Here are the top 50 golf courses you can play, selected by the N.C. Golf Panel. Many are in vacation hotspots.
1. Pinehurst No. 2, Pinehurst
2. Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club, Southern Pines
3. Pinehurst No. 4, Pinehurst
4. Pinehurst No. 8, Pinehurst
5. Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club, Southern Pines
6. Pinehurst No. 9, Pinehurst
7. Mid South Club, Southern Pines
8. Bryan Park (Champions), Browns Summit
9. Grandover (East), Greensboro
10. Finley Golf Course, Chapel Hill
11. Occano, Merry Hill
12. Pinehurst No. 7, Pinehurst
13. Forest Oaks Country Club, Greensboro
14. Lonnie Poole Golf Course, Raleigh
15. The Cardinal by Pete Dye, Greensboro
16. Duke University Golf Club, Durham
17. The Currituck Club, Corolla
18. Southern Pines Golf Club, Southern Pines
19. Grandover (West), Greensboro
20. Crow Creek Golf Club, Calabash
21. Talamore Golf Resort, Southern Pines
22. Leopard’s Chase, Sunset Beach
23. Tiger’s Eye, Sunset Beach
24. Mill Creek Golf Club, Mebane
25. Tanglewood Park (Championship), Clemmons
26. Thistle Golf Club, Sunset Beach
27. Crystal Coast Country Club, Pine Knoll Shores
28. Kilmarlic Golf Club, Powells Point
29. Deep Springs Country Club, Stoneville
30. Stoney Creek Golf Club, Whitsett
31. Rumbling Bald Resort (Apple Valley), Lake Lure
32. Cutter Creek Golf Club, Snow Hill
33. Wildwood Green Golf Club, Raleigh
34. Pinehurst No. 6, Pinehurst
35. Nags Head Golf Links, Nags Head
36. Oak Valley Golf Club, Advance
37. Carolina Colours Golf Club, New Bern
38. Tobacco Road Golf Club, Sanford
39. Legacy Golf Links, Aberdeen
40. Longleaf Golf & Family Club, Southern Pines
41. Bryan Park (Players), Browns Summit
42. Cross Creek Country Club, Mount Airy
43. Oak Island Golf Club, Oak Island
44. Boone Golf Club, Boone
45. Greensboro National Golf Course, Summerfield
46. Heritage Club, Wake Forest
47. Carolina Trace Country Club (Lakes), Sanford
48. The Challenge Golf Club, Graham
49. Cape Fear National Golf Club, Leland
50. Wilmington Municipal Golf Club, Wilmington