Best of 2018: North Carolina

The top courses in the state based on your ratings and reviews
Tobacco Road - no. 14
Tobacco Road Golf Club - like any Mike Strantz design - is a departure from the architectural norm.

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
    4.3547604609 out of 5 stars
    102

  2. Pinehurst, North Carolina
    Resort
    3.4942084942 out of 5 stars
    39

  3. Merry Hill, North Carolina
    Private/Resort
    4.7748458104 out of 5 stars
    374

  4. Leland, North Carolina
    Public
    4.5149253731 out of 5 stars
    134

  5. Greensboro, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.3394432866 out of 5 stars
    299

  6. Kenansville, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5428571429 out of 5 stars
    70

  7. State Road, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.6477109691 out of 5 stars
    588

  8. Leland, North Carolina
    Resort/Public
    4.5471698113 out of 5 stars
    53

  9. Aberdeen, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.1613938244 out of 5 stars
    435

  10. Pinehurst, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.7760180995 out of 5 stars
    29

  11. Southern Pines, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.3577106518 out of 5 stars
    39

  12. Summerfield, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.4756839495 out of 5 stars
    383

  13. Beaufort, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.489433412 out of 5 stars
    231

  14. Mount Airy, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5602836879 out of 5 stars
    141

  15. Marshville, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5127930007 out of 5 stars
    1152

  16. Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    Public
    3.9483908134 out of 5 stars
    881

  17. Buies Creek, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.2978797008 out of 5 stars
    977

  18. Lake Lure, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.1571428571 out of 5 stars
    21

  19. Boone, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.363202775 out of 5 stars
    413

  20. Asheville, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.5988888889 out of 5 stars
    479

  21. West End, North Carolina
    Private
    4.7936507937 out of 5 stars
    55

  22. Rutherfordton, North Carolina
    Public/Resort
    3.867325604 out of 5 stars
    391

  23. Clemmons, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.4835207451 out of 5 stars
    546

  24. Southern Pines, North Carolina
    Resort
    3.2 out of 5 stars
    41

  25. Roaring Gap, North Carolina
    Semi-Private/Resort
    4.6897439562 out of 5 stars
    489

Comments (2)

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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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