Southern Pines Golf Club

About
Southern Pines Golf Club boasts a Donald Ross design that is considered one of the best courses in North Carolina. The diverse layout will please traditionalists while also rewarding creative shot-makers. Originally opened in 1906 as a nine-hole course, it was later expanded to a full 18 holes in 1910. At 6,300 yards, the golf course is short by today's standards, but it will definitely test all of your shot-making skills. The course requires everything from bump-and-runs to tricky tee shots that favor accuracy over distance. There are a variety of ways to play each hole, making strategy a key element to doing well. The rugged and beautiful terrain provided by the North Carolina Sandhills is the perfect setting for golf. Not only are the surroundings lush and scenic, the rolling landscape offers a bevy of natural hazards.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Blue | 71 | 6354 yards | 70.2 | 129 |
Blue (W) | 71 | 6354 yards | 76.5 | 138 |
White | 71 | 6086 yards | 68.9 | 126 |
White (W) | 71 | 6086 yards | 75.0 | 135 |
Gold (W) | 71 | 5724 yards | 73.3 | 130 |
Gold | 71 | 5724 yards | 67.4 | 121 |
Red | 71 | 5318 yards | 65.6 | 114 |
Red (W) | 71 | 5318 yards | 71.1 | 125 |
Baby Blue | 71 | 4015 yards | 60.5 | 105 |
Baby Blue (W) | 71 | 4015 yards | 63.3 | 103 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Blue M: 70.3/130 | 361 | 486 | 197 | 385 | 534 | 423 | 163 | 373 | 181 | 3103 | 333 | 312 | 410 | 400 | 172 | 476 | 312 | 410 | 340 | 3165 | 6268 |
White M: 68.8/126 | 353 | 474 | 173 | 368 | 507 | 405 | 145 | 362 | 164 | 2951 | 322 | 288 | 405 | 388 | 162 | 460 | 303 | 397 | 329 | 3054 | 6005 |
Gold M: 67.6/120 | 337 | 466 | 153 | 351 | 474 | 397 | 140 | 333 | 144 | 2795 | 321 | 274 | 389 | 360 | 147 | 443 | 282 | 387 | 303 | 2906 | 5701 |
Red W: 71.1/126 | 299 | 438 | 132 | 351 | 474 | 390 | 89 | 292 | 125 | 2590 | 295 | 242 | 390 | 315 | 136 | 424 | 280 | 345 | 301 | 2728 | 5318 |
Handicap | 11 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 12 | |||
Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
Handicap (W) | 9 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 |
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Golf Advisor: Top Courses in North Carolina (2024 #4)
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Reviewer Photos
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Photo submitted by joshsmith12 on 03/21/2024
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Photo submitted by joshsmith12 on 03/21/2024
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Southern Pines Golf Club, hole 4 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 11/30/2022
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Southern Pines Golf Club, hole 8 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 11/30/2022
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Southern Pines Golf Club, hole 11 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 11/30/2022
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#11 green, viewed from #8 green across the lake Photo submitted by u982123032 on 03/31/2022
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Par 3 #9 from the tee box Photo submitted by u982123032 on 03/31/2022
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#17 green and the clubhouse Photo submitted by u982123032 on 03/31/2022
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Hole #14 from the green Photo submitted by u982123032 on 03/31/2022
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#4 from the green Photo submitted by u982123032 on 03/31/2022
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The clubhouse from the #18 fairway Photo submitted by u982123032 on 03/31/2022
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Photo submitted by u000006243788 on 10/06/2021
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Photo submitted by DenisDotson on 06/23/2020
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Photo submitted by DenisDotson on 06/23/2020
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Photo submitted by DenisDotson on 06/23/2020
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Photo submitted by u000006252884 on 05/20/2020
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Photo submitted by BrandonWebb on 12/29/2019
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Photo submitted by BrandonWebb on 12/29/2019
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Photo submitted by BrandonWebb on 12/29/2019
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Photo submitted by BrandonWebb on 12/27/2019
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Photo submitted by BrandonWebb on 12/27/2019
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Photo submitted by BrandonWebb on 12/27/2019
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Southern Pines #18 Photo submitted by GolferJake78 on 10/17/2019
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Southern Pines #8 Photo submitted by GolferJake78 on 10/17/2019
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Southern Pines #1 Photo submitted by GolferJake78 on 10/17/2019
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Great par 3's. Photo submitted by ppahk on 09/27/2018
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Southern Pines 4th hole Photo submitted by markormary on 03/24/2018
horrible description
I blame golfnow, the whole course is under construction, there are no active greens, they put the flagstick in the fairways, so there is no putting. I played 1 hole and complained to the pro shop that this is unplayable, he agreed and said it will be back open 9/1/2021 (1 month from now). GolfNow should have notified us in the course details but did not. I asked for a refund and he said I have to go through the golf now website. I have browsed all through the site and found no way to ask for refund. I left and went and played a different course and now I am out more money. I have used golf now for over 100 rounds in the years and this is the first time this has happened. none the less, I got screwed out of my money. this course should be banned from play until it has been verified to be in playable condition.
A great work in progress
The course is going through some updates and all is explained to you upon arrival. The staff is super friendly and the Buffalo chicken wrap is fantastic.
Temp greens. Asking for refund didnt play. Need to note that in prodile of course. Redoing greens.
Temp greens. Didnt play. Asking for refund38 mins on hold for customer aetvice. Still havent called me
Back. Nobody using phone at golf ow today.
Closed to the public
This course is undergoing renovations, has lugged fairways, temporary greens ,, and is only open to members until September.Yes 
Stay away- for now
6 temporary greens and still charged $60 to play. The temporary greens were in the middle of the fairway while those six holes were in repair. Course has switched hands to Money hungry owners that are milking Donald Ross' name. No doubt it will be a beautiful Course one day but it's Moore County, there are great courses everywhere. Spend your time and money elsewhere.
Do not play now
until they are finished with renovations stay away. 18 temp greens, fires burning trees that were taken down and cart paths torn up. it will be nice but can not imagine the cost of green fees when it is finished. loved playing this course in the past
good course and good value, played it well but the conditions were atrocious as they rebuild the course, the 7 temp holes were virtually unplayable to putt
Gonna be great. Again.
A terrific 1906 Donald Ross course which I believe may have lost it's way. Great layout and no two wholes were alike. Greens are terrific, tees were fine as were most of the fairways. No rough to speak of because... Appears they have new ownership and the course is under MAJOR renovation. That said, we found it very playable just taking a free drop when we drifted into construction. That includes lots of the sand. I think it's a great bargain now and you can tell it will be a top course someday. Probably next year.
Great course
I loved almost everything except the construction and the condition.the sides of fairways due to construction.
Donald Ross Gem
The new owners are making renovations to the course, but it was still a thrill to play this Ross Gem. Really challenging. Can’t wait to return. Great day.
Donald Ross would turn over in his Grave
This course is under massive repairs. It is not worth the money we paid to play. The staff was very friendly. The only thing good about the course was the greens. Almost every sand trap was under repair. If they ever complete all complete all the renovations it could be a wonderful course.
Southern Pines
Under construction many holes. Wait a couple of years
Total Customer Service Fumble
I was so excited to play this historic course on a 50th birthday trip for a longtime golf and college buddy. We booked it online, prepaid $75 a piece.
When we arrived, we were greeted by a kind man bringing us our cart who said that there were renovations going on and gave us our first hint of trouble. Saying "Next summer, this place will be great." Not an inspiring beginning.
In the clubhouse it got worse. Walking in we overheard the woman working the desk say that 11:30 (our time) was available, which was odd, but maybe we were off in our records by 10 mins or a two-ball would be joining us, which is great. Certainly something like that. But she decided to put the person on hold, and take care of the guy in front of us in line and us.
Guy in front gets the same story about the place being under renovation and she goes on about bunkers being GUR, that there were dirt fringes in many places, and sod in a great many places, just laid out. Also GUR. She then said they were charging only $50 instead of the $75 we paid. Overhearing this we shrugged our shoulders and thought let's play away.
Get up next and Arlene (I think?) says that we called and cancelled this morning, which of course we hadn't. She's a little irritated and gets back on the line with the person on hold and says that that time has now been taken, which I'm certain delighted that person on hold.
We ask how they'll process the $25 refund for each player and she says they won't do it. She says we booked through Golf Now and she can't process the refund, but we booked on the course's site, we explain. She says we wouldn't have noticed but it's actually run by Golf Now so we have to go to them, but the guy who booked doesn't even have a Golf Now account so they can't help us either, after a long call outside the clubhouse to GolfNow customer service.
Back to the desk and explain and she offers us a bag of rangeballs instead. For $25? I say that we want to play all day so they can certainly make it up to us with a replay or lunch between, etc. They are confident that we can make it work out.
We play our 18 and the place is trashed. Quicksand-esque dirt green-complexes, loose sod aprons, open fires where they're roasting burn piles as billows of smoke waft down the fairways while music spills from the workcrew's boomboxes.
We finish 18 just as the skies open up with bucketloads of rain (I made a great up and down for par out of the back left bunker in the sideways rain, what a treat!) We ran inside, upstairs to the patio for beers and sandwiches.
I ask the pro, since radar shows this is just a little band passing by, if they'll open for play after the rain clears, he says yes, go enjoy lunch and we'll work it out.
After lunch bills arrive with no comps, we head to the clubhouse. Since it's my buddy's birthday (and because I'm Sicilian and from New Jersey) I offer to the talking.
Time now, 3:30, sunset in 4 hours. I say we'd love play again, and the pro says now for the first time, "that's not gonna happen." Huh? Because he'd have to keep a kid there to take in the cart, he tells us. I say, sounds great for the kid too! Easy hours. Pro says no. Not gonna happen. I say well, give us the $50 we overpaid then, he says no way. This guy.
I declare we have a big problem and he gets super huffy with me, tells me Arlene shouldn't have "let that come out her mouth" that they'd do something for us. He's never had a problem with her before, he says, and I remind him that he still shouldn't, she was great! He's super mad and although I wanted to cuss him out, I didn't, and said I wasn't leaving his clubhouse without that cart for 18 or the $50.
He declares, WE'RE DONE, and barks at the employee to "Get this guy a cart and get them out of here."
I say thanks, and we play a construction site for the second time and try to put that situation behind us.
We spin around in 3 hours and change and park the cart in the covered area by the clubhouse and realize there is not a soul there anymore. All that for this?
Beyond that nonsense, they've destroyed an historic course in an attempt to lengthen and toughen it up, they're extending tee boxes and adding loads of more modern looking bunkers to compete, but at a horrid cost.
I'm reminded of a one-word review from Spinal Tap.
Hoped for more
At least 3 holes were unplayable, because of heavy equipment between approach shots and Green complexes. Because of new sod and Ground under repair, sometimes had to walk 50 yards to find a playable at $61/player, a huge ripoff in this area.
Pathetic
We used to enjoy this course. However, construction on every green. Destruction of over 10000 beautiful trees, to install waste areas. Not worth the money or time during the renovation.
Good things coming
Lots of work going on but you can tell it’s going to be great. Very playable given the amount of dirt moving around.
Course is upgrade
Wait to play this course in a year. Right now # 2 is closed and a temporary hold for one of the back nine.
This is the 3rd time I have answered this survey
What a great Gem
If you can overlook the restoration and see the image of what Donald Ross once saw this place is awesome! Greens are in great shape and it was dormant fairways . By October I bet this place will be absolutely perfect! A must see before they finish because it will be packed once it’s done