THE PLAYLIST: NORTH & SOUTH CAROLINA

PINEHURST RESORT

Nine courses will challenge your skill and test your imagination.

A three-time U.S. Open Site. A three-time winner of Travel + Leisure Golf Magazine’s Best Golf Resort in America award. The home of the famed No. 2 golf course.

Around the world, Pinehurst is where the American golf story is rooted, and where it continues to flourish. Most know of its modern

history – with stories like the Payne Stewart putt that won the 1999 U.S. Open. But locked with its archives are thousands of moments that define each generation for the past 100 years.

It is America’s first golf resort, but also a worldclass tennis, spa, meetings, special events and family destination.

PINE NEEDLES LODGE

For nearly a century, golfers have reveled in the serene ambiance of Pine Needles and Mid Pines Resorts.

Two 18-hole Donald Ross designed resort golf courses have earned us our place among the country’s best golf resorts and one to which our guests and USGA Championships return to time and again.

Located just one mile from Southern Pines’ historic downtown and four miles from the Village of Pinehurst. Being 60 miles southwest of Raleigh just 75 miles east of Charlotte, NC.

Experience a tradition like no other at Pine Needles Lodge and Mid Pines Inn.

TOBACCO ROAD GOLF CLUB

Described as “Pine Valley on steroids” and “golf’s rock and roll thrill ride”, Tobacco Road Golf Club is certainly unique.

Carving his way through an old sand quarry, Mike Strantz created one of the most celebrated and talked about courses in the world.

Consistently rated amongst the nation’s best, Tobacco Road is the one course that leaves you and your golfing friends begging for more.

The scene is so breath-taking you will want to bring along your camera to forever capture the greatness of “The Road”.

MID PINES INN & GOLF CLUB

A rarity among Donald Ross masterpieces, Mid Pines Golf Course remains exactly as the world renowned architect built it in 1921 and impeccably restored by Kyle Franz in 2013. private club and resort.

QUAIL HOLLOW COUNTRY CLUB

Quail Hollow Club hosts the PGA TOUR in Charlotte, North Carolina each year during the first week in May.

The Wells Fargo Championship is one of the largest, most prestigious sporting events in the Charlotte region.

The course was originally designed by famed golf course architect George Cobb in 1961 to capture the beauty as well as challenging terrain of the Piedmont region.

In the intervening years, the course has undergone a series of improvements, including modifications to several holes by Arnold Palmer in 1986, a redesign by Tom Fazio in 1997 and modifications by Tom Fazio to several holes in the summer of 2016.

THE OCEAN COURSE AT KIAWAH ISLAND

Probably no other golf course in the world outside of the United Kingdom and Ireland is affected as much by the wind.

From one round to the next, a player can experience up to an 8-club difference on holes depending upon the direction and strength of the wind.

Built in 1991 by Pete Dye, there are no prevailing winds on the course. Dye took this into account when designing the course. In fact, he designed two courses into one - one for an easterly wind and one for a westerly wind.

Sea Pines Harbour Town Resort

Among the dozens of premium Hilton Head South Carolina golf courses to be found, one destination stands above the rest - The Sea Pines Resort. The iconic Harbour Town Golf Links is the main event, the single "must-play" venue in the region.

On an island where golf is king, this legendary Hilton Head golf course location is true royalty.

Like their famed sibling, they are also full of gnarled, centuries-old hardwoods, lagoons, and salt water marshes.

Caledonia Golf & Fish Club

Built upon the site of a working southern rice plantation, Caledonia has been recognized for its design and incredible beauty. From the entrance lined with centuries old live oaks to its antebellum-styled clubhouse, Caledonia is a world-class experience.

Dunes Golf and Beach Club

The Dunes Club is the premier Private Country Club and Golf Club in Myrtle Beach, SC. A member-owned Club with 750 members, it is located ocean-front along the pristine shores of the Grand Strand.

The Club is filled with rich history and fond memories and after more than 65 years, continues to provide its Members and guests with exceptional service and a family friendly atmosphere.

TPC Myrtle Beach

The only Grand Strand golf course to be awarded five stars on Golf Digest's "Places To Play" list, Tom Fazio's masterpiece is beloved by locals, visitors and professionals alike.

It hosted the Senior Tour Championship in recent years and is maintained in Tourquality condition year-round for guests.

Holes wind through tall pines, over wetlands and around serene ponds to Champion Bermuda greens. Multifingered bunkers call to mind Fazio's work at Augusta National Golf Club.

All these elements place TPC Myrtle Beach in the upper echelon of golf courses in the South.