Great Golf: NC Superlatives
Golf Digest
America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses, 2011-2012
Wade Hampton Golf Club, Cashiers — 20th
Pinehurst No. 2, Pinehurst — 37nd
Eagle Point Golf Club, Wilmington — 48th
Mountaintop Golf & Lake Club, Cashiers — 74th
Diamond Creek Golf Club, Banner Elk — 87th
75 Best Golf Resorts, 2011
Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst — 12th
Eseeola Lodge at Linville Golf Club, Linville — 54th
America’s 50 Best Teachers, 2011-2012
Peggy Kirk Bell, Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club — 42nd
Dana Rader, Dana Rader Golf School at Ballantyne Resort, Charlotte — 47th
America's 75 Toughest Golf Courses, 2012
Pinehurst No. 2, Pinehurst — 10th
Tobacco Road Golf Club, Sanford — 67th
Best New Private Courses, 2009-2010
Innsbrook Golf & Boat Club, Merry Hill — 9th
The Club at 12 Oaks, Holly Springs — 10th
Best New Remodels, 2009-2010
Charlotte Country Club — 1st
Golfweek
Best Resort Courses, 2012
Pinehurst No. 2, Pinehurst — 5th
Pine Needles, Southern Pines — 18th
Linville Golf Club, Linville — 36th
Tobacco Road, Sanford — 55th
Mid Pines Club, Southern Pines — 65th
Pinehurst No. 4, Pinehurst — 79th
Pinehurst No. 8, Pinehurst — 84th
Best Residential Courses, 2012
Wade Hampton Golf Club, Cashiers — 2nd
Mountaintop, Cashiers — 3rd
Diamond Creek, Banner Elk — 10th
Forest Creek (North), Southern Pines — 36th
Forest Creek (South), Southern Pines — 50th
Bright's Creek, Mill Spring — 54th
Irish Creek, Kannapolis — 57th
Brunswick Forest (Cape Fear National), Leland — 76th
Best New Courses, 2012
Dormie Club, Pinehurst — 3rd
Carmel Country Club (South), Charlotte — 10th
Sequoyah National, Whittier — 23rd
Best Classic Courses (Pre-1960), 2010
Pinehurst (No. 2), Pinehurst — 15th
Old Town Club, Winston-Salem — 91st
Best Modern Courses (1960-Present), 2010
Wade Hampton Golf Club, Cashiers — 18th
Quail Hollow Golf Club, Charlotte — 50th
Forest Creek Golf Course, Southern Pines — 99th
Best Campus Courses, 2010
Duke University Golf Club, Durham — 10th
Lonnie Poole Golf Course, N.C. State, Raleigh — 22nd
Finley Golf Course, UNC, Chapel Hill — 24th
Golf Magazine
Top 100 Courses in the U.S., 2011
Pinehurst No. 2, Pinehurst — 10th
Wade Hampton, Cashiers — 58th
Top 100 Courses You Can Play, 2010
Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst — 4th
Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, Pinehurst — 52nd
Linville Golf Club, Linville — 61st
Top 100 Teachers, 2011
Eric Alpenfels, Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst
Peggy Kirk Bell, Pine Needles Resort, Southern Pines
Ed Ibarguen, Duke University Golf Club, Durham
Dana Rader, Dana Rader Golf School at Ballantyne Resort, Charlotte
Golf Digest Woman
America's Top 50 Courses For Women, 2010
Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, Southern Pines — 1st
Pinehurst No. 8, Pinehurst — 20th
America's 50 Best Women Teachers, 2010
Dana Rader, Dana Rader Golf School at Ballantyne Resort, Charlotte — 3rd
Peggy Kirk Bell, Pine Needles Resort, Southern Pines — 4th
Julie Cole, Dana Rader Golf School, Charlotte — 17th
Karen Palacios-Jansen, Swing Blade Inc., Mooresville — 27th
Golf World Readers' Choice
Top 50 Public Courses, 2010
Tobacco Road Golf Course, Sanford — 4th
Bryan Park Golf & Conference Center, Brown Summit — 40th
Top 50 Private Courses, 2010
Quail Hollow Country Club, Charlotte — 42nd
Top 50 Reosrt Courses, 2010
Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst — 8th
Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Course, Southern Pines — 30th
Golf Course at Ballantyne Hotel & Lodge, Charlotte — 39th
Golf World
Best Public Golf Shops, 2010
Hillandale Golf Shop, Durham
Best Resort Golf Shops, 2010
Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst
