1. #3Pinehurst Resort

   Pinehurst No. 2

   Pinehurst, North Carolina · Donald Ross, 1907

   Ross's crowned greens in the Carolina Sandhills — the anchor site of the U.S. Open and American resort golf's cathedral.

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   3 past amateur events hosted
2. #15Pinehurst Resort

   Pinehurst No. 10

   Aberdeen, North Carolina · Tom Doak & Angela Moser, 2024

   Pinehurst's newest — Doak routing through dramatic sand ridges and a former mining site five miles from the main clubhouse.

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   3 past amateur events hosted
3. #32Pinehurst Resort

   Pinehurst No. 4

   Pinehurst, North Carolina · Gil Hanse & Jim Wagner, 2018

   Hanse's rugged sandhills rebuild next door to No. 2 — exposed sand, dramatic scale, and a personality all its own.

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   3 past amateur events hosted
4. T41Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club

   Mid Pines

   Southern Pines, North Carolina · Donald Ross, 1921

   An untouched Ross routing restored by Kyle Franz — the Sandhills' coziest stay-and-play and a walker's delight.

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   1 upcoming amateur eventNext: Longleaf Pine Amateur (Dec 15 — 17, 2026) →
5. #44Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club

   Pine Needles

   Southern Pines, North Carolina · Donald Ross, 1927

   A four-time U.S. Women's Open site — Ross greens restored to their crowned glory in the heart of the Sandhills.

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   1 upcoming amateur eventNext: Peggy Kirk Bell Junior Championship (Dec 29 — 30, 2026) →
6. #45High Hampton

   High Hampton

   Cashiers, North Carolina · Tom Fazio, 2021

   Fazio's mountain-meadow redesign of a 1920s resort course, 3,600 feet up in the Blue Ridge with Rock Mountain looming.

7. T52Tobacco Road Golf Club

   Tobacco Road

   Sanford, North Carolina · Mike Strantz, 1998

   Strantz's sandhills fever dream — blind shots, towering dunes, and the most polarizing tee sheet in the Carolinas.

8. #86Pinehurst Resort

   Pinehurst No. 8

   Pinehurst, North Carolina · Tom Fazio, 1996

   Fazio's centennial course for Pinehurst — sandhills and wetlands on the quiet side of the resort.

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   3 past amateur events hosted