AREA AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Media Area Awards & Accolades

American Automobile Association

  • Four Diamond Award Lodgings (2022)– The Carolina Hotel, Pinehurst Resort; The Holly Inn, Pinehurst Resort
  • Four Diamond Award Restaurants (2022)– 1895 Grille, Pinehurst Resort

Convention South

  • Reader’s Choice Award (2021)– Convention & Visitors Bureau. Voted by meeting planners who have done business with the CVB in the past year. This is the 12th time the CVB has been recognized with this award.

Global Golf Post

Best 18 Golf Holes in the Pinehurst region (Sept 28, 2020) –

  1. Pinehurst No. 2(Par 4, 18th hole)
  2. Pinehurst No. 2(Par 3, 9th hole)
  3. Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club(Par 4, 2nd hole)
  4. Country Club of North Carolina(Par 5, 15th hole, Cardinal Course)
  5. Pinehurst No. 8(Par 4, 14th hole)
  6. Pinehurst No. 2(Par 5, 5th hole)
  7. Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club(Par 5, 15th hole)
  8. Tobacco Road(Par 3, 14th hole)
  9. Legacy Golf Links(Par 4, 18th hole)
  10. Pinehurst No. 4(Par 3, 6th hole)
  11. Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club(Par 4, 12th hole)
  12. Tobacco Road(Par 5, 1st hole)
  13. Dormie Club(Par 4, 3rd hole)
  14. Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club(Par 4, 4th hole)
  15. Forest Creek Golf Club(Par 4, 17th hole, North Course)
  16. Country Club of North Carolina(Par 3, 13th hole, Dogwood Course)
  17. Mid South Club(Par 4, 18th hole)
  18. Talamore Resort New Course(Par 4, 18th hole)

Honorable Mention

Golf Advisor

Golf Digest

Golf Digest’s “Places to Play” Ratings

Golf Magazine

  • 2020-2021 Rankings by State: North Carolina– #1 Pinehurst No. 2, #4 Pinehurst No. 4, #5 Tobacco Road, #9 Mid Pines, #10 Dormie Club, #11 Pine Needles, #15 Forest Creek North, #16 CCNC Dogwood, #20 Forest Creek South
  • Top 100 Courses in the U.S. (2020-21)– #11 Pinehurst No. 2, #92 Pinehurst No. 4
  • Top 100 Courses in the World (2020-21)– #16 Pinehurst No. 2

Golfweek

  • Top 200 Resort Courses in U.S. (2021) – #3 Pinehurst No. 2, #28 Pinehurst No. 4, T34 Mid Pines, T43 Pine Needles, T66 Tobacco Road,  #83 Pinehurst No. 8, T140 Pinehurst No. 7, T185 Talamore’s Mid South
  • Top 200 Residential Courses in U.S. (2021) – #48 Forest Creek (North), T90 Forest Creek (South)
  • Best Courses You Can Play in the U.S. (2020) – #3 Pinehurst No. 2, #41 Pinehurst No. 4, #42 Mid Pines, #55 Pine Needles, #99 Tobacco Road
  • Best Courses You Can Play State-By-State(2020) – In North Carolina, the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area took nine of the fifteen spots. Pinehurst No. 2 ranks #1, followed by #2 Pinehurst No. 4, #3 Mid Pines,  #4 Pine Needles, #6 Tobacco Road , #7 Pinehurst No.8, #9 Pinehurst No. 7, #13 Mid South Club and #15 Southern Pines Golf Club
  • Best Classic Golf Courses (2020) – #15 Pinehurst No. 2, #112 Mid Pines, #143 Pine Needles
  • Best Modern Courses (2020) – #115 Pinehurst No. 4, #141 Dormie Club, #156 Forest Creek (North)
  • Top 200 Best Resort Courses in the U.S. (2021) –Pinehurst No. 2 (#3), Pinehurst No. 4 (#28), Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club (#34), Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club (#43), Tobacco Road Golf Club (#66), Pinehurst No. 8 (#83), Pinehurst No. 7 (#140), Talamore Resort’s Mid South Club (#185).
  • Top 100 Courses You Can Play –Pinehurst No. 2 (#3)
  • Top 100 Classic Golf Courses (includes designs prior to 1960) –Pinehurst No. 2 (#15)

North Carolina Golf Panel (All Rankings Updated April 1, 2023)