Pinehurst, NC
1 Royal Troon Drive, Pinehurst, NC 28374
About this course
Pinehurst No. 9 is a resort course located about three miles from the main Pinehurst clubhouse in the North Carolina Sandhills, set among longleaf pines near Southern Pines. It opened in 1989 as the privately owned National Golf Club, designed by Jack Nicklaus, and was purchased by Pinehurst Resort in 2014 and renamed. It is the only Nicklaus design among Pinehurst's course lineup. The layout features wide, tree-lined fairways, undulating bentgrass greens, and water hazards rather than the sand waste areas common on other Sandhills courses, playing to a par of 72 over roughly 7,100 yards from the back tees with five sets of tees for varying abilities. Guests reach the course via a complimentary resort shuttle or by driving themselves, and it is generally recommended as a second or third round on a Pinehurst trip rather than a first. As of this writing the course is closed for renovation, with reopening planned for August 2026.
Type
Resort
Region
Southeast
Holes
18
Par
72
Yardage
7,106
Established
1989
LooperScore
78.2
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Design & architects
- Jack Nicklaus, architect
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Nearby courses
Courses within 150 miles of Pinehurst No. 9, by true distance.
Pinehurst No. 7
Pinehurst, NC · 0.7 mi away
Pinehurst No. 7 is an 18-hole, par-72 course at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Rees Jones designed the course, which opened in 1986 and was renovated in 2002. The layout plays 7,216 yards from the back tees and is routed over wetland terrain about a mile from the resort's main clubhouse. It has roughly 75 bunkers and 25 acres of wetlands in play, and 13 of the 18 greens sit on elevated sites. No. 7 has its own range, putting green and short-game area. Play is open to resort guests and outside visitors through Pinehurst Resort tee times.

Pinehurst No. 10
Aberdeen, NC · 1.2 mi away
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Longleaf Golf & Family Club
Southern Pines, NC · 1.4 mi away
Longleaf Golf & Family Club sits just outside the Village of Pinehurst in Southern Pines, North Carolina, on land that was once Starland Farms, a thoroughbred horse training facility. The course was designed by Dan Maples and later renovated by architect Bill Bergin, with a front nine laid out in a Scottish open style over subtly rolling fairways and a back nine that is more heavily tree-lined and dramatically elevated. Remnants of the old horse track and fencing remain incorporated into the grounds as a nod to the property's history. Longleaf operates as a semi-private club that welcomes non-member play, and it is also the birthplace of the Longleaf Tee System, which scales play across seven sets of tees for golfers of different abilities. The course plays to par 72 over 18 holes.
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