Carolinas
Golf in the Carolinas: blessed with warm temperatures and world-class golf courses, the Carolinas are a popular destination for both tourists and golfers alike. Some of the world’s best golf resorts and golf courses are located in both South and North Carolina. Here is a rundown on the best golf courses in Carolinas. To make the most of your golfing trip, and to help in your planning, you can look up the location of the best courses in Carolinas on our customised maps.
By arrangement
Pinehurst
Gene Hamm
By arrangement
Pinehurst
Gary Player
Check with Club
Hilton Head Island
Jack Nicklaus
(Closed in 2010)
Pinehurst
Dan Maples
(Closed in 2014)
Pinehurst
Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay
(Closed in 2016)
Hilton Head Island
Clyde Johnston
(Closed in 2017)
Myrtle Beach
Willard Byrd & Clyde Johnston
(Closed in 2018?)
Hilton Head Island
Original design by Tom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish (1991); renovated in 2011 by Davis Love III (of Love Golf Design).
(Closed in 2020)
Pinehurst
Dan Maples
(Closed in 2021)
Myrtle Beach
Dan Maples
On application
Southport, NC
Original design by George Cobb, with later renovation by Tim Cate.
Private club
Greensboro / Winston-Salem
Donald Ross
Private club
Greensboro / Winston-Salem
Original design by Perry Maxwell (1939); restored and modified by Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (2013).
Private club
Charlotte
Original course redesigned by Donald Ross (1925). Later modifications by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1950s), and subsequently restored by Ron Prichard (2009).
Private club
Ashville
Tom Fazio
Private club
Ashville
Tom Fazio
Private club
Ashville
Original design by Ellis Maples (1967); modifications by Bobby Weed (2015).
Private club
Pinehurst
Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw
Private club
Hilton Head Island
Rees Jones designed the original layout (1986) and subsequent restoration (2007).
Private club
Charlotte
Original design by George Cobb (1961); modifications by Arnold Palmer (1986), and Tom Fazio (1997 & 2016).
Private club
Greensboro / Winston-Salem
Donald Ross
Private club
Hilton Head Island
Rees Jones
Private club
Wilmington
Tom Fazio
Private club
Wilmington
Tim Cate
Private club
Ashville
Tom Fazio
Private club
Charleston
Arthur Hills
Private club
Charleston
Original design by Seth Raynor & Charles Banks (1925); modifications by Tom Doak (1998) and Jim Urbina (2016).
Private club
Hilton Head Island
Original design by husband/wife team Pete & Alice Dye (1982); modifications by Bobby Weed (2018).
Private club
Augusta
Original 9-hole design by Thomas Hitchcock (founder) & Herbert Leeds (1892). Extended to 18-holes by Herbert Leeds & James Mackrell (1895). Modifications by Donald Ross (1928), Alister MacKenzie (1932), Rees Jones (1995), Tom Doak (2005), and most recently Gil Hanse (2007 and ongoing).
Private club
Augusta
Tom Fazio
Private club
Raleigh-Durham
Original layouts by Tom Jackson - Meadows course (1988), Highlands (1993) & Fairways (1995). Courses renovated by Rick Robbins - Meadows (2009), Fairways (2010) & Highlands (2011).
Restricted
Wilmington
Tom Fazio
Restricted
Myrtle Beach
Original design by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1948) with later modifications by Roger Rulewich (1999) and Rees Jones (2013).
Rsrt guests only
Ashville
Tom Jackson
Rsrt guests only
Pinehurst
Arnold Palmer
Rsrt guests only
Ashville
Originally established in 1892. Donald Ross designed the existing course in 1924.
Rsrt guests only
Pinehurst
Jack Nicklaus - original design (1988) and subsequent modifications (2012).
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Tom Jackson
Visitors welcome
Greensboro / Winston-Salem
Mike Stranz
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
Bob Cupp.
Visitors welcome
Charlotte
Original design by Russell Breeden; redesigned by Tom Jackson in 1995.
Visitors welcome
Charlotte
Robert Trent Jones II (lead designer Ty Butler).
Visitors welcome
Calabash
Tim Cate
Visitors welcome
Greensboro / Winston-Salem
Champions course designed by Rees Jones (1990). Players course designed by George Cobb (1974) and revised by Rees Jones (1988).
Visitors welcome
Calabash
Dan Maples
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Original design by Dr Leroy Culver (front-nine, 1897) and John Dunn Tucker (back-nine, 1898). Course substantially redesigned by Donald Ross (1901) to produce today's layout.
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
George C. Cobb
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
Arthur Hills
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
Rees Jones
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Willard C. Byrd
Visitors welcome
Calabash
Arnold Palmer
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
George Fazio
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
Original design by Robert Trent Jones Sr.; later revisions by Roger Rulewich.
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Ray Floyd and Tom Jackson.
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Original design by Gene Hamm (1966); substantially redesigned by Thomas Walker (2006).
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
Arthur Hills
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Arnold Palmer & Francis "Frank" Duane.
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
A Jack Nicklaus Signature Course
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Arnold Palmer & Francis "Frank" Duane.
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Designed by Clyde Johnston (as a tribute to Donald Ross).
Visitors welcome
Southport, NC
Nicklaus Design (project led by Mike Nicklaus)
Visitors welcome
Calabash
Dan Maples
Visitors welcome
Calabash
Tim Cate
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Rees Jones - original design (1986) and subsequent modifications (2002).
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Arthur Hills
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Rees Jones
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Original design by George Fazio and nephew Tom Fazio (1979); subsequent modifications by Tom Fazio (2005).
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Clyde Johnston
Visitors welcome
Charleston
In 1996 Gary Player took the former Marsh Point golf course and transformed it into today's Cougar Point.
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Tom Fazio
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Willard Byrd
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Ron Garl
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
George C. Cobb designed the Clipper and Galleon nines (1970). Willard C. Byrd designed the Brigantine-nine (1982).
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Dan Maples
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
George W. Cobb
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
An Arnold Palmer Signature Course.
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
Davis Love III (signature course)
Visitors welcome
Greensboro / Winston-Salem
Championship course (1957) and Reynolds course (1959) designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Original design by Ellis Maples (1961); subsequent modifications by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1974).
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
Husband/wife team of Pete & Alice Dye in collaboration with Jack Nicklaus.
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Mike Stranz
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Ron Garl
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Dan Maples
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Mel Graham
Visitors welcome
Greenville
DJ DeVictor
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Tom Fazio
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Rees Jones
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Original design by Donald Ross with later modifications and restoration by Kyle Franz (2020).
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Original design by Donald Ross with later modifications by John Fought (2004) and Kyle Franz (2018).
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Original design by Donald Ross (1919), with subsequent modifications by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1973) and Rees Jones (1982). Significant redesigns by Tom Fazio (1999) and Gil Hanse (2018).
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Husband/wife team of Pete & Alice Dye
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Original design by Donald Ross (1907), with subsequent modifications by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1974), Rees Jones (1998) and Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (2010).
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Mike Strantz
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Original design by Donald Ross with later modifications by Kyle Franz (2013).
Visitors welcome
Southport, NC
Hale Irwin designed 18 of The Members Club's 27-holes, with Tim Cate weighing-in with the final nine.
Visitors welcome
Calabash
Willard Byrd
Visitors welcome
Calabash
Tim Cate
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Donald Ross (1910).
Visitors welcome
Calabash
Willard Byrd
Visitors welcome
Southport, NC
P.B. Dye
Visitors welcome
Calabash
Tim Cate
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Jack Nicklaus
Visitors welcome
Southport, NC
Tim Cate
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Ken Tomlinson
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Tom Fazio & Lanny Wadkins
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
Jack Nicklaus
Visitors welcome
Raleigh-Durham
Original design by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1957); redesign by his son Rees Jones (1994).
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
Davis Love III
Visitors welcome
Raleigh-Durham
Original design by George Cobb, extensively revamped by Tom Fazio (1999).
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Pete Dye
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Tom Fazio
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Mike Stranz
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Roger Rulewich
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Dan Maples
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Tom Doak
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
Gary Player designed the National-nine (now the layout's back-nine) and the Player-nine (now closed). Bobby Weed designed the Weed-nine (now the front-nine).
Visitors welcome
Calabash
Willard Byrd & Clyde Johnston
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Original "Pit Links" design by Dan Maples (1984). Course completely redesigned and rebuilt by Tom Doak (2023).
Visitors welcome
Charleston
An Arnold Palmer Signature Course.
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Jack Nicklaus II
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Greg Norman
Visitors welcome
Southport, NC
Fred Couples signature course, co-designed with Gene Bates.
Visitors welcome
Calabash
Rick Robbins
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
P.B. Dye
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Ellis Maples
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Original design by Arnold Palmer & Francis "Frank" Duane (1973); redesigned by Arnold Palmer (1996).
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Davis Love III
Visitors welcome
Calabash
Tim Cate
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Rees Jones
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Bob Spence
Visitors welcome
Calabash
Dan Maples
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Robert White
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Father/son team of Pete Dye & P.B. Dye
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
Jack Nicklaus
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
Clyde Johnston
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
Original course design by George C. Cobb and Willard C. Byrd (1967); redesigned by Pete Dye (1994).
Visitors welcome
Calabash
Rees Jones
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Clyde Johnston
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Tom Fazio's first solo design golf course.
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Bob Spence
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Russell Breeden
Visitors welcome
Norfolk / Virginia Beach
Rees Jones
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Tom Fazio
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
Original layout by George Cobb (1962) with a later redesign by Mark McCumber (1995). Completely redesigned by Davis Love III (2015).
Visitors welcome
Hilton Head Island
Original layout by George Cobb (1964) with later re-modelling by Clyde Johnston (1990). Completely redesigned by Pete Dye (2007).
Visitors welcome
Wilmington
Original design by Donald Ross (1926); restored by John Fought (2014).
Visitors welcome
Pinehurst
Ellis Maples
Visitors welcome
Charleston
Jack Nicklaus, who returned in 2000 to renovate and lengthen his original design.
Visitors welcome
Ashville
Robert Trent Jones II (lead designer Ty Butler), with input from Notah Begay III.
Visitors welcome
Ashville
The Grove Park Inn was originally established in 1913. Donald Ross designed the existing course in 1924.
Visitors welcome
Myrtle Beach
Legends Golf
Chevron Championship: Carlton Woods near Houston in Texas provides the stage for the first women’s major championship of 2025, where Nelly Korda defends her title. (April 24-27).
Soudal Open: successor to the Belgian Open, the Soudal Open takes place on the quiet, wooded North course of Rinkven Golfclub. Belgian stars Thomas Pieters and Nicolas Colsaerts will be vying for top honours. (May 22-25).
Rory McIlroy: with his 2025 win in The Masters, Rory joined the pantheon of golfing greats who have achieved a career Grand Slam of men’s majors ... Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only others in this select band.
Bernhard Langer: he may have played in his last Masters Tournament, but the 67-year-old German will be trying to extend his own record, and win a 13th senior major title at the 36th Regions Tradition. (May 15-18).
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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