Anchored by the Village of Pinehurst, the Sandhills region of North Carolina is made up of a collection of small towns and blessed with a sampling of public-access golf courses that many golf aficionados consider to be among the best in the world. The "Village" is home to the venerable Pinehurst Resort and Donald Ross' vaunted No. 2 course. The entire area oozes with layouts from Ross, Dan and Ellis Maples, Rees Jones, and Robert Trent Jones.
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With destinations like Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach, and Pinehurst, the Carolinas seldom look at their metropolitan centers for as golf meccas. Once upon a time, this was justifiable. Even as recently as the late 1980s, the Charlotte and Raleigh/Durham metro areas were severely lacking in daily-fee golf facilities.
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As you drive north on U.S. Highway 17 from North Myrtle Beach and over the state line, t-shirt shops and mini golf courses give way to Mom-and-Pop seafood restaurants, quaint beach cottages, and rustic roadside gift shops. Anchoring the coast of this pristine region are the Brunswick Islands - a group of barrier islands that run from the world famous "seafood capital" of Calabash, North Carolina, all the way north to the Cape Fear River south of Wilmington. The scenery is unrivaled, as Carolina Oaks and Pines blend together to give the area a true mid-Atlantic feel.
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Wilmington, North Carolina exudes a sense of time and place. Anchored by its 200-block historic district, this bustling river city of over 100,000 residents has one of the most vibrant downtowns in the state, and one of the strongest tourist industries in the Southeast.
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The Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill area -- also known as the "Triangle" -- bleeds college hoops. Duke University, the University of North Carolina, and North Carolina State are all within a half hour's drive of each other, and have cultivated some of the most intense rivalries in all of sports over the past 40 years.
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No ratings or reviews so far | Submit your ratingOpened in 1958, Larkhaven Golf Course is one of the oldest public courses in Charlotte and it has remained one of the most popular. The course has a classic design with tight fairways lined with trees and small greens that are fast and sloped. It measures in at just over 6,700 yards from the back tees but it plays much longer thanks to the varied terrain. The layout is a challenging test that demands accuracy.
Crooked Creek Golf Club offers a challenging, but playable championship course that is one of the area's best values. The layout features well designed par 3s that will require some thought and receptive, well manicured greens that are player friendly.
No ratings or reviews so far | Submit your ratingLocated near the banks of Swift Creek, Lochmere Golf Club has plenty of water incorporated into the layout, coming into play on nearly every hole. The golf course stretches across a lush, gently rolling landscape sprinkled with mature trees and ponds. The terrain showcases the best in Triangle golf.
No ratings or reviews so far | Submit your ratingNeuse Golf Club was ranked as one of the best public golf courses in North Carolina, second only to Pinehurst. The layout winds along the Neuse River across rolling hills that are dotted with rocky outcroppings. Towering, mature pines accent the landscape as well, especially along the fairways. Each hole provides a dramatically different challenge and unique scenery
Rocky River Golf Club was carefully carved from lush, rolling hills and natural wetlands with the intent of preserving the beautiful terrain as much as possible. The course flows across the dramatic natural contours of the land, providing holes with plenty of elevation changes. Running alongside the rolling fairways are winding ribbons of native wetland grasses that weave through rocky outcroppings.
No ratings or reviews so far | Submit your ratingThe 9-hole West at Thistle Golf Club in Sunset Beach, North Carolina is a public golf course that opened in 1999. Designed by Tim Cate, West at Thistle Golf Club measures 3547 yards from the longest tees.
No ratings or reviews so far | Submit your ratingOyster Bay Golf Links, another classic creation by Developer Larry Young and Architect Dan Maples, is a rare blend of the various philosophies of golf course architecture. The par-70 course plays to just under 6,700 yards with two island green par threes.
No ratings or reviews so far | Submit your ratingThe 18-hole Maples at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center in Sunset Beach, North Carolina is a resort golf course that opened in 1985. Designed by Dan Maples, Maples at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center measures 6751 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 121 and a 71.7 USGA rating.
No ratings or reviews so far | Submit your ratingThe 18-hole Rivers Edge Golf Course in Shallotte, North Carolina is a public golf course that opened in 1999. Rivers Edge Golf Course was designed by Arnold Palmer. The greens are seadwarf seashore paspalum and the fairways are bermuda.
No ratings or reviews so far | Submit your ratingThe 18-hole Jones at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center in Sunset Beach, North Carolina is a resort golf course that opened in 1989. Designed by Rees Jones, Jones at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center measures 6761 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 132 and a 72.4 USGA rating.
No ratings or reviews so far | Submit your ratingThe 9-hole South at Thistle Golf Club in Sunset Beach, North Carolina is a public golf course that opened in 2000. Designed by Tim Cate, South at Thistle Golf Club measures 3351 yards from the longest tees.
The 18-hole Pearl West Course in Sunset Beach, North Carolina is a public golf course that opened in 1987. Designed by Dan Maples, Pearl West Course measures 7006 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 132 and a 73.2 USGA rating.
No ratings or reviews so far | Submit your ratingMeadowlands offers the challenge of a world class championship course with the combination of natural beauty and outstanding Southern hospitality. Sporting five sets of tees, large greens and well defined hazards, this 18 hole, 7054 yard course is surrounded by the peaceful setting of wetlands, meadows and wildlife.
No ratings or reviews so far | Submit your ratingThe 9-hole North at Thistle Golf Club in Sunset Beach, North Carolina is a public golf course that opened in 1999. Designed by Tim Cate, North at Thistle Golf Club measures 3450 yards from the longest tees.
Farmstead Golf Club is a 7,242-yard par-72 layout on McLamb Road in Calabash, N.C. and is among the newest courses to open in the Grand Strand. Farmstead also has the unique distinction of having the region's only par 6! That's right, the 740-yard 18th hole is sure to become one of the most talked about in the Grand Strand.
Golf course designer Tim Cate has unleashed this cat to prowl along the edge of a natural preserve and continually tests your ability to stay out of, or hit over, the surrounding marsh land. Wide fairways that twist and turn with a variety of elevations, plus scenic water features blend perfectly.
The 18-hole Pearl East Course in Sunset Beach, North Carolina is a public golf course that opened in 1987. Designed by Dan Maples, Pearl East Course measures 6749 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 135 and a 73.1 USGA rating.
Built on Jerry McLamb's 500-acre southern countryside family homestead, the facility features a front nine rolling through former tobacco fields and vegetable gardens, and a back nine meandering through pristine Carolina woodlands created by nature itself.
The 18-hole Leopard's Chase Golf Links at Ocean Ridge Plantation in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina is a public golf course that opened in 2007. Designed by Tim Cate, Leopard's Chase Golf Links at Ocean Ridge Plantation measures 7155 yards from the longest tees.
No ratings or reviews so far | Submit your ratingThe 18-hole Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center in Sunset Beach, North Carolina is a resort golf course that opened in 1989. Designed by Willard Byrd, Byrd at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center measures 6750 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 128 and a 72.1 USGA rating.
No ratings or reviews so far | Submit your ratingThe 18-hole Tiger's Eye Golf Links at Ocean Ridge Plantation in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina is a public golf course. Designed by Tim Cate, Tiger's Eye Golf Links at Ocean Ridge Plantation measures 7014 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 142 and a 73.7 USGA rating.
No ratings or reviews so far | Submit your ratingLion's Paw Golf Links is an open, hilly course that treats the golfer to spectacular views of a beautiful creek valley and its adjoining wetlands. A wild and untamed layout, Lion's Paw features deep sugar white sand bunkers and bent grass greens.
Anchored by the Village of Pinehurst, the Sandhills region of North Carolina is made up of a collection of small towns and blessed with a sampling of public-access golf courses that many golf aficionados consider to be among the best in the world. The "Village" is home to the venerable Pinehurst Resort and Donald Ross' vaunted No. 2 course. The entire area oozes with layouts from Ross, Dan and Ellis Maples, Rees Jones, and Robert Trent Jones.
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With destinations like Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach, and Pinehurst, the Carolinas seldom look at their metropolitan centers for as golf meccas. Once upon a time, this was justifiable. Even as recently as the late 1980s, the Charlotte and Raleigh/Durham metro areas were severely lacking in daily-fee golf facilities.
... full article »
As you drive north on U.S. Highway 17 from North Myrtle Beach and over the state line, t-shirt shops and mini golf courses give way to Mom-and-Pop seafood restaurants, quaint beach cottages, and rustic roadside gift shops. Anchoring the coast of this pristine region are the Brunswick Islands - a group of barrier islands that run from the world famous "seafood capital" of Calabash, North Carolina, all the way north to the Cape Fear River south of Wilmington. The scenery is unrivaled, as Carolina Oaks and Pines blend together to give the area a true mid-Atlantic feel.
... full article »
Wilmington, North Carolina exudes a sense of time and place. Anchored by its 200-block historic district, this bustling river city of over 100,000 residents has one of the most vibrant downtowns in the state, and one of the strongest tourist industries in the Southeast.
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The Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill area -- also known as the "Triangle" -- bleeds college hoops. Duke University, the University of North Carolina, and North Carolina State are all within a half hour's drive of each other, and have cultivated some of the most intense rivalries in all of sports over the past 40 years.
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