Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club and Southern Pines Golf Club have been named to Golf Digest's America's 100 Greatest Public Courses, the only resort with 3 Donald Ross courses named to the list. Southern Pines, after undergoing a major restoration in 2021, made its debut on the list at No. 72. Both Pine Needles (No. 63) and Mid Pines (No. 86) moved up in the rankings. Read more here: America's 100 Greatest Public Courses...

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. – Southern Pines Golf Club, a vintage Donald Ross-designed course dating to the early 1900s, is now under management of the company that owns and operates the Pine Needles and Mid Pines resorts nearby and will eventually be acquired by that same company. Kelly Miller, president of Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, announced the lease/purchase of the course from the Southern Pines Elks Club, the owner of the course since 1951. Miller said the Pine Needles / Mid Pines management company has taken over operation of the facility and is working toward a final sale when some...