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The Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen
region is home to five of the Top 10 golf courses in North Carolina, and eight of the Top 20, as indicated below:
1. Pinehurst No. 2
5. Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club
6. Country Club of North Carolina (Dogwood)
9. Forest Creek Golf Club (South)
10. Pinehurst No. 8
12. Pinehurst No. 4
15. Country Club of North Carolina (Cardinal)
17. Forest Creek Golf Club (North)
Rounding out the Top 100 listing were:
22. Dormie Club
24. National
Golf Club
34. Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club
45. Pinehurst No. 7
54. Pinewild Country Club (Magnolia)
65. Mid South Club
69. Tobacco Road Golf Club
86. Seven Lakes Country Club
100. Pinehurst No. 6
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw's Dormie Club in West End also earned the state's Best New Course for 2011. Coore and Crenshaw moved little earth, instead taking advantage of the landscape - more than 300 rolling acres, 100-foot elevation changes, two natural lakes and hardwood and pine forests - to craft a course that boast undulating greens, wide fairways and more than a few waste bunkers (94).
The Golf Panel also produced a Top 12 list
for seven different regions within the state - Coastal, Mountains,
Triad, Triangle, Charlotte Metro, Eastern and Sandhills.
Best by Region, Sandhills —
1. Pinehurst No. 2
2. Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club
3. Country Club of North Carolina (Dogwood)
4. Forest Creek Golf Club (South)
5. Pinehurst No. 8
6. Pinehurst No. 4
7. Country Club of North Carolina (Cardinal)
8. Forest Creek Golf Club (North)
9. Dormie Club
10. National Golf Club
11. Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club
12. Pinehurst No. 7
This year the Golf Panel selected the Best Par 5s in the state, then broke them out by region. In the Sandhills the following courses were deemed to have the Best Par 5s —
1. County Club of North Carolina (Dogwood)
2. Forest Creek Golf club (South)
3. Pinehurst No. 8
4.
Country Club of North carolina (Cardinal)
5. Dormie Club
Hidden Gems in the Sandhills region —
1. Southern Pines Golf Club
2. Seven Lakes Country Club
3. Talamore Golf Club
4. Legacy Golf Links
The rankings, published in the April 2012 issue of BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA , are
compiled based on votes cast by a panel of golf industry experts. For the complete list please visit the North Carolina Golf Panel.
Related Link: See Golf Packages available for Pinehurst, Southern Pines and Aberdeen Golf Courses.
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