Best of 2018: North Carolina

The top courses in the state based on your ratings and reviews
Before the night was done, the Wampanoags brought out the peace pipe and everyone smoked the aromatic tobacco from Tobacco Road Golf Club with pledges of continued harmony.

The yearly Golf Advisor state best-of lists are compiled by analyzing the ratings and reviews submitted by members of our community throughout the year. We use our Golf Advisor Index logic that weights newer reviews and combine it with a course's weighted subcategory averages. Reviews from trusted and active reviewers are weighted heavier than inactive members.

Courses must offer public access and have received at least one review in 2018 to be eligible for this year's list.

North Carolina golf courses reviewed in 2018: 233
Reviews of N.C. golf courses in 2018: 4,018

  1. Sanford, North Carolina
    Public
    4.1202823529
    94

  2. Pinehurst, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.9643529412
    36

  3. Merry Hill, North Carolina
    Private/Resort
    4.7347470588
    251

  4. Leland, North Carolina
    Public
    4.7393176471
    132

  5. Greensboro, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.6002
    206

  6. Kenansville, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    3.4809647059
    70

  7. State Road, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5713
    349

  8. Leland, North Carolina
    Resort/Public
    4.5472
    53

  9. Aberdeen, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.3095352941
    282

  10. Pinehurst, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.0490235294
    26

  11. Southern Pines, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.3430857143
    37

  12. Summerfield, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    3.6695764706
    186

  13. Beaufort, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.3776
    143

  14. Mount Airy, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.1635714286
    141

  15. Marshville, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.6090411765
    882

  16. Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    Public
    4.4172529412
    672

  17. Buies Creek, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5055588235
    719

  18. Boone, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.6705647059
    402

  19. Asheville, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.2754705882
    413

  20. West End, North Carolina
    Private
    4.7857142857
    53

  21. Rutherfordton, North Carolina
    Public/Resort
    4.1797647059
    264

  22. Clemmons, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.3350764706
    358

  23. Southern Pines, North Carolina
    Resort
    3.5459142857
    39

  24. Roaring Gap, North Carolina
    Semi-Private/Resort
    4.7590882353
    229

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This list is a complete joke. Not much more to say.

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Seriously....Tobacco Road over any of the other top 20? I mean,...who gave you these ratings?

Tobacco Road is certainly "interesting"...."quirky" to say the least. When a course has to station rangers on the course, to point you in the right direction of where you are to aim your drive,...I mean really? That felt more like putt-putt on a large scale. I know those who play the course either love it or hate it. That alone should keep it out of the top 20. There are so many other high quality courses in NC. Where is Duke Washington Inn Course? It held an NCAA Championship in it's past. What about some of the courses down in the Myrtle Beach area? You need more mature raters...people who understand golf course design.

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