Convention South

Reader's Choice Award (2008) – Convention & Visitors Bureau, for the third time. Voted by meeting planners who have done business with the CVB in the past year.

Golf Digest's "Places to Play" Ratings - 2008

Five Star – Pinehurst No. 2 has achieved this distinction since these ratings began in 1992 and is the only course in NC to be designated with the 5-star rating.

Four-1/2 Star – Little River, Mid Pines, Pine Needles, Pinehurst No. 4, Pinehurst No. 6, Pinehurst No. 7, Pinehurst No. 8, The Pit, Talamore, and Tobacco Road.

For a complete listing of the 31 rated golf courses in the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area, please visit our 2008 Golf Course Ratings page.

Golf Magazine

Top 100 Courses in the U.S. (2009) – #11 Pinehurst No. 2

Top 100 Courses in the World (2009) – #19 Pinehurst No. 2

Top 100 Courses in the U.S. (2007) – #11 Pinehurst No. 2

Top 100 Courses in the World (2007) – #17 Pinehurst No. 2

Top 100 Courses You Can Play (2006-2007) – #6 Pinehurst No. 2, #45 Pine Needles, #99 Pinehurst No. 8

Top 100 Teachers in America (2005-2006) – Eric Alpenfels, Pinehurst Resort;

Peggy Kirk Bell, Pine Needles; Michael Hebron, Pine Needles (winter season only).

Included in the Top Teachers by Region (Southeast) was Bob Dougherty, Professionals Golf School .

Golfweek

Best Courses you can Play (2008) – Pine Needles, Mid Pines, Tobacco Road, Pinehurst No. 4, and Pinehurst No. 8.

Top 50 Best New Courses (2007) – #16 Forest Creek Golf Club - North Course

Top 100 Best Modern Golf Courses (2007) – #76 Forest Creek (North)

Top 100 Best Residential Golf Courses (2007) – #15 Forest Creek (North) and #29 Forest Creek (South)

Top 100 Best Resort Golf Courses (2007) – Pinehurst No.2 ranks #3, Pine Needles #15, Mid Pines #46, Pinehurst No. 8 #50

Top 100 Best Classic Golf Courses (2007) – Pinehurst No. 2 ranks #11, Pine Needles #66.

Best State-By-State Public Access Golf Courses (2007) – In North Carolina, the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area took 6 of the Top 10 spots. Pinehurst No. 2 ranks #1, followed by #2 Pine Needles, #4 Mid Pines, #5 Pinehurst No.4, #6 Tobacco Road, and #7 Pinehurst No. 8.

Golf World

Readers Choice Awards (2008) – Legacy Golf Links, Tobacco Road, Pinehurst No. 2.

Money Magazine

25 Best Places To Retire (2009) - #4 Pinehurst, NC

Travel & Leisure Golf Magazine

Top 10 US Golf Resorts (2008) – # 1 Pinehurst Resort third time.

Top 10 US Golf Resorts (2007) – # 1 Pinehurst Resort.

World's Best Golf Resorts - Reader Survey (2007) – Southeast Division:

— Best Golf Resort - #1 Pinehurst Resort

— Best Resort Course - #1 Pinehurst No. 2

— Best Resort for Buddy Trips - #1 Pinehurst Resort

Top 10 US Golf Resorts (2006) - # 3 Pinehurst Resort

World's Best Golf Resorts - Reader Survey (2006) – Southeast Division:

— Best Golf Resort - #2 Pinehurst Resort

— Best Resort Course - #2 Pinehurst No. 2

— Best Resort for Buddy Trips - #2 Pinehurst Resort

— Most Underrated Resorts - #3 Pine Needles

Choice Hotels International

Platinum Hospitality Award (2008) – Comfort Inn, Pinehurst, NC, for second year.

Business North Carolina

NC Golf Panel ranks Pinehurst No. 2 as North Carolina's Best Golf Course (2008).

Conde Nast Traveler

Pinehurst Resort is #64 out of Top 100 for Conde Nast Traveler Readers (2008).

Policom

Southern Pines-Pinehurst area is #2 "Dreamtown" in NC and fifth in the nation (2008) .

American City Business Journals

Southern Pines-Pinehurst is #2 Best "Dreamtown" in NC and 35th best in the nation out of 140 smaller communities (2008).