North Carolina

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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

North Carolina, United States

"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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.

North Carolina, United States

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.