The best courses you can play in Durham, 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 15 highest-rated public courses within about 25 miles of Durham, North Carolina, ranked by those community scores.
Duke University Golf Club
Durham, NC, USAPublicRobert Trent Jones Sr. & Rees Jones
- 4.1Conditions
- 3.8Layout
- 3.3Value
- 3.4Scenery
- 3.7Facilities
This course is an absolute masterclass. It forces you to shape the ball both ways and hit all the clubs in your bag. If you aren’t striking your irons well you might be in for a long day. The greens at Duke are diabolical. They are both super quick and have tons of break.
Written by
@Young Tom Morris
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Fast greens
Lonnie Poole Golf Course
Raleigh, NC, USAPublicArnold Palmer
- 4.3Conditions
- 4.4Layout
- 3.5Value
- 3.6Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
The transfusions, practice facility, course layout, and greens were all tremendous. The quality of course you get for the price is pretty incredible. Also, some awesome views of the city skyline from some of the tee boxes.
Written by
@Young Tom Morris
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Must play
Mill Creek Golf Club
Mebane, NC, USAPublicRick Robbins & Brian Lussier
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 2.0Scenery
- 1.8Facilities
Very nice layout that largely plays through the woods. Very few houses on it. A lot of variety in the holes, with the standouts being 2, 3, 9, 11, 12, 15, and 18. Great value.
Written by
@DBD
- Driving range
- Hidden gem
- Underrated
Heritage Golf Club
Wake Forest, NC, USAPublicBob Moore
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 3.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 2.9Facilities
I think this course had some creative holes that made you work the ball both ways as well as playing to uphill greens and down hill greens. Additionally the use of the water and slopes on this course turned ordinary holes to extraordinary ones.
Written by
@Young Tom Morris
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Driving range
The UNC Finley Golf Club
Chapel Hill, NC, USAPublicTom Fazio
- 3.8Conditions
- 3.4Layout
- 2.7Value
- 3.4Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
Way better then Duke. Post-Reno green sites look so so good. Par 3 opener is interesting
Written by
@Fut’sPicks
- Driving range
- Putting area
- Great value
Wildwood Green Golf Club
Raleigh, NC, USAPublicJohn LaFoy
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.5Value
- 2.5Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
- Driving range
- Must play
- Mat range
Lochmere Golf Club
Cary, NC, USAPublicGene Hamm
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.3Layout
- 3.3Value
- 2.3Scenery
- 2.6Facilities
Really fun course with great Bermuda greens. My biggest knock on it is that the pace of play there is awful. Aside from that I think it’s a solid muni
Written by
@Young Tom Morris
- Driving range
The Preserve at Jordan Lake Golf Club
Chapel Hill, NC, USAPublicDavis Love III
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.5Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
Good practice facilities, usually off grass. Not walkable, too much forced carry. Usually in good shape.
Written by
@Platimer
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Great value
Hillandale Golf Course
Durham, NC, USAPublicGeorge Cobb
- 2.5Conditions
- 2.2Layout
- 3.8Value
- 2.0Scenery
- 2.2Facilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Underrated
The Golf Club at Chapel Ridge
Pittsboro, NC, USAPublicBob Moore & Fred Couples
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.0Facilities
- Hidden gem
- Bar
- Traditional
The Crossings Golf Club
Durham, NC, USAPublicRon Garl
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.7Layout
- 3.7Value
- 2.7Scenery
- 3.2Facilities
- Hidden gem
- Underrated
- Great value
Falls Village Golf Club
Durham, NC, USAPublicWilliam Daniel
- 3.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.0Facilities
Only reason I say dog track is down to conditioning. The fairways and tee boxes are god awful. The greens were ok. It’s not a bad design just in bad condition. The developers building the houses round the course are supposed to be investing so things may improve.
Written by
@Bugsy5746
- Dog track
Hedingham Golf Club
Raleigh, NC, USAPublicDavid Postlethwait
- 2.5Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.5Value
- 2.0Scenery
- 3.6Facilities
Public Course
Raleigh Golf Association
Raleigh, NC, USAPublicGeorge Cobb & David Postlethwait
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.5Value
- 2.5Scenery
- 2.3Facilities
- Great value
- Walkable
Paschal Golf Club
Wake Forest, NC, USAPublicDonald Ross
- NRConditions
- 1.5Layout
- NRValue
- 0.5Scenery
- NRFacilities
- Dog track
How we rank
Course Vaults ranks public 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 public or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Durham, 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.
FAQ
Common questions about public course rankings in Durham, North Carolina.
The top public golf courses in Durham, North Carolina on Course Vaults are led by Duke University Golf Club with a Course Vaults score of 7.8. This page ranks 15 courses, including Duke University Golf Club, Lonnie Poole Golf Course, Mill Creek Golf Club.
Course Vaults ranks public 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 public or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Durham, 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 Durham, North Carolina list includes public golf courses within about 25 miles of Durham, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
Duke University Golf Club is currently #1 among public courses in and around Durham, North Carolina on Course Vaults at 7.8 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 4:17 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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