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
    4.9417956656
    101

  2. Pinehurst, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.3790849673
    39

  3. Merry Hill, North Carolina
    Private/Resort
    4.8078564779
    359

  4. Leland, North Carolina
    Public
    4.8603714286
    134

  5. Greensboro, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.3878571154
    279

  6. Kenansville, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5429
    70

  7. State Road, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.601507753
    547

  8. Leland, North Carolina
    Resort/Public
    4.5472
    53

  9. Aberdeen, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.1451997679
    398

  10. Pinehurst, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.6289647059
    29

  11. Southern Pines, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.3577106518
    39

  12. Summerfield, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5356930651
    354

  13. Beaufort, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.6159682924
    220

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

  15. Marshville, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5838190595
    1124

  16. Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    Public
    4.2060426283
    863

  17. Buies Creek, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.3054035421
    944

  18. Lake Lure, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.0681058824
    21

  19. Boone, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.069426289
    412

  20. Asheville, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.3934832757
    472

  21. West End, North Carolina
    Private
    4.7897574124
    55

  22. Rutherfordton, North Carolina
    Public/Resort
    3.9161126447
    361

  23. Clemmons, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.4381786257
    519

  24. Southern Pines, North Carolina
    Resort
    3.7269984917
    41

  25. Roaring Gap, North Carolina
    Semi-Private/Resort
    4.6965448994
    447

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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