Things to do in North Carolina Mountains, North Carolina Mountains: The Best Golf Courses

This 18-hole Bent grass course with water in play was designed and built by Donald Ross in 1928.

Old Edwards Club is part of the Forbes Four-Star Old Edwards Inn and Spa in Highlands, North Carolina. It is a members-only club that is also accessible by guests of Old Edwards Inn and Spa and 200 Main by Old Edwards. In addition to a Tom Jackson sculpted course, Old Edwards Club features a full clubhouse with The Grill Room, full bar, chimney terrace, fitness center and ladies and mens lounges. Also on property are clay tennis courts and an outdoor heated mineral pool. The course itself is an architectural marvel with inspiring views from elevated tees and greens cascading along the Eastern Continental Divide. Players of all levels enjoy perfect conditioning, warm southern hospitality and superb mountain golf. Jackson designed the course from the natural topography of the mountain plateau, providing a captivating 18-hole design with an intriguing dual personality. The front side lulls you into a serene mountain valley of greenery and meandering streams. As you approach the turn, a 250 foot ascent delivers you to the 10th tee giving you the feeling of being on top of the world. The next three holes take you around one of the highest ridges of golf on the east coast. Your final descent toward the clubhouse takes you alongside a shear granite cliff on the right-hand side of number 18.

Designed by noted golf course architect and Pinehurst native Dan Maples, Apple Valley stretches to nearly 6,800 yards and features expansive views of Bald Mountain and the surrounding Lake Lure area. Maples estimated that 75% of all shots at Apple Valley are either level or downhill, virtually unheard for a mountain course. Shimmering mountain lakes adorn 12 holes on Apple Valley, but water only occasionally comes into play. The back nine is widely regarded as one of the best closing stretches in the Western Carolinas. The par-3 14th hole, with its shallow green and back bunker, is reminiscent of No. 12 at Augusta National. Exhilarating par 5s abound throughout Apple Valley, including the straight-away downhill par-5 15th hole. Rumbling Bald and Apple Valley are proud to be a part of North Carolina’s “First Family of Golf.” Dan Maples’ father, Ellis, was a prolific golf course designer and his grandfather, Frank, was Donald Ross’s superintendent at Pinehurst Resort.

We have a challenging 18 hole course and brand new gem mine located in a beautiful mountain setting. We have four sizes of gem mining material to choose from which include gems, fossils and sharks teeth! After you complete the course come in and enjoy a Mayfield hand dipped ice cream, milkshake, soda, nachos or a snack!

Linville's premier golf course near Boone, NC a lucious, challenging, 18 hole, public golf course

This 18-hole championship par 72 course is blended into the natural contours of North Carolina's rolling terrain and valley streams, which challenges the casual and the serious golfer alike.

This 170-acre, 18-hole championship golf course features a varied landscape with a mixture of wooded and open acres, plus Bermuda fairways and well-maintained bent greens.

Beautiful 18-hole public mountain golf course.