Mid Pines Golf Club

Mid Pines opened in 1921 as a Donald Ross design, one of three Ross-routed courses clustered in Southern Pines that anchor the broader Pinehurst region. Kyle Franz led a comprehensive restoration in 2013, stripping back decades of accumulated changes and returning the course to its original character, firm, wide, fast greens, and the pine-straw-and-sand aesthetic Ross intended. The Franz restoration earned GOLF Magazine's Best U.S. Resort Renovation and Restoration of the Year, cementing Mid Pines as one of the defining examples of the modern Ross-revival movement. Golf Digest subsequently named Mid Pines to its America's 100 Greatest Public Courses list at #86, alongside sister courses Pine Needles (#63) and Southern Pines (#72). For visitors, Mid Pines plays as a more approachable alternative to the Pinehurst resort courses: public-access, Ross-authentic, at a price point that keeps the experience within reach for most buddies trips.