Pinehurst has been named the best golf course in the state by the North Carolina Golf Panel. 

The North Carolina Golf Panel was founded in 1995 and is the most authoritative statewide source of golf course rankings in the state. The panel is made up of 135 members which includes club professionals and general managers, accomplished amateur players,and college golf coaches, golf media, and others who play a role in promoting golf. 

“Our destination is blessed with not just great golf courses, but also world-class ones and the

rankings demonstrate once again why our area is the undisputable ‘Home of American Golf,’” said Phil Werz, president and CEO for the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. “Golfers from around the world annually make the pilgrimage to the Pinehurst area to play our courses and it is the driving force of our tourism economy.”

Other locations in the Pinehurst area that made the Top 100 Courses for 2022 include: Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club at number three, the Dormie Club in West end at twenty, and the Southern Pines Golf Club making the list at number 88.

“Most golfers in North Carolina, particularly if this is the only place you’ve lived, likely don’t appreciate how lucky they are to have the Sandhills region practically in their backyard,” said Kevin Brafford, executive director of the N.C. Golf Panel. “If it was only Pinehurst Resort, it’d be unique and special unto itself. But to have so many other tremendous courses within miles of each other is remarkable. There’s truly no other place like it in the world.”