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Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course)



    Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club

    Southern Pines, NC Public

    Overview

    What began as a private retreat called Knollwood, funded by Roaring Twenties millionaires like James Barber, Horace Rackham and Henry Ford, is now a charming public Donald Ross design, revitalized by young first-time designer Kyle Franz in the style of Pinehurst No. 2, where Franz had worked on the restoration. Mid Pines is pure elegance and beauty. The routing is spellbinding, with holes that stretch out into corners at the property’s high points, then fall back down to intersect at junctions across the calmer interior. Franz’s 2013 work expanding greens and restoring the perimeter sandscapes has greatly enhanced one of Pinehurst’s most refined golf presentations.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 6732
    Slope 130
    Price $225
    Facility Type Public
    Year Opened 1921
    Designer Donald J. Ross, ASGCA/(R) Kyle Franz

    Awards

    100 Greatest Public
    Best Courses in Every State

    Ranking history:

    100 Greatest Public: Ranked since 2017.
    Highest Ranking: 86th, 2023-'24.
    2023-'24 ranking: 86th.

    Best in State: Ranked Top 25 in North Carolina since 2019.
    2023-'24 ranking: 24th.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    4

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    6.9527
    Character
    7.1654
    Challenge
    6.8709
    Layout Variety
    7.0192
    Fun
    7.2277
    Aesthetics
    7.0109
    Conditioning
    6.8023

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