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
    3.9484470588
    95

  2. Pinehurst, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.9643529412
    36

  3. Merry Hill, North Carolina
    Private/Resort
    4.7637470588
    276

  4. Leland, North Carolina
    Public
    4.8462411765
    134

  5. Greensboro, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.6277411765
    228

  6. Kenansville, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.0917833333
    70

  7. State Road, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5983529412
    381

  8. Leland, North Carolina
    Resort/Public
    4.5472
    53

  9. Aberdeen, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.4483764706
    299

  10. Pinehurst, North Carolina
    Resort
    3.7619142857
    26

  11. Southern Pines, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.1587428571
    37

  12. Summerfield, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.4527166667
    230

  13. Beaufort, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.3776
    143

  14. Mount Airy, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5603
    141

  15. Marshville, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.6710058824
    937

  16. Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    Public
    4.4725823529
    672

  17. Buies Creek, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5156470588
    785

  18. Lake Lure, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.0964833333
    20

  19. Boone, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5301411765
    405

  20. Asheville, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.3421235294
    439

  21. West End, North Carolina
    Private
    4.8773666667
    54

  22. Rutherfordton, North Carolina
    Public/Resort
    4.1309352941
    267

  23. Clemmons, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.2847588235
    378

  24. Southern Pines, North Carolina
    Resort
    3.1349571429
    39

  25. Roaring Gap, North Carolina
    Semi-Private/Resort
    4.8038529412
    298

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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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