2017 2016 Course ( / Yardage / Course rating/slope) Pinehurst no. 2, Pinehurst 1 1 72 / 7,497 / 76.4/141 2 2 grandfather golf and Country Club, linville 72 / 7,085 / 74.3/145 Mountaintop Golf 3 — Mountaintop golf and lake Club, Cashiers 70 / 7,126 / 73.9/145 and lake Club old north state Club, new london 4 3 72 / 7,102 / 74.8/142 CaSHieRS 5 5 Pine needles lodge and golf Club, southern Pines 71 / 7,015 / 73.5/135 Par 70 | Yardage 7,126 | Course rating/sloPe: 73.9/145 6 7 Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte 72 / 7,396 / 75.0/140 At an elevation of 4,000 feet, this Fazio-designed course opened in 2006. the Country Club of (dogwood), Pinehurst Open only to Mountaintop’s 350 members and their guests, the course 7 4 72 / 7,204 / 75.2/134 marks the highest debut on the N.C. Golf Panel’s Top 100 list since the elk river Club, Banner elk 8 6 72 / 6,826 / 73.4/141 group began compiling it in 1995. Charlotte Country Club, Charlotte 9 8 71 / 7,335 / 75.9/146 Pinehurst no. 8, Pinehurst 10 9 72 / 7,092 / 74.1/138 Wade Hampton golf Club, Cashiers 11 10 72 / 7,154 / 74.0/144 Pinehurst no. 4, Pinehurst 12 11 72 / 7,117 / 74.2/135 sedgefield Country Club (ross), greensboro 13 13 71 / 7,117 / 72.9/130 Cape Fear Country Club, Wilmington 14 12 72 / 6,856 / 73.4/135 Biltmore Forest Country Club, asheville 15 14 70 / 6,606 / 71.5/127 16 16 old town Club, Winston-salem 70 / 7,042 / 74.5/140 pineHuRSt no. 4 eagle Point golf Club, Wilmington pinehurst 17 15 72 / 7,170 / 74.5/137 18 17 the Country Club of north Carolina (Cardinal), Pinehurst 72 / 7,212 / 75.0/141 Par 72 | Yardage 7,117 | Course rating/sloPe: 74.2/135 19 19 Mid Pines inn and golf Club, southern Pines 72 / 6,528 / 71.3/127 Starting this fall, No. 4 will undergo a redesign aimed at restoring the 20 18 raleigh Country Club, raleigh course’s original character, including the addition of exposed sand, native 71 / 6,816 / 73.7/135 wire grass and wider fairways. Restoration of courses No. 1 and No. 3 are old Chatham golf Club, durham 21 21 72 / 7,210 / 74.0/131 also planned. Forest Creek golf Club (south), Pinehurst 22 20 72 / 7,067 / 74.6/143 rock Barn Country Club (Jones), Conover 23 26 72 / 7,126 / 74.4/141 trump national golf Club, Mooresville 24 22 72 / 7,037 / 74.2/140 river landing (river), Wallace 25 25 72 / 7,009 / 73.5/141 linville golf Club, linville 26 23 72 / 6,946 / 73.4/139 Forest Creek golf Club (north), Pinehurst 27 24 72 / 7,139 / 74.7/144 Prestonwood Country Club (Highlands), Cary 28 27 72 / 7,082 / 74.4/138 Country Club of landfall (dye), Wilmington RoCk baRn 29 29 72 / 7,026 / 74.3/132 30 34 Pinehurst no. 9, Pinehurst CountRy Club 72 / 7,125 / 75.1/143 conover governors Club, Chapel Hill 31 35 72 / 7,062 / 75.1/144 Par 72 | Yardage 7,126 | Course rating/sloPe: 74.4/141 Myers Park Country Club, Charlotte 32 28 71 / 7,120 / 74.3/138 Last year, the Robert Trent Jones II-designed course, which opened in 2003, High Point Country Club (Willow Creek), High Point 33 31 72 / 6,972 / 73.9/139 converted from semiprivate to a members-only model. Nonmembers can still play Rock Barn’s Jackson course.

62 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA 2017 2016 Course (Par / Yardage / Course rating/slope) treyburn Country Club, durham 34 30 72 / 7,070 / 74.5/140 35 37 Macgregor downs Country Club, Cary 72 / 6,812 / 72.9/134 duke univeRSity 36 42 the Hasentree Club, Wake Forest 71 / 7,074 / 73.9/139 Golf Club Country Club of landfall (nicklaus), Wilmington 37 36 72 / 7,100 / 75.1/144 durham Bright’s Creek golf Club, Mill spring 38 46 72 / 7,392 / 76.1/143 Par 72 | Yardage 7,105 | Course rating/sloPe: 73.9/141 39 32 Forsyth Country Club, Winston-salem 71 / 6,784 / 72.8/136 Opened 60 years ago, plans for this public course were conceived in the 40 33 greensboro Country Club (Farm), greensboro 1930s by three former university officials: football coach Wallace Wade, 72 / 7,302 / 75.1/140 athletic director Eddie Cameron and President William Few. The course Finley , Chapel Hill was designed by architect Robert Trent Jones Sr.; his son, Rees Jones, 41 38 72 / 7,119 / 75.2/141 helped lead a major redesign in the 1990s. the Club at irish Creek, Kannapolis 42 40 72 / 7,099 / 74.3/137 duke university golf Club, durham 43 41 72 / 7,105 / 73.9/141 dormie Club, West end 44 39 72 / 6,988 / 74.0/140 Bald Head island Club, Bald Head island 45 44 72 / 6,855 / 73.7/143 river landing (landing), Wallace 46 45 72 / 7,112 / 74.0/132 Pinewild Country Club (Magnolia), Pinehurst 47 43 72 / 7,446 / 76.4/139 leopard’s Chase, sunset Beach 48 53 72 / 7,055 / 74.3/140 49 48 Hope Valley Country Club, durham 70 / 6,671 / 73.1/133 bald Head 50 49 scotch Hall Preserve, Merry Hill 72 / 7,257 / 76.3/139 iSland Club tiger’s eye, sunset Beach 51 56 72 / 6,849 / 73.3/141 Bald head island sedgefield Country Club (dye), greensboro 52 61 70 / 6,821 / 74.2/139 Par 72 | Yardage 6,855 | Course rating/sloPe: 73.7/143 Balsam Mountain Preserve, sylva 53 47 70 / 6,859 / 73.0/145 Opened in 1974, the George Cobb-designed course underwent a nearly $4 million renovation led by Sunset Beach-based architect 54 51 river run Country Club, davidson 72 / 6,947 / 74.2/138 Tim Cate in 2010. alamance Country Club, Burlington 55 54 71 / 6,900 / 72.8/128 Carmel Country Club (south), Charlotte 56 50 72 / 7,503 / 76.5/142 gaston Country Club, gastonia 57 52 72 / 7,042 / 74.2/135 Prestonwood Country Club (Meadows), Cary 58 55 72 / 7,108 / 74.6/138 Mid south Club, southern Pines 59 57 71 / 7,003 / 73.8/144 Pinehurst no. 7, Pinehurst 60 60 72 / 7,216 / 75.5/149 grandover (east), greensboro 61 59 72 / 6,800 / 72.5/136 62 62 Country Club of asheville, asheville 71 / 6,672 / 72.3/134 balSaM Mountain Bryan Park golf and Conference Center (Champions), Browns summit 63 63 72 / 7,255 / 75.4/140 pReSeRve st. James Plantation (reserve), southport sylva 64 58 72 / 7,212 / 75.4/146 lonnie Poole golf Course, raleigh Par 70 | Yardage 6,859 | Course rating/sloPe: 73.0/145 65 65 71 / 7,358 / 74.7/142 66 64 the Currituck Club, duck Sweeping mountain views highlight Balsam Mountain, one of more 72 / 6,888 / 73.9/136 than a dozen Tar Heel courses designed by the late . The Washington Post last year dubbed Sylva “an Asheville alternative for the crowd-weary.” 2017 2016 Course (Par / Yardage / Course rating/slope) thistle golf Club, sunset Beach 67 — 71 / 6,898 / 74.1/135 lake toxaway Country Club, lake toxaway 68 77 71 / 6,500 / 70.9/134 tHiStle 69 69 Pinewood Country Club, asheboro Golf Club 72 / 6,830 / 73.5/134 70 66 Porters neck Country Club, Wilmington sunset Beach 72 / 7,112 / 74.8/138 linville ridge, linville 71 68 72 / 6,775 / 72.8/136 71 6,898 74.1/135 Par | Yardage | Course rating/sloPe: grandover (West), greensboro 72 70 72 / 7,100 / 74.3/140 This public, daily-fee course with 27 holes has more of a private-club feel 73 71 tournament Players Club at Wakefield Plantation, raleigh after extensive renovations were completed in recent years. Opened in 72 / 7,257 / 75.2/137 1999, Thistle was inspired by a traditional Scottish club built in the 1880s. Cape Fear national golf Club, leland 74 72 72 / 7,217 / 74.5/143 Croasdaile Country Club, durham 75 75 72 / 7,068 / 73.4/140 Cedarwood Country Club, Charlotte 76 86 71 / 6,940 / 73.4/132 Country Club of salisbury, salisbury 77 73 71 / 6,665 / 72.0/128 the Club at longview, Weddington 78 67 72 / 7,068 / 74.5/140 Hound ears Club, Blowing rock 79 74 72 / 6,327 / 69.9/129 Wilson Country Club, Wilson 80 85 72 / 6,851 / 73.1/136 81 78 Kilmarlic golf Club, Powells Point CedaRwood 72 / 6,560 / 72.2/144 82 79 Brier Creek Country Club, raleigh CountRy Club 72 / 6,885 / 73.6/139 83 80 rocky river golf Club, Concord charlotte 72 / 6,970 / 73.5/137 84 84 Ballantyne Country Club, Charlotte Par 71 | Yardage 6.940 | Course rating/sloPe: 73.4/132 72 / 7,034 / 74.1/136 starmount Forest Country Club, greensboro 85 99 71 / 6,518 / 72.0/136 Designed by Ellis Maples, Cedarwood was built in 1964 as a public north ridge Country Club (lakes), raleigh course. It was taken private in the 1980s, and a $1.8 million course 86 — 72 / 6,880 / 73.8/136 restoration, which included expanded greens and tee box improvements, 87 76 the Cliffs at Walnut Cove, arden was launched in 2005. 72 / 7,278 / 74.7/138 Crow Creek golf Club, Calabash 88 88 72 / 7,101 / 73.9/130 the golf Club at Ballantyne Hotel & lodge, Charlotte 89 87 71 / 6,710 / 71.5/133 tanglewood Park (Championship), Clemmons 90 81 70 / 7,018 / 75.4/142 Mill Creek golf Club, Mebane 91 89 72 / 7,004 / 73.5/144 Carolina golf Club, Charlotte 92 83 71 / 7,011 / 73.2/138 Carolina trace Country Club (lake), sanford 93 — 72 / 7,263 / 76.0/143 Blowing rock Country Club, Blowing rock 94 90 72 / 6,162 / 69.9/130 StaRMount foReSt southern Pines golf Club, southern Pines 95 — 71 / 6,268 / 70.3/130 CountRy Club Heritage Club, Wake Forest 96 92 72 / 7,016 / 73.1/133 greensBoro tobacco road golf Club, sanford 97 82 71 / 6,554 / 73.2/150 Par 71 | Yardage 6,518 | Course rating/sloPe: 72.0/136 Prestonwood Country Club (Fairways), Cary 98 91 70 / 6,475 / 71.2/134 Built in 1930, Starmount Forest is the only course in the Carolinas designed 99 — stoney Creek golf Club, Whitsett by architects Stiles and Van Kleek. The club recently completed a $4 million 71 / 7,016 / 73.8/139 renovation that includes the addition of a new short-game practice facility talamore resort, southern Pines 100 94 71 / 6,840 / 73.2/140 and upgrades to its pool and dining areas. 64 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA