The town course, reborn with its sand and its lost hole.
Southern Pines Golf Club is the oldest of the three Ross-linked courses in town and the best value of them. Golf has been played on this ground since 1906, and for almost 70 years, from 1951 to 2020, it belonged to the local Elks Club. The owners of Pine Needles and Mid Pines bought it in 2020 and reopened it in 2021 after an 18-month restoration by Kyle Franz, with new greens, rebuilt bunkers and far fewer trees. It is open to the public seven days a week, a short drive from Midland Road.
Southern Pines Golf Club green fees and tee times.
Tee times are booked online through Chronogolf, linked from the club’s website, or through the shared reservations line on 800.747.7272. The golf shop is on 910.692.6551. Golfers who are not staying with the resort can book up to 30 days ahead. The course is open to members, resort guests and the public every day, apart from select holidays and maintenance days. Stay-and-play packages at Pine Needles include Southern Pines in the rotation. Green fees follow the same seasonal calendar as the sister courses, with a lower Monday-to-Wednesday rate, and Southern Pines is the cheapest of the three in every season.
INDICATIVE GREEN FEE · CHECKED NOVEMBER 2026From US$115
Published 18-hole fee from Monday to Wednesday this winter (to 17 February 2027), US$125 from Thursday. In the 2026 high seasons the course charged US$225–245.
19 Nov 2026–17 Feb 2027, Mon–Wed
US$115
19 Nov 2026–17 Feb 2027, Thu–Sun
US$125
10 Sep–18 Nov 2026, Mon–Wed
US$225
10 Sep–18 Nov 2026, Thu–Sun
US$245
15 Jun–9 Sep 2026, Mon–Wed
US$165
15 Jun–9 Sep 2026, Thu–Sun
US$185
Prices change by season and booking route, so confirm the current rate with the operator. Official rates ↗
The round, in perspective.
The club credits it as Donald Ross’s third original design, after Pinehurst No. 2 and Winchester Country Club in Massachusetts; early accounts also credit his assistants J. N. Peacock and James McNabb with the first layout. The ground has more fall than most Sandhills courses, and Franz used it. His 18-month project removed some 700 trees, opened views across the slopes, rebuilt the greens and bunkers, widened fairways and cut away the rough around the greens, while keeping the original routing. Unusually, the 9th does not return to the clubhouse. Franz also rebuilt the “lost hole”, a par three that the scorecard says Ross added in 1911 to link the 4th and 15th for a quick nine-hole loop. It plays 135 yards from the back, after the 4th, with a sand green of the pre-1930s kind beside the grass one. The current card gives a par 71 of 6,695 yards from the Medal tees. Sam Snead shot 63 here in 1946.
Know before you go.
Access
Public, seven days a week
Booking window
30 days for non-resort golfers
Putting course
Overhills, open daily to golfers playing Southern Pines
Aeration
29 June–3 July (resort FAQ)
Make the trip work.
Leave time after your round for Overhills, a 22,000-square-foot, 18-hole putting course that Franz built on the footprint of the old Elks lodge, modelled on the Himalayas at St Andrews. It opened in 2023, has no fee for anyone playing Southern Pines, takes up to four people per hole and has solar lighting for evening play. Food and drink come from the 1906 Grill. In summer, the June-to-September rate is US$60 lower than in spring.
Raleigh-Durham (RDU) is the main airport, under 70 miles north. Fayetteville (FAY) is roughly 50 miles south-east. The course is at 290 Country Club Circle, just south of Morganton Road, a short drive from the town’s Amtrak station and Broad Street, with Pinehurst village a little further west.
The club has no lodging of its own; Pine Needles Lodge on Midland Road, a few minutes away, is the natural base and sells packages that include rounds here. The Mid Pines inn, closed for renovation by Marine & Lawn, had no published reopening date in November 2026. Downtown Southern Pines has inns and bed-and-breakfasts within walking distance of restaurants, and Pinehurst village is a short drive west.
Make a trip of it.
Rotate with Mid Pines and Pine Needles, both Ross courses restored by Franz for the same owners. Pinehurst Resort is close enough for an afternoon round on one of its courses, and Tobacco Road, half an hour north-east, shows a very different Sandhills style. Away from golf, the town’s baseball history is a curiosity: the Philadelphia Phillies held spring training on a field beside the course in 1909, 1910 and 1913.
Find your season.
The club names mid-March to mid-May and mid-September through October as its peak seasons, and the top rates run from 26 March to 14 June and 10 September to 18 November. Summer is hot, with a lower fee, and winter is cheapest. Aeration closes the course from 29 June to 3 July.
Yes. The club says it is open to members, guests and the public seven days a week, closing only on select holidays and maintenance days. Non-resort golfers can book up to 30 days ahead online.
How much are green fees at Southern Pines Golf Club?
It is the cheapest of the three sister courses. This winter, until mid-February 2027, early-week golf costs US$115 and late-week US$125. Expect roughly double that in spring and autumn, when 2026 fees were US$225–245, with summer in between.
What is the lost hole at Southern Pines?
It is a par three that Ross added in 1911 between the 4th green and the 15th tee, so members could play a quick nine. It was abandoned in the mid-1900s; Franz found it on 1950s aerial photographs and rebuilt it in 2021. You play it after the 4th, at up to 135 yards.
Who owns Southern Pines Golf Club?
The families behind Pine Needles and Mid Pines bought it from the Southern Pines Elks Club in July 2020, in partnership with Kaveri Investments, and hired Kyle Franz for the restoration that reopened the course in 2021.
Last checked 10 November 2026. This is an independent planning guide, not a first-hand review or a booking service. Check live availability, access, fees and travel details with the operator before booking. Airport suggestions are starting points for route planning.
