Chapel Hill, NC
500 Finley Golf Course Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
About this course
UNC Finley Golf Course is owned and operated by the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and serves as home to the Tar Heels' men's and women's golf teams. The course was originally built in 1949 to a design by George Cobb, with Tom Fazio remodeling it in 1999 and Davis Love III completing a further renovation in 2023 that changed the layout to a par-70 routing.
The course is open to the public through patron play programs as well as university use, with a pro shop, practice facilities, and instruction available. It has hosted NCAA and USGA regional events and the annual Ruth's Chris Tarheel Invitational.
Type
Parkland
Region
Southeast
Holes
18
Par
72
Established
1949
LooperScore
79.0
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Design & architects
- Tom Fazio, architect
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Nearby courses
Courses within 150 miles of Finley Golf Course, by true distance.
Duke University Golf Club
Durham, NC · 8.2 mi away
Duke University Golf Club in Durham, North Carolina, was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. and opened to the public in 1957, following plans first discussed in the 1930s. His son, Rees Jones, renovated the tees and greens in 1993 and 1994. The par-72 course plays 7,146 yards from the championship tees, with a 74.8 rating and 142 slope, set on rolling terrain with meandering streams and mature hardwoods and pines. It remains open to the public seven days a week, with closures for scheduled maintenance.
The Preserve at Jordan Lake
New Hill, NC · 8.4 mi away
The Preserve at Jordan Lake is a public course in New Hill, southwest of Raleigh, a Davis Love III design. The par-72 layout plays through the pines near Jordan Lake, a scenic and well-conditioned course for the southwest Triangle.
Chapel Ridge
Pittsboro, NC · 14 mi away
The Golf Club at Chapel Ridge sits on about 790 acres of rolling countryside in Pittsboro, North Carolina, within a golf course community near Chapel Hill and the Research Triangle. Bob Moore of JMP Golf Design worked with Fred Couples on the course layout, which opened as Pittsboro's first golf course. The 18-hole course plays to a par of 72 and stretches to roughly 7,116 yards from the back tees, laid across rolling hills reminiscent of older traditional American courses. Chapel Ridge is open to the public, with a clubhouse grille, practice range and short-game area, and it offers memberships along with outing and event hosting.
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