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

• Southern Pines Golf Club(Par 5, 5th hole)
• Mid South Club(Par 3, 6th hole)
• Pinewild Country Club(Par 5, 18th hole, Magnolia Course)

Golf Advisor

• Golfers’ Choice Top 50 in U.S.(2021) – #9 Talamore, #12 Tobacco Road
• Golfers’ Choice: Top 25 U.S. golf courses for Course Conditions (2021)– #22 Talamore
• Golfers’ Choice: Best of North Carolina [Public] Golf Courses(2021) – #1 Talamore, #2 Tobacco Road, #6 Pine Needles, #12 Pinehurst No. 4, #16 Mid South Club
• Golfers’ Choice: Top 25 Golf Courses for Off-Course Amenities (2019) – #21 Mid South Club, the only course selected in North Carolina and the highest rated in both the Carolinas
• Ten Best US Golf Destinations For Caddies(2017) – #1 North Carolina Sandhills/Pinehurst

Golf Digest

• America’s 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses(2019/2020) – #6 Pinehurst No. 2, #52 Tobacco Road, #64 Pinehurst No. 8, #79 Pine Needles, #91 Mid Pines
• America’s Best New Public Golf Courses(2019) #2 Pinehurst No. 4
• Best In State Rankings – North Carolina(2019/2020) – #2 Pinehurst No. 2, #10 Forest Creek (North), #12 Dormie Club, #13 Tobacco Road, #18 Forest Creek (South), #17 CCNC (Dogwood), #19 Pinehurst No. 8, #21 Pine Needles, #23 Mid Pines
• America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses (2017/2018) – #30 Pinehurst No. 2
• Golf Digest (2022) – Southern Pines Golf Club – Best Renovation Project

Golf Digest’s “Places to Play” Ratings

• America’s 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses(2021) – Pinehurst No. 2 (#6), Pinehurst No. 4 (#32), Tobacco Road Golf Club (#49), Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club (#73), Pinehurst No. 8 (#76), Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club (#93).

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)

• Top 100 Course Rankings – Pinehurst No. 2 (#1); The Country Club of North Carolina (Dogwood, #3); Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club (#4); Pinehurst No. 4 (#12); CCNC (Cardinal, #13); Pinehurst No. 8 (#16); Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club (#22); Dormie Club (#24); Forest Creek (South, #29); Pinehurst No. 9 (#30); Mid South Club (#37); Forest Creek (North, #40); Pinehurst No. 7 (#51); Pinewild (Magnolia, #68); Southern Pines Golf Club (#75) and Talamore Resort (#77).
• Top 50 Courses You Can Play  – Pinehurst No. 2 (#1); Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club (#2); Pinehurst No. 4 (#3); Pinehurst No. 8 (#4); Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club (#5); Pinehurst No. 9 (#6); Mid South Club (#7); Pinehurst No. 7 (#11); Southern Pines Golf Club (#20); Talamore Resort (#21); Pinehurst No. 6 (#32);  Tobacco Road (#38); Legacy Golf Links (#40); Longleaf Golf and Family Club (#41).
• Top five Best Short(er) Courses and Best Resorts in North Carolina–  Southern Pines Golf Club (#3) best short(er) course; Pinehurst Resort (#1) and Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club(#2) best resorts in the state.