Golf courses by state
North Carolina Golf Courses & Tee Times
North Carolina golf starts in Pinehurst. James Walker Tufts bought the land in 1895, and Donald Ross's No. 2 opened in 1907. No. 2 has held four U.S. Opens: Payne Stewart won in 1999, Michael Campbell in 2005, Martin Kaymer in 2014 and Bryson DeChambeau in 2024. In 2014 it also hosted the U.S. Women's Open the following week, won by Michelle Wie. The USGA opened Golf House Pinehurst there on May 10, 2024, and No. 2 is booked for the U.S. Open in 2029, 2035, 2041 and 2047. Down the road, Pine Needles has hosted four U.S. Women's Opens.
Tee times in North Carolina are easier to get when you know when they open. Yoink watches 226 public golf courses here, grouped into 11 markets: Raleigh-Durham, Charlotte, NC Triad — Greensboro & Winston, Myrtle Beach and more. Choose a market to see every course, then get an alert when a tee time opens or someone cancels.
North Carolina golf markets
Raleigh-Durham
Belmont Lake Golf Club, Duke University Golf Club, Eagle Ridge Golf Club…
Charlotte
Charles T. Myers Golf Course, Charlotte National Golf Club, Cleghorn Golf & Sports Club…
NC Triad — Greensboro & Winston
Blair Park Golf Course, Cedarbrook Country Club, Colonial Country Club…
Myrtle Beach
Brunswick Plantation & Golf Resort, Leopard's Chase, Meadowlands Golf Club…
Wilmington
Castle Bay Country Club, Crystal Coast Country Club, Ironclad Golf & Beer Garden…
Virginia Beach & the Outer Banks
Kilmarlic Golf Club, Nags Head Golf Links, The Currituck Club…
Asheville & the NC Mountains
Black Mountain Golf Course, Etowah Valley Golf Club, Maggie Valley Resort and Country Club…
Boone, Linville & the High Country
Boone Golf Club, Mountain Glen Golf Club, Sugar Mountain Golf Course…
Greenville, Rocky Mount & Eastern NC
Bradford Creek Public Golf Course, Occano, The Links at Cotton Valley…
Knoxville & Chattanooga
Chatuge Shores Golf Course, Mountain Harbour Golf Club, Sequoyah National Golf Club…
Columbia & the Midlands
Scotch Meadows Country Club
Who runs public golf in North Carolina
North Carolina has no state parks golf system that we found, so public golf here means cities, universities and daily-fee courses. Asheville Municipal is a 1920s Donald Ross course on the National Register of Historic Places. Durham owns Hillandale, given to the city in 1940. Duke, NC State and UNC all run public courses, including Lonnie Poole, the only college course Arnold Palmer designed. The Carolinas Golf Association, founded in 1909 and based in Southern Pines, covers both states with over 700 member clubs. Its Youth on Course program gives golfers 6 to 18 $5 rounds at 183 courses for $25 a year.
Public courses worth knowing in North Carolina
- Pinehurst No. 2: Donald Ross, 1907. U.S. Opens in 1999, 2005, 2014 and 2024, plus the 2014 U.S. Women's Open; U.S. Opens set for 2029, 2035, 2041 and 2047.
- Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club - Pine Needles: Donald Ross course in Southern Pines. U.S. Women's Opens in 1996, 2001, 2007 and 2022.
- Tobacco Road Golf Club: Mike Strantz's 1998 public course in Sanford, built through an old sand quarry.
- Asheville Municipal Golf Course: City-run Donald Ross course from the 1920s, on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Duke University Golf Club: Robert Trent Jones Sr. design, open to the public since September 26, 1957.
Towns with the most courses
- Sunset Beach · 10
- Sanford · 4
- Durham · 4
- Shelby · 4
- Southern Pines · 3
- Mocksville · 3
- Statesville · 3
- Calabash · 3
- Whiteville · 3
- Jackson Springs · 2
- Goldsboro · 2
- Matthews · 2
- Monroe · 2
- Greensboro · 2
- Eden · 2
- Salisbury · 2
- Leland · 2
- Ocean Isle Beach · 2
- Hampstead · 2
- Camp Lejeune · 2
- Virginia Beach · 2
- Whittier · 2
- Raeford · 1
- Rocky Mount · 1
Getting a tee time in North Carolina
In North Carolina, the busiest months are spring and fall. In summer, everyone wants to finish before the heat, so early tee times go first.
Each course releases its tee times on its own schedule, commonly a week or two out, with residents of town and county courses often booking first. Leagues, outings and members claim chunks of the sheet in advance, and whatever prime weekend times are left tend to go on release day.
A full tee sheet rarely stays full. Many courses let you cancel without a fee up to 24 or 48 hours before your time, so spots tend to reappear in the last couple of days. A bad forecast shakes more loose, and a foursome that drops to three opens a single. None of it is announced. The time just shows up again on the booking page, and whoever looks first gets it.
Yoink
Every course in North Carolina on one watchlist: all 226 of them
Pick the courses you'd play and Yoink keeps an eye on all 226 courses in North Carolina. You see what's open in one place, and you hear about it the moment a time that fits your day, window and group turns up, cancellations included.
Tee times in North Carolina: questions
How do I get tee time cancellation alerts in North Carolina?
Pick your courses in Yoink (226 in North Carolina), set the days, time window and group size you want, and Yoink sends a notification when a matching time opens up. You book directly with the course.
When is golf season busiest in North Carolina?
Demand peaks in spring and fall, and early in the morning in summer. Weekend mornings are the hardest tee times to get.
When do tee time cancellations usually show up?
Mostly in the 24 to 48 hours before the tee time, as golfers cancel ahead of the course's cancellation deadline, and whenever the forecast turns.
Sources
Facts on this page come from these pages, checked 2026-09-28. Rates and booking rules change, so confirm with the course.
- filecache.mediaroom.com · official
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- pinehurst.com · official
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- mediacenter.usga.org · official
- carolinasgolf.org · association
- carolinasgolf.org · association
- ashevillenc.gov · government
- firstcallgolf.com · media
- pineneedleslodge.com · official
- ncgolf.com · media
- golf.duke.edu · official
- en.wikipedia.org · media
The best tee times in North Carolina open up at random
Cancellations don't get announced. Yoink watches the sheets around the clock and buzzes your phone when one fits.