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
    102

  2. Pinehurst, North Carolina
    Resort
    3.4942084942
    39

  3. Merry Hill, North Carolina
    Private/Resort
    4.7926965405
    372

  4. Leland, North Carolina
    Public
    4.5149253731
    134

  5. Greensboro, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.3327518979
    296

  6. Kenansville, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5428571429
    70

  7. State Road, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.6247106419
    579

  8. Leland, North Carolina
    Resort/Public
    4.5471698113
    53

  9. Aberdeen, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.1685936303
    429

  10. Pinehurst, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.7760180995
    29

  11. Southern Pines, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.3577106518
    39

  12. Summerfield, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.4900142644
    377

  13. Beaufort, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5325109187
    231

  14. Mount Airy, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5602836879
    141

  15. Marshville, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5245587767
    1143

  16. Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    Public
    3.9629797106
    876

  17. Buies Creek, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.29976851
    969

  18. Lake Lure, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.1571428571
    21

  19. Boone, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.2163141119
    413

  20. Asheville, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.4794314162
    479

  21. West End, North Carolina
    Private
    4.7936507937
    55

  22. Rutherfordton, North Carolina
    Public/Resort
    3.9041612473
    387

  23. Clemmons, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.4519598009
    545

  24. Southern Pines, North Carolina
    Resort
    3.7269984917
    41

  25. Roaring Gap, North Carolina
    Semi-Private/Resort
    4.727947645
    479

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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