1. Pinehurst No. 2.
2. Pine Needles Golf Club, Southern Pines.
3. Pinehurst No. 4.
4. Pinehurst No. 10.
5. Pinehurst No. 8.
6. Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club, Southern Pines.
7. Pinehurst No. 9.
8. Mid South Club, Southern Pines.
9. Occano Golf & Boat Club, Merry Hill.
10. Bryan Park (Championship), Browns Summit.
11. Grandover (East), Greensboro.
12. Finley Golf Course, Chapel Hill.
13. Forest Oaks CC, Greensboro.
14. Lonnie Poole Golf Course, Raleigh.
15. Pinehurst No. 7.
16. Waynesville Inn & Golf Club, Waynesville.
17. Duke Univ. Golf Club, Durham.
18, The Cardinal by Pat Dye, Greensboro.
19. The Currituck Club, Corolla.
20. Grandover (West), Greensboro.
21. Southern Pines Golf Club, Southern Pines.
22. Springdale Resort, Canton.
23. Talamore Golf Resort, Southern Pines.
24. Crow Creek Golf Club, Calabash.
25. Crystal Coast Country Club, Pine Knolls Shores. NC Golf Panel
Editor’s Note: The NC Golf Panel course rankings for 2026 were published in the April issue of Business North Carolina.