American Automobile Association

Four Diamond Award Lodgings (2012) - The Carolina Hotel, Pinehurst Resort; The Holly Inn, Pinehurst Resort

Four Diamond Award Restaurants (2012) - 1895 Grille, Pinehurst Resort

Convention South

Reader's Choice Award (2010) - Convention & Visitors Bureau. Voted by meeting planners who have done business with the CVB in the past year. This is the fourth time the CVB has been recognized with this award.

Forbes Travel Guide

Forbes Four-Star Lodgings (2012) - The Carolina Hotel, Pinehurst Resort

Forbes Four-Star Spas (2012) - The Spa at Pinehurst, Pinehurst Resort

Golf.com

Best Public Golf Courses in North Carolina (2010) - #1 Pinehurst No.2, #2 Pine Needles, #4 Tobacco Road, #5 Pinehurst No.8, #6 Pinehurst No.4, #12 Mid Pines, #19 Pinehurst No.7

Golf Digest

America's 75 Toughest Golf Courses (2012) - #10 Pinehurst No. 2, T#67. Tobacco Road

America's 50 Best Teachers (2011+2012) - #42 Peggy Kirk Bell, Pine Needles

The Best Teachers in North Carolina (2011+2012) - #1 Peggy Kirk Bell, Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club; # 5 Eric Alpenfels, Pinehurst Golf Academy; # 7 Sean Desmond, Pinewild CC of Pinehurst; # 8 Christopher Little, Pinewild CC of Pinehurst; # 12 Paul McRae, Pinehurst Resort & Country Club

75 Best Golf Resorts in North America (2011) - #12 Pinehurst Resort

America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses (2011/2012) – #37 Pinehurst No. 2

America's 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses (2011/2012) – #8 Pinehurst No. 2, T#48 Pine Needles, #63 Pinehurst No. 4, #68 Pinehurst No. 8, #78 Tobacco Road.

Best In State Rankings - North Carolina (2011/2012) – #2 Pinehurst No. 2, #11 Forest Creek (North), #14 Forest Creek (South), #15 CCNC (Dogwood),#16 Pine Needles, #19 Pinehurst No. 4, #21 Pinehurst No. 8, #22 Tobacco Road, #23 Mid South Club, #24 CCNC (Cardinal).

Golf Magazine

Top 100 Courses in the U.S. (2011) – #10 Pinehurst No. 2

Top 100 Courses in the World (2011) – #15 Pinehurst No. 2

Top 100 Golf Courses You Can Play (2010) – #7 Pinehurst No. 2, #52 Pine Needles, #97 Tobacco Road (NEW in 2010!), #100 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 New Courses (2011) – #3 Dormie Club

Best Courses You Can Play State-By-State (2011) - In North Carolina, the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area took seven of the Top Ten spots. Pinehurst No. 2 ranks #1, followed by #2 Pine Needles, #4 Tobacco Road, #5 Mid Pines, #7 Pinehurst No.4, #8 Pinehurst No. 8, and #9 Southern Pines Golf Club

Best Classic Golf Courses (2011) – #17 Pinehurst No. 2, #70 Pine Needles

Golf World Reader's Choice Awards

Top 50 Public Golf Courses (2010) - #4 Tobacco Road

Top 50 Resort Courses (2010) - #8 Pinehurst Resort, #30 Pine Needles

Top 50 Public Golf Courses (2009) - #5 Tobacco Road, #24 Legacy Golf Links

Top 50 Resort Courses (2009) - #5 Pinehurst Resort, #27 Pine Needles

Links Magazine

Links 100 United States Rankings (Winter 2012) - #14 Pinehurst No.2

Links 100 World Rankings (Winter 2012) - #22 Pinehurst No.2

Top 20 Best Golf Cities (2010) - #12 Pinehurst, NC

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 (2011).

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).