Best of 2018: North Carolina

The top courses in the state based on your ratings and reviews
Before the night was done, the Wampanoags brought out the peace pipe and everyone smoked the aromatic tobacco from Tobacco Road Golf Club with pledges of continued harmony.

The yearly Golf Advisor state best-of lists are compiled by analyzing the ratings and reviews submitted by members of our community throughout the year. We use our Golf Advisor Index logic that weights newer reviews and combine it with a course's weighted subcategory averages. Reviews from trusted and active reviewers are weighted heavier than inactive members.

Courses must offer public access and have received at least one review in 2018 to be eligible for this year's list.

North Carolina golf courses reviewed in 2018: 233
Reviews of N.C. golf courses in 2018: 4,018

  1. Sanford, North Carolina
    Public
    4.4528941176
    97

  2. Pinehurst, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.9654
    37

  3. Merry Hill, North Carolina
    Private/Resort
    4.7618352941
    287

  4. Leland, North Carolina
    Public
    4.9093764706
    134

  5. Greensboro, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.5899411765
    242

  6. Kenansville, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.0917833333
    70

  7. State Road, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5790352941
    419

  8. Leland, North Carolina
    Resort/Public
    4.5472
    53

  9. Aberdeen, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.3302176471
    330

  10. Pinehurst, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.8057142857
    26

  11. Southern Pines, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.9234166667
    38

  12. Summerfield, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5497705882
    252

  13. Beaufort, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.7296
    153

  14. Mount Airy, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5603
    141

  15. Marshville, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.6651647059
    973

  16. Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    Public
    4.4299529412
    722

  17. Buies Creek, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.5373294118
    807

  18. Lake Lure, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.0964833333
    20

  19. Boone, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.0794647059
    405

  20. Asheville, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.3468176471
    447

  21. West End, North Carolina
    Private
    4.8773666667
    54

  22. Rutherfordton, North Carolina
    Public/Resort
    4.1311647059
    270

  23. Clemmons, North Carolina
    Semi-Private
    4.2665294118
    389

  24. Southern Pines, North Carolina
    Resort
    4.86325
    40

  25. Roaring Gap, North Carolina
    Semi-Private/Resort
    4.7369176471
    318

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This list is a complete joke. Not much more to say.

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Seriously....Tobacco Road over any of the other top 20? I mean,...who gave you these ratings?

Tobacco Road is certainly "interesting"...."quirky" to say the least. When a course has to station rangers on the course, to point you in the right direction of where you are to aim your drive,...I mean really? That felt more like putt-putt on a large scale. I know those who play the course either love it or hate it. That alone should keep it out of the top 20. There are so many other high quality courses in NC. Where is Duke Washington Inn Course? It held an NCAA Championship in it's past. What about some of the courses down in the Myrtle Beach area? You need more mature raters...people who understand golf course design.

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