course at the Pinehurst Resort is a Tom Fazio creation from 1996 (the year that Pinehurst celebrated its centenary) with fairways routed around a number of wetland areas.

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Laid out by Donald Ross in 1926, the course at Sedgefield Country Club hosted the Greensboro Open 26 times between 1938 and 1976.

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Linville Golf Club was established in 1892 with members forming a 14-hole golf course by the end of the century. Donald Ross replaced these holes in 1924 and it’s the old master’s 18-hole layout that remains in play today.

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Tom Fazio, the Champion Hills golf course architect, describes the 18 holes here as a layout that “looks hard but plays easy” and somehow he’s routed the fairways such that fourteen holes play downhill.

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Set in the Blue Ridge Mountains between the ski resorts of Sugar Mountain and Beech Mountain, the layout at Elk River Club was the first Jack Nicklaus Signature Course to open in North Carolina when unveiled in 1984.

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The course at the Carolina Golf Club in Charlotte is a Donald Ross layout that dates back to 1929. Water comes into play at seven holes, most notably at the 373-yard 18th where a pond lies to the front and left of the home green.

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Originally laid out by George Cobb, the mountain layout at Linville Ridge Country Club was given a complete makeover by Bobby Weed in 2008 when he upgraded many of the bunkers on the course.

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The Old North State Club is a Tom Fazio gem that snakes its way across rolling ground and the peninsula wildlife sanctuary wetlands known as Uwharrie Point.

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The Dogwood course at the Country Club of North Carolina is an Ellis Maples and Willard Byrd design that comprises half the golfing challenge at a fine 36-hole facility.

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Donald Ross laid out the course for Hope Valley Country Club back in 1926. Byron Nelson won the fourth of his eleven straight PGA Tour wins here in 1945 but it’s much altered since then, most recently by Brian Silva.

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Bobby Jones practiced on the original 9-hole course at Highlands Country Club back in the late 1920s, just after Donald Ross laid it out.

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Walnut Cove is the fourth of eight planned courses being built within an expansive residential development called the Cliffs Communities. A Jack Nicklaus signature course, it first opened for play in 2005.

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George Cobb set out the course at The Country Club of Sapphire Valley in the mid-1950s. The layout has been improved down the years, with USGA-spec greens built during the 1990s and new tees installed since then.

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Unveiled as the National Golf Club in 1989, the Jack Nicklaus-designed layout was acquired by Pinehurst in 2014 and renamed the No. 9 course, adding the Golden Bear to the stellar list of architects in the resort’s portfolio.

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The Robert Trent Jones Jr. course at Rock Barn Golf & Spa is considered the more challenging of the facility's two layouts. The Greater Hickory Challenge event on PGA Champions Tour has been held here since 2003.

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Trump National Golf Club - Charlotte, (formerly The Point Lake and GC) is set on a peninsula that juts into Lake Norman (the Carolinas' largest inland body of water ) with more than half the holes routed along the water's edge.

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Perry Maxwell submitted the original plans for a course at Duke University Golf Club but the Second World War intervened and the layout in play today is an early Robert Trent Jones design that opened in 1957.

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Set within the 1,600-acre Chapel Hill property, the 27-hole Governors Club is a Jack Nicklaus Signature design. The Lakes and Foothills nines form the premier 18-hole combination, supported by the shorter Mountain loop.

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The 1986 Rees Jones-designed No.7 golf course at the famous Pinehurst Resort may not be everyone’s first choice but it’s certainly a challenging and at times dramatic layout that is naturally eclipsed by No.2.

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Host venue for the 1947 US Women’s Open, the course at Starmount Forest Country Club was laid out by Wayne Stiles and John Van Kleek in the early 1930s and it’s the only North Carolina project the well-respected design duo ever worked on.

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The 18-hole layout at Mimosa Hills Golf Club in Morganton is a Donald Ross design dating back to 1929. Measuring just over 6,750 yards from the back markers and playing to a par of 72, the recently restored course is configured with two returning nines.

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The Country Club of Landfall sits within a surprisingly undulating landscape on the east side of Wilmington where members play this 1987 Pete Dye, P.B. Dye and Bobby Weed 18-hole collaboration, as well as 27-holes that were subsequently added by Jack Nicklaus.

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A new millennium offering from Rees Jones, the course at Old Chatham Golf Club is set within a 400-acre forested property reserved exclusively for golf.

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​In 1918, five years after Forsyth Country Club was formed, A. W. Tillinghast designed a 9-hole layout for the membership. Shortly after, Donald Ross was engaged to extend the course into an 18-hole track.​

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Situated close to Little River Lake, the course at Treyburn Country Club is a 7,000-yard championship layout that Tom Fazio created in 1988.

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With more than half the holes affording views of Albemarle Sound, the course at Occano is an Arnold Palmer design that’s been described by one commentator as “the Jewel of the Inner Banks”.

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The front nine holes of the Cardinal course at the Country Club of North Carolina were built by Willard Byrd in 1968 then he returned eleven years later with Robert Trent Jones Snr to add the back nine.

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Nestled along the Intracoastal Waterway near Wilmington, the 45-hole golf facility at the Country Club of Landfall features an early 1990s Jack Nicklaus Signature course which has since had another nine (“Pines”) added. The original (and best) 18-hole course comprises of the "Marsh" and "Ocean" loops.

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Opened in 2007, the Tim Cate-designed Leopard’s Chase golf course is the latest big cat to be released at the impressive 72-hole Ocean Ridge Plantation.

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​The 54-hole golf complex at Prestonwood Country Club features the Highlands course as the best of its three 18-hole layouts. Tom Jackson, a former Robert Trent Jones Sr. associate, designed the course, with Rick Robbins recently completing a greens renovation.​

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Located just north of Raleigh in Wake Forest, the family-friendly resort-style community at Hasentree offers its members the use of a fitness center, three pools, six tennis courts and a 7,074-yard par 71 golf course designed by Tom Fazio.

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The Finley golf course at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is a Tom Fazio remodel which is not only a monster from the Tar Heel tees but also one of the country’s better campus layouts.

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Formed in 1967, MacGregor Downs Country Club engaged Willard Byrd to set out an 18-hole course on the shores of Lake MacGregor. Today, the club’s tree-lined Bermuda fairways and greens are rated among the best in the Raleigh region.

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The old Donald Ross design at Wilmington Municipal Golf Course has been stretched down the years to 6,784 yards from the back tees, playing to a par of 71. John Fought rejuvenated Wilmington’s greensites and drainage in 2014.

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Many reckon Tiger’s Eye is Tim Cate’s top cat at the popular Ocean Ridge Plantation. Despite its low country location, the golf course has, in places, more than a passing resemblance to Pinehurst.

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Following a merger with Carlson Farm Country Club in 1969, Greensboro Country Club now operates two 18-hole layouts: the century-old Irving Park course (designed by Donald Ross) and the more modern Farm course, which was laid out by Ellis Maples.

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First opened for business in 1991, the course at Jefferson Landing was renovated by Kris Spence in 2017 to bring into play revetted, links-style bunkers, along with landscape improvements such as a new creek and a waterfall.

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Designed by Clyde Johnston, the River course was the first of two 18-hole layouts to appear at the River Landing Country Club in 1996, with six of the holes running beside a mile-long frontage of the Northeast Cape Fear River.

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The Mid South Club is a private gated community located next to the Pinehurst Resort and its course is an early 1990s Arnold Palmer design that was renovated in 2017 to convert all the greens to Champion Bermuda grass.

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Originally set out in 1975, the course named The Cardinal by Pete Dye (formerly Sedgefield Country Club and previously Cardinal Golf & Country Club) was renovated 30 years later when the same architect returned to upgrade the layout.

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George Cobb originally laid out the 18-hole seaside course at the Bald Head Island Club in 1974 but Tim Cate completed a major, two-year renovation exercise at the club in 2011, breathing new life into the layout.

North Carolina, United States

Originally fashioned by George and Tom Fazio in 1979, the No.6 course at Pinehurst is set a few miles from the heart of the resort. There’s demanding topographical variation on No.6 with significant elevation changes.

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Host venue for the LPGA Henredon Classic event during the 1980s, the Willow Creek course at High Point Country Club is a Willard Byrd layout that’s complemented by a Donald Ross-designed 9-hole executive course named Emerywood.

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Myers Park Country Club began with an A.W. Tillinghast-designed 9-hole course which Donald Ross subsequently extended to an 18-hole layout. Several architects, such as Rees Jones, Bobby Weed and Kris Spence, have since made alterations to the course that staged the 1956 U.S. Women's Amateur.

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Designed by Donald Ross in 1947, the course at Alamance Country Club was renovated by Bob Cupp in the 1990s, when greens and bunkers were refurbished and new tees added to lengthen the layout a little.

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The Arnold Palmer Signature design at Balsam Mountain Preserve is the spectacular sporting centrepiece of an enormous 4,400-acre estate, with the course occupying just a small portion of a property that’s largely designated for permanent conservation.

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Laid out among the maritime forests and sand dunes of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, the 18-hole layout at The Currituck Club is a Rees Jones design where non-members can now play on payment of a daily green fee.

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The Club at Irish Creek’s 18-hole layout is a Davis Love III design with fairways routed around an enormous 400-acre lake.

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The Championship course at Tanglewood Park is a Robert Trent Jones Snr layout that hosted the 1974 PGA Championship, the 1986 US Amateur Public Links Championship and fifteen editions of the Vantage Championship on the Champions Tour, ending in 2002.

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Originally fashioned by Ellis Maples and opened for play in 1958, the course at Gaston Country Club underwent a Kris Spence restoration in 2003 and has staged qualifying for the Wells Fargo Championship.

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The River course was the first 18-hole layout to debut at the River Landing Country Club in 1996. A third nine was added three years later before a fourth nine finally arrived in 2006 to fashion the Landing course.

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The course at Tot Hill Farm Golf Club is a tough-as-nails Mike Strantz creation that wends its way in thrilling style around and over creeks and rock formations.

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Hendersonville County Club might be regarded as a little bit off the beaten trail for golfing in the Tar Heel State but it’s here in the Blue Ridge Mountains that Donald Ross laid out an 18-hole course for the members back in the day.

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Home to North Carolina State University’s golf teams, Lonnie Poole Golf Course is an 18-hole layout from the Arnold Palmer Design firm. Interestingly, the company has former and current employees (Erik Larsen and Brandon Johnson) as NC State graduates.

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Despite its somewhat intimidating name, Architect Tim Cate designed Cape Fear National with a gently rolling layout that meanders its way through the delta marshland of the Brunswick Forest.

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The Peninsula Club course is a Rees Jones/Greg Muirhead co-design from 1990, with sixteen of the holes offering views across Lake Norman. In a major renovation exercise carried out in 2014, all putting surfaces were converted to Champion Bermuda Greens.

North Carolina, United States

Host venue for the 2010 US Amateur Public Links championship, the Champions course at Bryan Park Golf is a Rees Jones-designed layout which has seven of its holes routed around the sparkling waters of Lake Townsend.

North Carolina, United States

Featuring TifEagle Bermuda greens, the 18-hole layout at Ballantyne Country Club is a mid-1990s Rees Jones design which underwent an extensive renovation in 2016, including the construction of a fantastic new practice facility.

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Founded in 1964, Hound Ears Club is home to an 18-hole golf course designed by George Cobb with fairways set out on a scenic valley floor where the surrounding hills once formed part of a winter skiing operation.

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With holes next to the Shallotte River and several high on the bluffs, Rivers Edge Golf Club is one of the best courses in the area you can play.

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Unveiled in 1971, the course at Pinewood Country Club has hosted many state and national tournaments, including qualification events for the US Senior Open (2008), the US Junior Amateur (2010), and the US Amateur (2011).

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Host venue for the Greater Greensboro Open from 1977 to 2007, the course at Forest Oaks Country Club is a 1960s Ellis Maples design which was extensively renovated by Davis Love III in the early years of the new millennium.

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The Meadows course at Prestonwood Country Club is one of three 18-hole layouts at the club designed by Tom Jackson, a former associate of Robert Trent Jones Sr.

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A Gary Panks/David Graham co-design laid out as two returning nines, the East course is the longer and oldest of two 18-hole layouts that opened in the mid-1990s at the Grandover Resort & Spa outside Greensboro.

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One of more than a dozen private clubs owned and operated by McConnell Golf in the Carolinas and Tennessee, Porters Neck Country Club has a Tom Fazio design as the golfing component of its multi-sport recreational facility.

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Host venue for the US Women’s Amateur Public Links championship in 2000, Legacy Golf Links is an 18-hole layout from Nicklaus Design which is routed around five lakes, with the 18th rated one of the local area’s best finishing holes.

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Opened in 2009 by the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation, the course at Sequoyah National Golf Club is a Robert Trent Jones Junior track that’s situated in the Great Smoky Mountains, where nature and golf blend together beautifully.

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Carved from a maritime forest next to the tidal marshlands on the Outer Banks, the course at Kilmarlic Golf Club is an early new millennium design which came to local prominence hosting the North Carolina Open in 2004 and 2009.

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Extending to 7,300 yards from the tips, the 18-hole layout at the River Run Country Club has hosted a number of professional tournaments, including the Chiquita Classic on the Web.com Tour between 2013 and 2015.

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Host to numerous PGA Tour events, the golf course at the Grove Park Inn is a 1926 Donald Ross design that has kept many resort guests entertained down the years, including former President Barack Obama.

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Located less than a 10-minute drive from the Pinehurst Resort, the Magnolia course at the 36-hole Pinewild Country Club debuted in 1989, hosting numerous US Open and US Amateur qualifying events since then.

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One of two 18-hole layouts operating at Carmel Country Club, the South course is a George Cobb design dating back to 1950 which nowadays extends to just over 7,000 yards from the back tees, playing to a par of 72.

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Founded in 1894, the Country Club of Asheville changed location a few times before arriving at its current site in 1928. Donald Ross then laid out the club’s 18-hole course which Pinehurst-based Richard Mandell upgraded in 2016.

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A Nicklaus Signature course, the 18 holes of The Club at Longview are laid out on a 160-acre site where long distance views of Charlotte can be enjoyed from the higher points on the property.

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Thistle Golf Club is a 27-hole complex that opened for play as a semi-private facility in 1999 before becoming a public pay-and-play operation in 2013, with the Cameron and MacKay nines forming the longest 18-hole course.

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The course at Umstead Golf and Swim Club is a George Cobb design dating back to the late 1950s, when nine holes were brought into play. Within five years of opening, another nine holes were added to form the 18-hole layout that’s still in use today.

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The TPC Piper Glen course is an Arnold Palmer design that hosted twelve editions of the Home Depot Invitational tournament on the Champions Tour from 1990 until the demise of this professional senior competition in 2001.

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Designed in an understated manner by veteran golfer Hale Irwin, the tree-lined 18 holes at The Country Club at Wakefield Plantation (formerly a TPC course) are laid out on a 217-acre site within the Wakefield Plantation community in Raleigh, close to Falls Lake.