Old Chatham Golf Club, Durham, moved up one spot to ninth on the N.C. Golf Panel’s Top 100 Golf Courses for 2025. Old Chatham was the highest local course in the 30th annual ranking. This is the first listing since Hurricane Helene flooded WNC last fall. Here are the top ten:
Pinehurst No. 2.
Grandfather Golf & CC, Linville.
Country Club of N.C., (Dogwood), Pinehurst.
Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte.
Pine Needles, Southern Pines.
Elk Run Club, Banner Elk.
Old Town Club, Winston-Salem.
Sedgefield CC, Greensboro.
Pinehurst No. 4.
Area courses in the Top 100: Raleigh CC, Raleigh, 18; McGregor Downs CC, Cary, 22; Governors Club, Chapel Hill, 24; Treyburn CC, Durham, 29; Prestonwood CC (Highlands), Cary, 33; Finley GC, Chapel Hill, 47; Lonnie Poole GC, Raleigh, 52; uke University GC, Durham, 56; The Hasentree Club, Wake Forest, 58; The Club at 12 Oaks, Holly Springs, 62; Carolina CC, Raleigh, 65; Hope Valley CC, Durham, 68; Prestonwood CC (Meadows), Cary, 69; Croasdaile CC, Durham, 77; Alamance CC, Burlington, 79; Mill Creek GC, Mebane, 84; The CC at Wakefield Plantation, Raleigh, 94. Complete listings are featured in the April issue of Business North Carolina.
Only one major change from last year occurred in the Top Ten. Mountaintop Golf & Lake Club, Cashiers, fell from 7 to 13. Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, moved one spot (4) ahead of Pine Needles, Southern Pines (5).