Golfing and North Carolina go hand in hand. The Charlotte and Lake Norman area are no exception to the booming golf industry. Courses in the area range from daily play to private clubs, from time-honored landmarks to newly designed courses by America's renowned golf course architects.

Our area hosts great championship courses that that will challenge the competitive golfer and provides unparalleled training facilities for the duffer wishing to hone his game. The courses and facilities across the region are sure to meet every golfer's needs.

You can find other golf courses listed on the following page: Golf course in NC

Birkdale

Located in Huntersville with homes priced from $190's to $575's

Birkdale is a public daily fee course designed by Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay. Voted the "Best New Golf Course in North Carolina" and one of the "Top Five Public Courses" in the State.

Additional Amenities: Clubhouse and Arnie's Tavern, mixed use retail.

Slope: 130, Rating: 74.1

Cowans Ford Country Club

Located in Stanley, on the west side of Lake Norman with homes priced from $200's to $500's.

Cowan's Ford is a private club that was just fully renovated and redesigned. Nestled along the shores of Lake Norman, with an ideal climate for year-round golf, Cowan's Ford Country Club offers a unique experience for the discriminating golfer

Additional Amenities: Clubhouse with full swim and tennis facilities.

Slope: 133, Rating: 73

Fox Den Country Club

Located in Statesville with homes priced from $238's to $360's. New construction by Saussy Burbank.

Fox Den is a private course designed by Clyde Johnson. Multiple tees on each hole provide a challenging and enjoyable course for players of every skill level. Bermuda fairways, Bent-Grass greens, and eight scenic ponds add to the enjoyment of this beautifully designed course.

Additional Amenities: Clubhouse with full swim and tennis facilities

Slope: 136, Rating: 73.4

Highland Creek Golf Club

Located in northeast Charlotte, straddling the Cabarrus County line with homes priced from $120's to $500's. New construction in many price ranges

Highland Creek is a daily fee public course designed by Clifton, Ezell & Clifton.

The course has been rated both the best and the toughest public golf course in the Charlotte area. Designed with extra care to preserve the natural beauty of the area, Highland Creek Golf Club winds through towering trees and meandering creeks.

Slope: 138, Rating 74.2

Muirfield

Located in Mooresville with homes from the $210's to the $360's.

The private golf course community near downtown Mooresville offers country club living at a moderate price.

Northstone Club

Located in Huntersville with homes from the $200's to $500's.

The private P. B. Dye signature course was rated "Number One" by Charlotte's Business Journal. The course will impress the very best players with its strategically placed bunkers, G2 bent grass greens, and Meyer Zoysia fairways. Featuring an endless variety of strategic angles of play from multiple tee boxes, the NorthStone golf course will encourage good course management yet tease the more adventurous golfer.

The Club launched the Academy of Golf at NorthStone in 2001. The Academy features an indoor/outdoor hitting facility complete with video, training aids and golf-specific fitness equipment. A variety of lesson options are available to take your game to the next level.

Slope:126 Rating: 73.5

The Peninsula Club

Located on Lake Norman in Cornelius with homes from $300's to the $millions

The Peninsula Club is a private club that boasts an 18-hole championship course designed by Rees Jones, one of the country’s leading golf course architects. The course offers a challenge to players of all skill levels. The classic layout blends into the natural terrain, sixteen holes feature lake views with many playing over or along the water.
The Peninsula has hosted LPGA events, USGA events, and will host an AJGA event for the third year in a row this summer.

Slope: 133 Rating: 73.1

The Point

Located on Lake Norman in Mooresville with homes from the $500's to $5 million.

The Point Lake and Golf Club offers members a club with the style and spirit of a Nantucket village

The Point's golf course, designed by Greg Norman, has been described as inspiring. More than two-thirds of the holes play directly along or over the water on this beautiful, varied course, which presents challenges to golfers of all skill levels.

Slope: 142 Rating: 73.6

River Hills Plantation Country Club

Located at Lake Wylie with condominiums and homes ranging from the $200's to the $millions.

River Hills Plantation is a unique Charlotte area private country club community. Carefully designed and beautifully maintained, River Hills' natural beauty and serenity are unmatched by newer neighborhoods. Its extensive, established community social opportunities further differentiate River Hills.

Nearly 1100 homes and a championship golf course blend into this park-like setting of rolling hills, lush tree canopy and lake vistas

Slope: 133 Rating: 73.1

River Run Country Club

Located just outside of the town of Davidson with homes ranging from the $300's to the $800's.

Consistently ranked among the state's top courses, River Run's 7,000 yards of fairways, lakes and forest have challenged the area's top players. Guest designer Raymond Floyd helped create a golfer's delight that's been host to the North Carolina Amateur, North Carolina Open, Carolinas Club Professional Championship, and other important events.

Charlotte's Best Magazine calls River Run "...a great golf course, tough enough to make you think, but fair enough to make playing a pleasure."

Slope: 134 Rating: 74.8

Skybrook County Club

Located on the Mecklenburg/Cabarrus County line just east of Huntersville with home ranging from the $250's to $700's.

Skybrook Golf Club is a private club featuring an 18-hole championship course with a challenging, yet friendly layout that welcomes players of all abilities. John LaFoy, designer and golf course architect, blended the rolling hills, dramatic elevation changes and beautiful landscape into a course that captures the heart of every golfer that plays. Skybrook, which beckons you with beautiful rolling fairways and incredibly scenic views, roams across 7,000 yards of remarkably mountaneous terrain. Each golf hole has five tee boxes allowing players of all abilities the chance to enjoy our course.

Slope: 132 Rating: 73.2

Verdict Ridge Golf and Country Club

Located in Lincoln County just west of Lake Norman, with homes ranging from the $500's.

Verdict Ridgeis a private club that was designed in the tradition of famous North Carolina golf courses, with maintaining the natural layout of the land. But what truly makes Verdict Ridge interesting is that the golf course feel is similar to a cross-state drive through NC.

It's no wonder Verdict Ridge was voted one of the best overall new courses in North Carolina. Our course has attracted such events as the US Open Qualifying, Mid-Amateur Qualifying and NC Four Ball Championship.

Slope: 132 Rating: 73.5