48 Talamore Dr. , Southern Pines, North Carolina 28387, US
(800) 552-6292
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About Talamore and Mid South Golf Resort

Talamore Golf Resort and Mid South are sister properties with semi-private golf courses and onsite accommodations in Southern Pines, N.C. near the Village of Pinehurst. The two facilities are located 2.3 miles from one another door-to-door. Both feature mostly 2- and 3-bedroom villa accommodations with full kitchens, while there are also a small number of houses available for rent as well, including the Palmer Cottage. Villa units are 1,800 square feet, have daily housekeeping service and feature front and rear porches. Both Mid South and Talamore have outdoor pools available to guests. Talamore and Mid South are both championship-caliber, 18-hole golf courses. Talamore was designed by architect Rees Jones while Mid South was laid out by Arnold Palmer. The property offers stay-and-play packages to a wide collection of other Sandhills-area golf properties.

Facts

Price Range$$, $$$
Property Class★★
Year Opened1991
Number of UnitsLess than 100

Amenities & Services

RestaurantsBar, Casual
TennisYes
Practice FacilityYes
Golf School/AcademyYes
Banquet SpaceYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?No
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at Talamore and Mid South Golf Resort

Reviews

4.5
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Reviews 29
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course

Greens weren't that great

Not much grass in the fairway

Little river was better

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Response from on 08/01/2017:
Thank you for playing The New Course at Talamore. We have seen great results to our new Bermuda Greens since we did our seasonal maintenance, and hope that you will come give them another shot!
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Terrible Pairing

We scheduled a time to play around 11am, the course staff moved us back to 1120AM and paired us with 2 kids that were playing a practice round for some upcoming tournament. We were on the course for over 5 hours and the last thing we wanted to do was play gold with two middle school aged kids while their parents rode along and watched and coached them.

Great course conditions but truly an awful experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Response from on 08/01/2017:
Thank you for your feedback on your experience, djkbogey. We are glad you enjoyed the new redesigned course, and are sorry to hear that you did not have a great experience.
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Reviews 52
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Virginia Advisor
First Time Playing

Solid course

First time playing Talamore and it was very enjoyable. Booked through GolfNow and had no issues. Played with 3 guys down from Minnesota on the last day of their golf vacation. The staff was very friendly from the bag drop through check in and to the starter. The course is overall player friendly from the local rules to the new layout. Yes the greens are new within the last year and still a bit firm but they were in awesome shape. They rolled great and they held approach shots that came in high. The rest of the course was in awesome shape considering it is late July in the Sandhills and hotter than h*ll here this time of year. 5 sets of tee boxes to suit your game. Some forced carries and the new bunkering was challenging and fair. I did like the Links style grass faced bunkers around the greens. I only see this course getting better with time for the greens to soften up. Pace of play was 4 hours and 10 minutes on a Sunday that was fully booked. Plenty of water on the course to help keep you hydrated. Definitely will play here again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Response from on 07/26/2017:
Thank you, Bombtech! We're glad you enjoyed your first experience at Talamore, and are happy to hear you enjoyed the improvements we've made to the course in the last year! We hope that you will come back and visit us again!
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Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Enjoyable Experience

Nice course. Fairly wide open and friendly. We were a twosome and pace of play was good. Didn't wait until 15th hole. Port-o-johns on the course but you do go by the clubhouse when making the turn.

I would play again if I was in the area.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 07/05/2017:
Thank you for your review and feedback! We're glad you enjoyed your experience, and look forward to seeing you again next time you are in the area!
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Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 06/12/2017:
Thank you for your review, Ron. We appreciate your feedback on your round.
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Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 06/12/2017:
Hi Linda, We appreciate your great rating, and hope that your group enjoyed your round despite your pace of play. If you and Ron are in the area again, we hope to have you back for another round!
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Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 06/07/2017:
Thank you iugrad1990! We agree! Glad you enjoyed playing the New Course at Talamore Golf Resort, and we hope we will see you back again soon!
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Reviews 15
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Green were firm and fast

Talamore's renovated the course and it is in excellent condition. I would highly recommend you go talk to Miles who done an awesome job welcoming us to talamore. Only thing missing a nice little chipping area would complete tis already fantastic golf course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 06/05/2017:
Thank you for your excellent rating, Eric! We appreciate your feedback, and are glad you've enjoyed all of the renovations we've put into the New Course at Talamore!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

They switched to champion Bermuda last year and the greens are fantastic. Great conditions and a nice bar for drinks after. Will play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 05/31/2017:
Thank you for your 5-stars! We're glad you liked the changes we've made to the course and look forward to having you back again soon!
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Reviews 13
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Love the Changes, same unfriendly proshop

Haven't played at Talamore in a couple of years, since before the renovations. Absolutely LOVE the new greens and bunkers. Problem with new greens, though no fault of the course, is that they are so firm they are impossible to hold a shot making for a miserable playing experience. In time this course is going to be OUTSTANDING when greens soften a bit but love the changes, well done. The bag drop / starter gets 5 stars for friendliness and customer service, the tall grump in the proshop I would give a zero if possible. Was checking out course for possible site of our 20 person golf group annual trip next year but would not want to deal with this guy's attitude for 4 days. Rude, unassuming and definitely could care less about customer service. Grill and beverage cart personnel were both GREAT, 5 stars. Once the greens work in and soften a bit, this course will be a must play, but right now you may want to practice chipping on to the parking lot to prepare for these greens.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 05/31/2017:
Thank you for your review, gramcaster. We're glad you enjoyed the updates to our greens and bunkers, and appreciate your feedback on the staff and conditions. Thank you for playing The New Course at Talamore.
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Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Beautiful fast new greens

Great course & layout. The new greens are great but very hard & fast.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 05/17/2017:
Thank you for your excellent review and feedback on your round! We're glad you came out to try The New Course at Talamore and hope that we will have you back again when you are in the area!
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Reviews 17
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Decent layout, bad greens

This is the second time I have played this course, with the last time being two years ago. I left the course feeling like the course conditions worsened vs. my last time here. Apparently, they recently completed a redesign of the greens and performed other course updates. The greens undulations were unnaturally tiered, and rock hard and not receptive to irons or pitches. The grass in the chipping areas around the green was sparse and barren in spots. Also, there are several holes with very deep, sod faced bunkers which we very difficult to play from, particularly with greens as hard as they were. Overall, I had a favorable impression of the course coming in to the day, but left disappointed.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 05/17/2017:
Hello Stewdoggydogg, Thank you for coming to play the course for a second visit. Most of our golfers have loved the new course layout, but we appreciate the feedback from all of our golfers.
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Too slow

Great layout. Many interesting holes. Finishing holes excellent. With upcoming new greens should be a superstar except for pace of play! VERY slow round with ineffective rangers and no attempt to correct pace. 5 to 6 hour round.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Awesome

Best greens I've ever played on. Course has some St Andrews type bunkers so be prepared to lose a few strokes! Great everything here and I will come back in the fall.

Pitchputt

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 04/21/2017:
Thank you for your amazing review and five stars, pitchputt! We're glad you enjoyed the course (even the bunkers!) and look forward to having you back in the fall!
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Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good course to play

After played tobacco road golf club yesterday, my expectation was not high for this course. If you haven't played the tobacco road course, then you definitely should. In my opinion it's the course to be in Pinehurst. But Talamore impress me more than I expected. Green was in great condition, the fairways were fun and interesting with elevation changes. My only complaints were the pace of the play and lack of grass in some of the fairways. As an out of towner, first time playing this course, I usually like to play with locals to get some guides on how best to play the course.

I originally booked to play with another twosome, but they reassigned my playing partner. I ended up playing by myself, waiting on every hole and virtually every shot! Five hours for the round.

Other than that I really enjoyed the course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Response from on 04/21/2017:
Thank you for your review, David! We're glad that we lived up to the expectations golfers come to expect from all of the courses in the area, and hope that you may come back to play again.
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Didn't find the pro shop staff person that helpful. Asked about a replay and he advised should be no problem. When we come back in after our round we were advised there would a 2 hr wait for a replay.

Price for the course and replay was high for this time of year. Also having to pay for range balls at that price was disappointing

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/13/2017:
Thank you for playing Talamore Golf Resort. We appreciate you coming out to play the course last week, and apologize that we couldn't get you back out for your replay round as quickly as you hoped. As we gear up for spring and summer seasons, we hope that you will come back and play the course again!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Changes

Our two foursomes played this on Sunday morning; a 5 hour round. Three foursomes standing on the 5th tee, two more in play on the hole. Marshall assured us the problem was temporary . 2:40 to the turn and the starter thanked us for keeping up the pAce of play! A little better on the back, 2:20. Greens are being replaced in June so I would not pay to play here until at least September

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Reviews 2
3.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Not a good value

$ 135 is just too much money for this clubhouse, and this course. Nothing terribly wrong with either, just they are very average and not worth that high cost.

I would pay $80 to play there but never again pay $ 135

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Talamore Resort Pinehurst

I have played this course 20 or more times. They have transitioned to Bermuda greens and renovated the course. The changes have made the course more player friendly. Fewer bunkers and trees. They have however added some challenging pot bunkers. The greens are in great shape and the fairways are good considering spring has just hit the area. I used a "Hot Deal" and some rewards to lower the price from $45 to $35. The Golfnow price was ridiculous for a premiere Pinehurst course. Highly recommend Talamore.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 04/03/2017:
Thank you for your review Icarus68! We are glad you have enjoyed the improvements we have made to The New Course at Talamore Golf Resort, and appreciate your recommendation!
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Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

We had a wonderful experience the staff was great course beautiful conditions and the pace of play could not have been better

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 03/31/2017:
Thank you for your outstading review, Tom! We are glad you enjoyed your experience at the Talamore Golf Resort, and hope you will be back soon!
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