Tot Hill Farm Golf Club

Incredible Mike Stranz design. Love the driving range with the round bales. Love the quirky holes. Love the 1800s farm house clubhouse. Just a great course. Played tobacco Road, mid pines, southern pines, talamore, and pine needles and this was all of our favorite!

Might just be Strantz’s most enjoyable and visually pleasing course. Full of eye candy intimidating natural rock and boulders that really aren’t effecting your shots. The layout is a carnival ride of golfing joy and pure wow.

Like all Strantz courses, the course feels like it was delicately placed on top of natural topography. Slopes, angles, funnels, and blind shots immediately become normal. Trust is the big issue here. Every hole plays easier than it looks if you trust one belief: the course was designed for fun not punishment.

Conditions were very good. Fairways and greens were in good shape and receptive. Greens were not speedy but also weren’t shaggy. Bunkers had plenty of sand and fine enough for blast shots.

I always enjoyed Tobacco Road and respected its quirky difficulty. Stonehouse has been a favorite simply due to the routing and layout. Royal New Kent is a wonderful beast. Caledonia is a low country special that begs for return visits, while True Blue produces tears of joy and frustration. (Poor True Blue sits in the shadows of its sister course Caledonia). Tot Hill Farm might (quietly) be the best of them all.

Very challenging and beautiful scenery. Greens are somewhat slow, but because the course and greens are challenging any faster could lead to a very long round.

The course was in great shape. Greens were very slow however. There are some odd holes but mostly a good design (less goofy than Tobacco Road). Somehow there was a 5-some in front of us that would not let a 2-some through. No ranger on the course

This place is legitimate, from the quaint buildings to a friendly staff. The Course is breathtaking beautiful. The layout is fantastic and fair. Depending on what tees you play from you will need to look closely for the following hole tee box as the markers and elevation make it a bit tricky to locate. A must play and will put this course on the yearly rotation.

What an experience. From the friendly, helpful staff to the jaw dropping architecture of the course this is a must visit. We were fortunate that the rain held off and we could experience each hole. We appreciate the attention to detail this course provides. The staff went above and beyond to provide an incredible experience. They’re very knowledgeable and you can tell they love and appreciate this course. Do yourself a favor and check out this course.

Fun course, enjoyed it....only thing that would have been nice was a water cooler a few times on the course.

After the restoration, THF is back to being a must play course. Course has everything uoj would expect from Strantz: wild greens, blind shots, great use of land and unique hazards (rocks and more rocks).

One of my favorite NC courses.

This course is everything you’d expect from Mike Strantz. Blind shots, massive undulations and loads of fun. Too many memorable holes to mention. Course conditions are great too. Never played before the restoration but the zoysia putting greens roll great. The only hiccup was pace of play. We teed off at 10:45 and didn’t finish until 4:30. Unacceptable! We were stuck behind a group of 20+ slowpoke Ryder Cup wannabes all day long. One of them was urinating in the parking lot as I was driving away.

For many golfers, the public courses of Mike Strantz – two each in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia – are a bracing introduction to the creative possibilities of golf course architecture. The most eccentric of these is Tobacco Road, whose love-it-or-hate-it reputation makes for entertaining 19th-Hole debate. About 50 minutes northwest, Tot Hill Farm has flown under the radar in large part because it struggled with conditioning and limited resources. That all changed when the course came under new ownership, and its 2023 restoration has given it more promise than it had even on its original opening day.

Key to that revival was the removal of 1,500 trees, which have given the holes – and their turf valuable room to breathe and sunlight in which to do it. New zoysia grass on the greens will mature and improve each year. The course finally has a clubhouse, a restored 19th-century farmhouse that is a great hangout spot and compliments the course beautifully. In the wake of this home-run of a project, Tot Hill Farm’s best days are yet to come.

This was one of the funniest most memorable days of golf for me and my brother. I took him to Tot Hill Farm for his 60th birthday. Pace of play was perfect. Waited on one hole. Conditions of course are outstanding. It’s NEW! Staff was superb! Could not have been friendlier. Snack bar stocked with goodies for the turn. Pro shop right on par with all you may want. Book the course already!

You may read reviews where others complain about the green fee increase. When you play this course and see what the renovations the new owners have done, not only for the course, but the club house too, you will find yourself saying this course is a bargain!

My recommendation to the owners is just one. When the financial resources allow, replace the gas carts with electric. I would guess that could get pretty expensive especially if you need to get additional power supply for charging along with refresh of the cart barn. We love the game and are grateful owners like yourself risk it all and give us a place to to play. We all thank you!

The course is in great shape and feels like a country Pinehurst with challenging holes and beautiful greens and fairways. It’s worth it for a golf treat for yourself. They obviously spent a lot of money to upgrade the course and facilities. It’s plush!!!

I love GC design and nothing gets me going more than a Stranz. The course has gone to great lengths to get this place back to it's intended prestige and artful design. The course is great all around. The clubhouse is really well done and could use a restaurant/grill but they had some ready made BBQ sandwiches that hit the spot! The staff is as friendly of a course staff i have ever came across, everyone was excited for us to play like they were proud of their product. The greens were just converted so speed wasn't superfast but they were in great shape and rolled pretty true. I could go on and on about the design but it must be played to understand.

$135 to play the course is ludicrous.

I played the track for the first 10 years it was open in the early 2000's..

At that time it was very reasonably priced, albeit difficult to play.

It has recently been rebuilt with new greens and updated traps and a few more niceties.

Along with the new ownership has come a tripling in greens fees.

This is Randolph NC not Myrtle beach of a golfing resort. The fees are commensurate with a luxurious resort course and they are quite laughable.

They have priced the track out of reach for the average working stiff and we seniors.

At the current prices this course will never fly and I for one hope it does not!

Puzzled in N.C........................Hdcp. 8, from the seniors, age 79 and still rabid for golf, mostly 9 holes 3-4 times a week.

This Mike Strantz gem of a course has had some tough times but it is now back in pristine condition. The new owner has installed new turf on the greens and the entire course is now very lush. The greens run a little slow because of the newness but are smooth and healthy. They should get progressively faster in the months ahead. The holes are unique, interesting and beautiful. Typical Strantz greatness. They are more visually challenging than they play as Strantz wants the golfer to think before hitting. Most holes that appear to be narrow or difficult have alternate routes that get you to the green with less stress. The most difficult challenge for most golfers might be the number of uneven lies you will experience on this rolling layout. Come for the experience but do not let your score the first time around spoil the fun.

Rolling hills with rocky outcrops. Challenging elevation changes. The new owner said the green will be overhauled in three weeks. Grounds maintenance was on the course during play.

Great layout but they are transitioning to new geeens and doing a lot of work around the entire course

I would wait to play and hope rates aren’t outrageous when they reopen I’m excited for the reopening

I am upset they took down the tree on the left on 12 by water / fairway left edge but most other changes seem good

Making lots of changes. Getting ready to close till September because of greens conversion