TOP GOLF COURSES 2022.

• Position: NC GOLF

Business North Carolina presents the North Carolina Golf Panel's annual ranking of the state's best golf courses. It's the 27th year of selections by the group conceived by Charlotte publicist Bill Hensley. The beloved golf enthusiast died in March at age 96.

The panel of businesspeople, journalists and others ranked the same 25 courses to top the list as it did a year earlier with one exception: Dormie Club jumped to 20th from 33rd. The Moore County course completed a major renovation last fall. It opened in 2010 and was acquired in 2017 by Nebraska's Peed family, which owns a half-dozen U.S. courses.

Golf rounds played in the U.S. increased 5% last year after soaring 14% in 2020 when the pandemic encouraged more outdoor activity, according to the National Golf Foundation.

(second number is previous year's ranking)

1. 1. Pinehurst No. 2

   Pinehurst

   72 Par

   7,588 Yardage

   76.5/138 Course rating/slope

2. 2. Grandfather Golf and Country Club

   Linville

   72

   7,085

   74.3/145

3. 4. Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club

   Southern Pines

   71

   7,015

   73.5/135

4. 3. The Country Club of North Carolina (Dogwood)

   Pinehurst

   72

   7,204

   75.2/134

5. 7. Quail Hollow Club

   Charlotte

   72

   7,396

   75.0/140

6. 5. Mountaintop Golf and Lake Club

   Cashiers

   70

   7,126

   73.9/145

7. 6. Elk River Club

   Banner Elk

   72

   6,826

   73.4/141

8. 8. Pinehurst No. 4

   Pinehurst

   72

   7,227

   74.9/138

9. 10. Sedgefield Country Club

   Greensboro

   71

   7,117

   72.9/130

10. 9. Old North State Club

    New London

    72

    7,102

    74.8/142

11. 11. Cape Fear Country Club

    Wilmington

    72

    7,005

    74.3/139

12. 12. Old Town Club

    Winston-Salem

    70

    7,042

    74.5/140

13. 15. Wade Hampton Golf Club

    Cashiers

    72

    7,154

    74.0/144

14. 13. Charlotte Country Club

    Charlotte

    71

    7,335

    75.9/146

15. 14. Pinehurst No. 8

    Pinehurst

    72

    7,099

    74.1/137

16. 19. Old Chatham Golf Club

    Durham

    72

    7,210

    74.0/131

    (second number is previous year's ranking)

17. 16. The Country Club of North Carolina (Cardinal)

    Pinehurst

    72

    7,212

    75.0/141

18. 17. Eagle Point Golf Club

    Wilmington

    72

    7,170

    74.5/137

19. 20. Raleigh Country Club

    Raleigh

    71

    7,394

    75.9/143

20. 33. Dormie Club

    West End

    72

    6,927

    73.7/138

21. 18. Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club

    Southern Pines

    72

    6,732

    71.0/126

22. 21. River Landing (River)

    Wallace

    72

    7,009

    74.1/141

23. 22. MacGregor Downs Country Club

    Cary

    72

    7,003

    73.4/134

24. 25. Forsyth Country Club

    Winston-Salem

    71

    6,784

    72.0/136

25. 24. Biltmore Forest Country Club

    Asheville

    70

    6,606

    71.5/127

26. 23. Rock Barn Country Club (Jones)

    Conover

    72

    7,126

    74.4/141

27. 26. Governors Club

    Chapel Hill

    72

    7,062

    75.1/144

28. 27. Forest Creek Golf Club (South)

    Pinehurst

    72

    7,067

    74.6/143

29. 29. Country Club of Landfall (Dye)

    Wilmington

    72

    7,026

    74.3/132

30. 28. Prestonwood Country Club (Highlands)

    Cary

    72

    7,082

    74.4/138

31. 30. Pinehurst No. 9

    Pinehurst

    72

    7,125

    75.1/143

32. 31. Treyburn Country Club

    Durham

    72

    7,175

    74.1/137

33. 34. Forest Creek Golf Club (North)

    Pinehurst

    72

    7,139

    74.7/144

34. 32. Country Club of Landfall (Nicklaus)

    Wilmington

    72

    7,100

    75.7/144

35. 36. Linville Golf Club

    Linville

    72

    6,946

    73.4/139

36. 37. River Landing (Landing)

    Wallace

    72

    7,112

    74.2/134

37. 46. Starmount Forest Country Club

    Greensboro

    71

    6,728

    72.7/140

38. 40. Mid South Club

    Southern Pines

    71

    7,003

    73.8/144

39. - Champions Hills Club

    71

    6,510

    71.7/144

40. 38. Myers Park Country Club

    Charlotte

    71

    7,120

    74.3/138

41. 35. Trump National Golf Club

    Mooresville

    72

    7,037

    74.2/140

42. 39. High Point Country Club (Willow Creek)

    High Point

    72

    6,972

    73.9/139

43. 41. The Hasentree Club

    Wake Forest

    71

    7,074

    73.9/139

44. 43. Greensboro Country Club (Farm)

    Greensboro

    72

    7,302

    75.1/140

45. 45. Balsam Mountain Preserve

    Sylva

    70

    6,859

    73.0/145

46. The Club at Longview

    Waxhaw

    72

    7,065

    74.5/140

47. 42. Finley Golf Course

    Chapel Hill

    72

    7,223

    74.9/138

48. 44. Bald Head Island Club

    Bald Head Island

    72

    6,855

    73.7/143

49. 48. Country Club of Asheville

    Asheville

    71

    6,672

    72.3/134

50. 47. Pinehurst No. 7

    Pinehurst

    72

    7,216

    75.5/143

51. 53. Bryan Park Golf and Conference Center (Champions) Browns Summit

    72

    7,255

    75.4/140

52. 54. Grandover (East)

    Greensboro

    72

    6,800

    72.5/136

    (second number is previous year's ranking)

53. 49. Gaston Country Club

    Gastonia

    72

    7,042

    74.2/135

54. 50. Duke University Golf Club

    Durham

    72

    7,105

    73.9/141

55. 52. The Cardinal by Pete Dye

    Greensboro

    70

    6,821

    74.2/139

56. 55, Hope Valley Country Club

    Durham

    70

    6,671

    73.1/133

57. 58. Lonnie Poole Golf Course

    Raleigh

    72

    7,358

    74.4/142

58. 57. The Currituck Club

    Corolla

    72

    6,888

    73.9/136

59. 51. Scotch Hall Preserve

    Merry Hill

    72

    7,257

    76.3/139

60. 61. Hound Ears Club

    Blowing Rock

    72

    6,327

    69.9/129

61. 59. Pinewild Country Club (Magnolia)

    Pinehurst

    72

    7,446

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