▦ hero—Dusk over the green and clubhouse at Tobacco Road
Destinations / North Carolina Sandhills
Carolina Sandhills
Two of Mike Strantz's wildest designs, a short drive from the Home of American Golf.
Courses
Tobacco Road (catalogued)
Tot Hill Farm (catalogued)
40+ courses within 15 miles
Best season
March – November
Getting there
Fly to Raleigh-Durham (RDU), ~1 hr drive
Fly to Fayetteville (FAY), ~45 min drive
From the airport
Raleigh–Durham (RDU) · ~1h 2m drive
Price
$$
The Sandhills region around Pinehurst, Southern Pines, and Aberdeen calls itself the Home of American Golf, and the résumé backs it up—more USGA championships than anywhere else in the country, and nearly 40 courses within 15 miles. Tobacco Road and Tot Hill Farm are the two Mike Strantz designs we catalog here, both built out of old sand quarries and both unapologetically strange in the best way.
This isn't a resort in the Streamsong or Bandon sense—it's a whole region built around golf, so the two Strantz courses pair easily with a Pinehurst-anchored trip rather than standing alone.
The courses
Off the course
Pinehurst's Village shops & dining, 15–20 min away
Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve
Downtown Southern Pines
Best time to go
MarMayJulSepNov
Spring and fall are peak; summer is hot and humid, winter stays playable most days.
Sample itineraries
Strantz double
Tobacco Road one day, Tot Hill Farm the next
Sandhills + Pinehurst
Add a day or two in the Village for the full region
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