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Pine Needles is an 18-hole resort golf course in Southern Pines, North Carolina.

Designed by Donald Ross. It plays 7,015 yards from the Medal tees, rated 73.5/135 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
71
par
7,015
yards (tips)
135
slope (medal)
The shape of the round · Medal teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — MEDAL TEES505475145400220455450365380525415435210450535180460420152433445364748494105114124133144155163174184PAROUT 3,395 YDSIN 3,630 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Donald Ross reported
access
resort
address
1005 Midland Road, Southern Pines, NC, 28387
phone
910-692-7111
elevation
461 ft derived
opened
1928
on site
restaurant · lessons

35.20100, -79.38783 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 36 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

285 traced features across 8 layers for Pine Needles, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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285 traced features across 8 layers for Pine Needles, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
23
Fairways
72
Bunkers
4
Water
18
Greens
59
Tee pads
7,025yds
Medal tees
535yds
Longest hole
145yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-05-30

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 5 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 5 rows.

MedalM71701573.513533953630
RossM71643670.612631653285
RegularM715985contested605068.512029453105
ExecutiveM71551666.811526352860
ForwardF71493668.611924452495

Every figure as published except Card yards (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The Regular tees publish a yardage total the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 543434444544345344 71
Medal 505475145400220455450365380525415435210450535180460420 7,015
Ross 485440135385180410405355370480375350185400485170440400 6,436
Regular 470435125335170375365320350460345325160395465165415375 5,985
Executive 455410115315120315345300260440315310135375455130370330 5,516
Forward 420375110265115305315290250350290250125335395120330300 4,936
Handicap 115179713151341214162618810

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Pine Needles hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

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Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Pine Needles's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Mid Pines (0.8 mi) · Knollwood Fairways (1.1 mi) · Longleaf Golf & Family Club (1.9 mi) · Hyland Golf Club (2.4 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn North CarolinaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest7,015 yds=100th of 541=1,770th of 12,02516th of 33 in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area · =155th of 601 resort courses · =807th of 7,004 courses you can book · =1,762nd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 135=146th of 356=2,233rd of 8,710=17th of 31 in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area · =194th of 477 resort courses · =906th of 4,936 courses you can book · =2,185th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 73.5=114th of 333=1,989th of 7,61517th of 29 in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area · =160th of 446 resort courses · =841st of 4,145 courses you can book · =1,973rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread2,079 yds between tees131st of 528=1,868th of 11,52314th of 32 in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area · 139th of 593 resort courses · =879th of 6,653 courses you can book · =1,830th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1928=25th of 395=1,550th of 9,3686th of 34 in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area · =44th of 516 resort courses · =580th of 5,526 courses you can book · =1,169th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level461 ft derived 304th of 554=7,408th of 12,43717th of 35 in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area · 403rd of 616 resort courses · 4,775th of 7,274 courses you can book · =5,267th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 5 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

Mid Pines

0.8 mi · Southern Pines · resort · 18 holes

Knollwood Fairways

1.1 mi · Southern Pines · semi-private · 9 holes

Talamore Golf Club

1.3 mi · Southern Pines · 18 holes

Longleaf Golf & Family Club

1.9 mi · Southern Pines · semi-private · 18 holes

Mid South Club

2.1 mi · Southern Pines · private · 18 holes

Forest Creek Golf Club South Course

2.3 mi · Pinehurst · private · 18 holes

Hyland Golf Club

2.4 mi · Southern Pines · resort · 18 holes

Midland Country Club

2.4 mi · Pinehurst · semi-private · 27 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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