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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 7049 yards
Slope 138
Rating 74.3

Previously known as East at Country Club of Whispering Pines.

Course Details

Year Built 1965
Greens Champion Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ellis Maples (1965)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Lodging

Lodging Available

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Reviews

1.5
104 Reviews (104)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 9
Elevation Changes 7
Undulating Greens 7
This course/club is great for:
Locals 7
Playing Multiple Courses 6
This Course's Location is:
Near the Airport 7
Worth the Drive 7

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Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

One of MAPLES best!

Course was in great shape, recovering better than most from our brutal winter. Classic design course and one of Maples best in the area. Huge well maintained greens that were rolling true and quick. Nice firm sand in the bunkers. Can not wait to get back and play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Very Good !

Great Course, very good Staff. my only Con is the layout... at the turn around wanted to get something to eat but it takes you a long time to get back to the Clubhouse from the 9/10. but overall a great experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great place

It was great my brother and I played in 3 hours got in front of everyone it was a dream round if u play the pines course on the downhill par five aim further left than u think.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice track

First time here on 3/15/2015. Got a great deal at $40. Driving range was closed due to rain the previous 2 days. The pines course has quite the length to it. The traps are we'll maintained and the greens putt true.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Worth the trip

The course presents a reasonable challenge and is well maintained. This is the first course I've played in this area that has maintained the traps properly. There are many traps, I might add. The fairways had been overseeded and the greens roll true. I would definitely play it again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Pines Course

Pines course in good condition and dry which was surprising considering all the rain in the area. Fairways were great and no tight lies due to the lush rye grass. My problem is the course layout, there is no access to the clubhouse after finishing hole 9. My partner needed a beverage and snack so we were guided back to the clubhouse by some lady members. Needless to say what a trip through the woods and down a 2 lane road good thing our cart had a good battery. When we finally reached the club house no food and very limited snack selection. This round trip took around 45 minutes. If you play this course bring your own beverage and food!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

A hidden jewel in the Sandhills crown

I've played this course 60 times over the years. While not as visually exciting as the Pinehurst resort courses, (or Pine Needles), it is just a great design that is imminently playable and fun. #5 on the Pines course is the best par 5 in the Sandhills as far as I'm concerned. Paula, in the pro shop is terrific. It is always affordable and always in good shape. I love playing both of these courses and recommend them both very highly to anyone in the area.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Ellis Maples Hates Me!!!

What a beautiful day!! What a wonderful golf course!!! All I needed was 15 feet and I would have broken 80!!! Without those 15 feet I shot 89 and it was Ellis Maples fault!!! 1 foot there, 2 feet here, 6 inches over there and it would have been easy. But without those feet and inches I was yards away from glory. Fabulous green complexes, and perfectly placed bunkers ,makes this an extremely complex golf course, which demands that you play this course more than once, if you really want to get to know it. Thank God I'm playing it tomorrow and I will definitely show Mr. Maples a thing or two!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 51
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

A Walkable Links Course

The seventy minutes it takes to drive from my home to the Country Club of Whispering Pines is a journey I look forward to making as often as I possibly can. There are two course from which to choose, both are links style, both are walkable and both are in the best of shape from Tee through Green.
This day I played for the first time the Pines Course, previously named the East Course. Although booked as a single I was fortunate to have paired with a couple of local guys Charles and Roger, who showed me around the eighteen (when you play 18 you have to play 9, just saying) in just under four hours. A bit of apprehension sat in as we stood on the first tee box and watched the last group of the Ladies' Day tournament play the first hole, however, by the time we reached the third tee we saw only dust as those girls were not messing about, we saw them once again as we played the tenth and they were hitting approach shots to eleven green; never saw them after that glimpse. We were never pressured from behind until sixteen green when a twosome caught us as I made double bogey on the easiest hole on the course, e gads.
This is a club to which I would consider membership if I lived closer. The staff are always at their best, smiling and offering help and never to busy to work with a visitor or a member. Dave and Paula in the pro shop greet you as a friend and Mr. Willie the cart guy will crack you up with a joke.
The practice areas are, as you might imagine, well used as there seems to be a few people using the facilities all the time. The driving range was in need of 'haircut' the day I was there but the maintenance crews were busy on other parts of the two courses.
The fairways are just that fair, hit it and you have a fine lie on some nice turf; miss the fairway and you can find yourself in the sand, love grass and pine straw just like Pinehurst Number Two since the restoration by Coore and Crenshaw. The bunkers are not so many but well place and well kept by the members; it is as though they take time to properly repair the bunker after playing out, a concept you will not find at most public courses.
The greens on this day were running about ten on the Stimpmeter and since Ellis Maples studied with Donald Ross they are small and undulating. (I had five one putts and two three putts) If the members have the staff speed the greens a bit you would see handicaps increasing.
When you visit the Sandhills area of North Carolina take time to savor a fine couple of courses from the 1950s in the Country Club of Whispering Pines. Perhaps I will see you there and we can have a pint in the grill after our round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 51
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

A WAKKABLE lINKS cOURSE

The seventy minutes it takes to drive from my home to the Country Club of Whispering Pines is a journey I look forward to making as often as I possibly can. There are two course from which to choose, both are links style, both are walkable and both are in the best of shape from Tee through Green.
This day I played for the first time the Pines Course, previously named the East Course. Although booked as a single I was fortunate to have paired with a couple of local guys Charles and Roger, who showed me around the eighteen (when you play 18 you have to play 9, just saying) in just under four hours. A bit of apprehension sat in as we stood on the first tee box and watched the last group of the Ladies' Day tournament play the first hole, however, by the time we reached the third tee we saw only dust as those girls were not messing about, we saw them once again as we played the tenth and they were hitting approach shots to eleven green; never saw them after that glimpse. We were never pressured from behind until sixteen green when a twosome caught us as I made double bogey on the easiest hole on the course, e gads.
This is a club to which I would consider membership if I lived closer. The staff are always at their best, smiling and offering help and never to busy to work with a visitor or a member. Dave and Paula in the pro shop greet you as a friend and Mr. Willie the cart guy will crack you up with a joke.
The practice areas are, as you might imagine, well used as there seems to be a few people using the facilities all the time. The driving range was in need of 'haircut' the day I was there but the maintenance crews were busy on other parts of the two courses.
The fairways are just that fair, hit it and you have a fine lie on some nice turf; miss the fairway and you can find yourself in the sand, love grass and pine straw just like Pinehurst Number Two since the restoration by Coore and Crenshaw. The bunkers are not so many but well place and well kept by the members; it is as though they take time to properly repair the bunker after playing out, a concept you will not find at most public courses.
The greens on this day were running about ten on the Stimpmeter and since Ellis Maples studied with Donald Ross they are small and undulating. (I had five one putts and two three putts) If the members have the staff speed the greens a bit you would see handicaps increasing.
When you visit the Sandhills area of North Carolina take time to savor a fine couple of courses from the 1950s in the Country Club of Whispering Pines. Perhaps I will see you there and we can have a pint in the grill after our round.
"GO PLAY!"

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 51
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

A Walkable Links Course

The seventy minutes it takes to drive from my home to the Country Club of Whispering Pines is a journey I look forward to making as often as I possibly can. There are two course from which to choose, both are links style, both are walkable and both are in the best of shape from Tee through Green.
This day I played for the first time the Pines Course, previously named the East Course. Although booked as a single I was fortunate to have paired with a couple of local guys Charles and Roger, who showed me around the eighteen (when you play 18 you have to play 9, just saying) in just under four hours. A bit of apprehension sat in as we stood on the first tee box and watched the last group of the Ladies' Day tournament play the first hole, however, by the time we reached the third tee we saw only dust as those girls were not messing about, we saw them once again as we played the tenth and they were hitting approach shots to eleven green; never saw them after that glimpse. We were never pressured from behind until sixteen green when a twosome caught us as I made double bogey on the easiest hole on the course, e gads.
This is a club to which I would consider membership if I lived closer. The staff are always at their best, smiling and offering help and never to busy to work with a visitor or a member. Dave and Paula in the pro shop greet you as a friend and Mr. Willie the cart guy will crack you up with a joke.
The practice areas are, as you might imagine, well used as there seems to be a few people using the facilities all the time. The driving range was in need of 'haircut' the day I was there but the maintenance crews were busy on other parts of the two courses.
The fairways are just that fair, hit it and you have a fine lie on some nice turf; miss the fairway and you can find yourself in the sand, love grass and pine straw just like Pinehurst Number Two since the restoration by Coore and Crenshaw. The bunkers are not so many but well place and well kept by the members; it is as though they take time to properly repair the bunker after playing out, a concept you will not find at most public courses.
The greens on this day were running about ten on the Stimpmeter and since Ellis Maples studied with Donald Ross they are small and undulating. (I had five one putts and two three putts) If the members have the staff speed the greens a bit you would see handicaps increasing.
When you visit the Sandhills area of North Carolina take time to savor a fine couple of courses from the 1950s in the Country Club of Whispering Pines. Perhaps I will see you there and we can have a pint in the grill after our round.
"GO PLAY!"

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Great value

Greens recently aerated, but very nice layout, played the pines course, fairways in good shape, greens were puttable.

Would play again, in fact played two days in a row.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Very good course

Staff was very friendly and helpful, Layout was very nice lot of elevation changes, some blind shots, dog legs both right and left, course was in very nice condition. Did not care for sand in bunkers.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

The course was in great shape especially for January.

The course was in great shape especially for January. Fairways and greens were actually green. Paula at the desk was super friendly and made me feel right at home. Maintenance workers out on the course were equally friendly. Plan to play the West course during my next visit to North Carolina. Great deal for the money as I used the Hot Deal for the round.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Played On
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Golf Course in great condition.

Played sunday and the course was in great shape especially after all the rain. The only problem we had was a single behind us hitting into us. It was 3 of us and 3 walking in front of us which wasn't a problem but the guy behind us was in a hurry. We let him pass he actually played with the group in front of us after one of their 3 quit after 9. Everything was great other than that. I think on a crowded day singles should be told they have to wait. If nobody had been in front of us we would have let him thru as soon as we saw him. We let him play thru on 9 to get him off our back. But this will ruin your day when you are being pushed like that.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Loved the River Course

Fairways were over seeded which made them perfect. Greens were in great shape. We enjoyed the course very much & will definitely be back to play Country Club of Whispering Pines again! Thank you golfnow.com

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Great value, friendly staff and fun to play

The place looks great and continues to improve. Playing conditions have improved. Fast, smooth greens.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Greens in very good shape.

Golf course played longer than the 6,500 on the scorecard due to the rough and the overseeding of the fairways. Greens are quite undulating and anything above the hole was was difficult to put a good stroke on due to the speed. Not the best course in the world, but for <$25, it's a good deal.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0

good value

friendly staff. Greens average in speed and smoothness.

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 42
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Challenging

Terrific bargain for such a good course! Very challenging, old standby when visiting this area.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Talamore Golf Resort Stay & Play Package

FROM $137 (USD)
SOUTHERN PINES, NC | Enjoy up to 5 nights’ accommodations at the Talamore Golf Resort and up to 4 rounds of golf at your choice of Mid Pines Golf Course, Mid South Course, Tobacco Road Golf Course, and The New Course.

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