The best private courses in Pinehurst, North Carolina
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members have logged 13,049 rounds in North Carolina and rate what they played. These are the 9 highest-rated private clubs within about 25 miles of Pinehurst, North Carolina, ranked by those community scores.
Dormie Club
West End, NC, USAPrivateBill Coore & Ben Crenshaw
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 3.6Scenery
- 3.7Facilities
Tried and True Coore&Crenshaw layout in the NC Sandhills. Big Pines, water holes, bunkering to perfection and elite greens.
Written by
@DuaneL21
- Pristine
- Must play
- Challenging
Dogwood
Country Club of North Carolina
Pinehurst, NC, USAPrivateEllis Maples & Willard Byrd
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 2.3Scenery
- 3.7Facilities
The greens were incredibly fast with some sneaky undulation that can catch you off guard. A great stretch of finishing holes, too, which makes for a really fun way to wrap up the round.
Written by
@jensencastle
- Driving range
- Must play
- Pristine
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Forest Creek Golf Club
Pinehurst, NC, USAPrivateTom Fazio
- 3.8Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.5Facilities
- Driving range
- Pristine
- Restaurant
Donald Ross
Southern Pines Golf Club
Southern Pines, NC, USAPrivateDonald Ross
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 2.7Scenery
- NRFacilities
- Great value
- Friendly
- Driving range
Cardinal
Country Club of North Carolina
Pinehurst, NC, USAPrivateWillard Byrd & Robert Trent Jones Sr.
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 4.3Scenery
- 4.4Facilities
- Driving range
- Pristine
- Fast greens
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Forest Creek Golf Club
Pinehurst, NC, USAPrivateTom Fazio & Beau Welling
- 4.3Conditions
- 3.6Layout
- 2.8Scenery
- 1.0Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Friendly
Mid South Club
Southern Pines, NC, USAPrivateArnold Palmer & Ed Seay
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.3Layout
- 3.8Scenery
- 4.1Facilities
Mid South is a solid add to the pantheon of Pinehurst Sandhills courses; a fun, picturesque Arnold Palmer design that is the “private” option of the Talamore courses. Excellent closing stretches on each nines mixed with some unmemorable holes & strong Par-3s. No drinking water!!
Written by
@Btweed16
- Driving range
- Underrated
- Bar
Magnolia
Pinewild Country Club of Pinehurst
Pinehurst, NC, USAPrivateGene Hamm
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.3Facilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar
Holly
Pinewild Country Club of Pinehurst
Pinehurst, NC, USAPrivateGary Player
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar
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Course Vaults ranks private golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to private courses (not guest-friendly). City pages include private golf courses within about 25 miles of Pinehurst, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
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Common questions about private course rankings in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
The top private golf courses in Pinehurst, North Carolina on Course Vaults are led by Dormie Club with a Course Vaults score of 8.7. This page ranks 9 courses, including Dormie Club, Country Club of North Carolina, Forest Creek Golf Club.
Course Vaults ranks private golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to private courses (not guest-friendly). City pages include private golf courses within about 25 miles of Pinehurst, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The Pinehurst, North Carolina list includes private golf courses within about 25 miles of Pinehurst, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
Dormie Club is currently #1 among private courses in and around Pinehurst, North Carolina on Course Vaults at 8.7 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 3:38 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
