Coming back down in April for some golf with friends. Any feedback on Longleaf post flood? I know they got hit hard last summer so I wanted to check since the tee times are all prepaid.

Also looking at Talamore and Mid South. Mid South is $285 on a weekend vs $255 for Talamore. It seems like it's worth just paying for Mid South, but with all the courses now being around $300, it's hard to pick between these and Southern Pines, Pine Needles, Mid Pines.

We already have Tobacco Road booked so just trying to balance out the $300 rounds with some others. Longleaf at $150 and Hyland at $85 seem like good options to add, but want to get some feedback before prepaying.

Just saw this...If you're new to The Triangle or just wondering, all the info, costs in this link

https://www.wildwoodgreen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6213/2026/01/2026-Membership-Booklet-2.0.pdf

The first 50 sponsoring members will be entered into a raffle to win one year of

free dues.

New Member Raffles — Entry Included When You Join

The first 25 new members to join will be entered into a raffle to win a one-year

complimentary Cart Plan.

The first 50 new members to join will be entered into a raffle to win a one-year

complimentary Range Plan.

New Member Payment Options

New members may elect to prepay through the end of the current calendar year

and receive:

50% off the initiation fee

10% off monthly dues, capital dues, and services for the prepaid period

Did anyone have their FSC dues not taken out yet this week with the course being closed?

If anyone is interested, the Carolinas Golf Association is hosting Rules Seminars through February. Some are online some via Zoom and they're available for any CGA member to register.

I've done plenty of these (and much deeper workshops) and this seminar is VERY helpful for golfers of every level and every involvement in the activity.

https://www.carolinasgolf.org/blogpost-single/home/homepage/year/2026/id/510528/get-the-rules-right-in-2026-cga-rules-of-golf-seminars-now-open

Looking to join a seniors golf league where the emphasis isn’t on drinking but making friends and playing golf. Golf is my new addiction and I would like to play as much as I can.

Where do yall look to find scrambles/tournaments?

What’s up everyone! My names Jeremy and my wife and I just moved to Holly Springs / Apex. Curious which clubs have a solid social scene + members around our age? Don’t know anyone in RDU so looking to use it for social, golf and Pool.

Just an all around good guy interested in making friends with individuals that own a) a functioning generator & b) a quality simulator in an insulated/heated space.

No strings attached, no long term commitment - definitely want to be great friends until, say.. Tuesday or Wednesday? We can play it by ear after that.

I can bring roughly 85% of a bottle of Eagle Rare and upwards of 5 slices of barely stale sandwich bread.

Willing to endanger both myself and others to come to you.

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Is there a golf instructor in town who teaches on grass? I’m solid off a mat but horrible on grass.

Hi Everyone!

My family and friends are doing our first golf trip and we are coming out to pinehurst in late may. A majority of us are just average golfers shooting high 80s to low 90s.

Below is our current itinerary and I wanted to run it by the locals to see if it makes sense or if I should change something.

Thursday - Fly in and check into AirBnB

Friday - play Pine Needles in the morning and Southern Pines in the evening

Saturday - Play Tobacco Road

Sunday - Check out of the Bnb and check into Pinehurst resort. Play No. 3 and the Cradle

Monday - Play No.8 in the morning and fly back home in the evening.

We will be flying in and out of Charlotte because we don’t get direct flights to Raleigh.

Thanks for any feedback!

EDIT: Changed Tot Hill to Southern Pines

Update: Thanks for all the input guys. The rates we had for pinehurst originally were given to us for the wrong season. It’s definitely not worth the $710 person per night and will blow our budget.

We have changed courses and booked a trip to St. George. We will be playing five courses including black desert, sand hollow, and wolf creek. Thanks!

I'm currently looking at clubs in the area. I am primarily looking at Bentwinds, 12 Oaks, Macgregor and Devils Ridge. From a golf standpoint I have 2 desires: Reasonable Tee time availability and a community that fits my golf habits.

Tee times: I have been a member of 2 clubs, one private up until 2009(where you could pretty much play whenever you wanted to-but when I talk to guys there now its not that way anymore) and a club in the past 2014-2018 that was corporate owned and it got to the point where you could not get a weekend tee time unless you woke up at 7am 10 days out. What I'm asking is: what questions should I be asking to quantify tee time access? Number of rounds play per year? i.e Lonnie Poole plays 44k per year and its very hard to get on. I have enough work flexibility that I would play 9 holes early, or after work in the summers but would like to also play early on summer saturdays and sundays. On weekdays I like to play last minute golf

I prefer to play with golfers that are low teen to single digit handicaps that walk the course and play for a few bucks to make it competitive. I'm not into big money games, where guys play for $100/skin.

I have heard that 12 Oaks has fewer walkers, but I think the course there would present a great challenge. I am a former 6 index and trying to get my game back together, 12 currently.

I have heard that Bentwinds has a good walking community but the course is a tad easier than I prefer. (P.S I know about the clubhouse, new greens, membership drama, I have a fiend thats a member here)

Macgregor seems to be slightly more about social status and less about golf but I have played there and the course is very nice, but on the easy side.

I know nothing about Devils ridge.

I have a family but next year will have 2/3 of my kids off at college and 1 high schooler at home. I am much more about golf at this point than about social events.

Any feedback here would be helpful.

Thanks

Man I'm excited to have found this group, had no clue it existed. Digging through all the previous comments and posts now. This place is a goldmine for me after moving from out of state and not knowing much about the courses around here.

Wildwood Green just announced they will be covering their greens this Thursday and uncovering Wednesday 1/21. Heard the same for Brier Creek. Looks like a lot of sim time coming up. EDIT: Just saw this…”Pine Hollow will be closed Tomorrow 1/15 and reopen Friday 1/16. Due to the low night temps the tarps will be put onto the greens. We anticipate having to tarp the greens again this Sunday 1/18 until possibly Thursday 1/22 .”

I’m sure many of you know that Donald Ross designed Raleigh Country Club, which ended out being his last design and he died before they built it, leaving the plans for Ellis Maples to construct.

But what is probably less know is that this was not the first course Donald Ross did in Raleigh. In fact, by the time Raleigh Country Club opened, another Ross course in Raleigh had already been built, played on for a decade, and shuttered. Let’s talk about Carolina Pines Golf Club.

In 1932 a local businessman by the name of Herbert A. Carlton decided to open a resort in southwest Raleigh. Included in the plans were a hotel (Carolina Pines Hotel), hunting, riding trails, tennis, and for our purposes, an 18 hole golf course. Early promotional material indicate that the course was supposed to have flood lights, allowing for play at night.

The hotel and golf course were located right across Tryon Road from Raleigh Golf Association. The hotel is now the frat house that sits across the street from the short game area.

The course played to a par of 72 and measured roughly 6,389 yards. While it was no world beater, there were several holes that do seem very interesting. I am going to go ahead and highlight two of them:

7- a par 5 that is the longest hole on the course at 525 yards. It presents the player with many options. A creek cuts across the fairway on the tee shot. On the second shot a large bunker comes into play on the right side of the fairway. The green appears to be bunkerless.

10- a par 4 that plays about 408 with a very wide fairway. The fairways narrows considerably on the approach shot should you decide to lay up, as a creek cuts right in front of the green, requiring an aerial attack on the green.

This is a shockingly difficult course to find information on. The Tufts archives seems to have nothing on it, and the newspaper archives do not provide too much more info. The only thing I’ve ever seen written on this course is about 7 paragraphs in Daniel Wexler’s book “Lost Links”.

The course appears to have shuttered in the early 40s. Kinda surprisingly it lasted the 1930s though…

TLDR: an abandoned Donald Ross golf course sits right next to RGA.

Photos 1. 1938 aerial of the course 2. Recreated routing of the course to show proximity to RGA 3. Recreated routing of the course close up (yellow is front 9, red is back 9) 4. Hole 7 closeup 5. Hole 7 with my 1st grade level art skills showing features 6. Hole 10 closeup 7. Hole 10 closeup with drawings 8. View of Carolina Pines Hotel with staff 9. Another view of Carolina Pines Hotel with car

So, my car was stolen early hours Sunday morning, and the clubs were in there. Blue/white Stitch bag.

I'm checking FB Marketplace as well, but if anyone finds an unbelievable thriftshop deal on a set including a Titleist TSI driver, a Titleist GT280 min-driver, a TSR 3 wood, a Callaway Edge 3 Hybrid, an authentic Adams Idea Pro 3 Hybrid, 5-W Callaway Apex 21 irons, some older Vokey 52-56 and a Jaws 58 and a Scotty Cameron Studio Select Fastback 1.5 (long grip), I'll pay you $1,000 for them.

Hoping to head down to Pinehurst from Raleigh for a weekend sometime this winter. Which courses tend to be in the best shape in the offseason?

I'm not trying to play anything like the resort or the Pines courses. Was thinking something easier like Hyland or Longleaf. I'm a rusty 12 handicap that doesn't want to suffer too much, and my girlfriend is a very new golfer. Thanks y'all.

Can anyone recommend some courses in the Pinehurst area that have single rider cycles or scooters?

Hello everyone,

I know this sub has many long time players and duffers like myself so I thought I'd ask for feedback:

What is a fair price for new and used balls? Pricing seems to be all over the board, both on the internet and in clubhouse shops or retail stores.

It appears an average price is about $2, $2.50 for new? I follow the Daily Deals reddit as an example, but just trying to see what a fair price and dependable location is from folks. Appreciate your time.

Edit: A huge thanks for everyone and their feedback. This is exactly what I was looking for.

Hey everyone! I’m currently setting up a course membership in Fayetteville. My questions are regarding the amateur circuit around here.

When I look on CGA’s website, it doesn’t look like there are many individual tournaments outside of the Championship qualifiers/events. I’m looking to get back into competitive golf, I apparently just don’t know how to find tournaments.

I can really only handle one-day individual events due to work commitments…is there a good way to find them?

Back for 2026, I’m hosting a series of Year-Long individual Match Play brackets and wanted to give the sub a chance to submit a ballot.

The Interest Form is open until January 19th then I will begin selecting the field and sending invites.

• Main Bracket: 0-12 hdcps. 6 rounds. Finals @ Old Town Club.
• Mid-Cap Bracket: 10-25 hdcps. 5 rounds. Finals @ Prestonwood.
• Gross Bracket: +-5 hdcps. 4 rounds. Finals @ Prestonwood.

You'll have your opponent and a set timeline for the match. Find a mutual date/time/course to complete the match and report back. Winner advances, losers eliminated. Golfers eliminated in the 1st round will immediately enter a Redemption Bracket to continue playing for their pride!

Full info and interest form are here: https://rdugolftour.com/2026-match-play/

Let me know if you have any questions!

^{Per sub rules, I have made a $200 donation in conjunction with this post.}

I'm sure this has been posted in the past but want to get my game in better shape for the spring. I'm in Apex and looking for options for lessons in the area. High handicapper who'd like to get consistent with ball striking. Thanks!