Golf Courses In Charlotte: A Course For Any Budget

August 10, 2017

Big business and championship golf are commonplace in Charlotte, one southeastern metro area that is a major U.S. financial hotbed. It’s most notably home to Bank of America’s corporate headquarters, and it also plays host to the PGA Tour’s Wells Fargo Championship and the 2017 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Renowned as a top auto racing stop thanks to the Charlotte Motor Speedway, big events are always happening around town. The entertainment offerings keep growing, too, with a brand new TopGolf location, which opened in 2017. With a growing economy, the choices of great golf courses in Charlotte continues to boom.

 

As you’d expect from a major economic center, prominent private golf clubs are in abundance. Golf course architect Donald Ross, who resided in nearby Pinehurst most of his life, is credited with the design of three esteemed private clubs in Charlotte, including Carolina Golf Club, Myers Park Country Club and Charlotte Country Club. But public golf courses—and even a couple golf resorts—can be enjoyed by golfers on any budget. Modern architects prolific in the southeast, like Ron Garl, Dan Maples and Tom Jackson, are responsible for much of the modern semi-private and public courses in the area.

 

Best Golf Courses In Charlotte: Resort Style Courses

 

For visiting golfers looking for a stay-and-play golf package, the first option is Golf Club at Ballantyne. The hilly course is the centerpiece of the 199-room Starwood-operated hotel and lodge, and the grounds are both wonderfully maintained and ecologically preserved as an Audubon-certified golf course. In addition to the 18-hole course, Ballantyne offers a full-service spa and golf academy onsite.

 

Not far from Charlotte in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Rock Barn Country Club & Spa, a past PGA Tour Champions host, has 36 holes of golf with a small number of onsite accommodations—including a stellar clubhouse—geared towards corporate and group travel. The public can book a tee time on the Tom Jackson course, while the Robert Trent Jones Jr. layout is private.

 

Less than a mile from the Charlotte Motor Speedway, just northeast of town, is Rocky River Golf Club at Concord. This Dan Maples’ design that opened in 1997 features plenty of rolling fairways mixed with wetlands making it one of the more interesting golf courses in Charlotte. An adjacent Embassy Suites makes this course a potential stay-and-play and golf package option.

 

In Mooresville, the Tom Jackson-designed Eagle Chase Golf Club made Golf Advisor’s Top 25 Value Courses list in 2016, in addition to a best-of North Carolina ranking. “If this was in Pinehurst it would still be a must play!” wrote Golf Advisor reviewer ‘Eric4888988′(http://bit.ly/2wLk8L5) after his round.

 

Another popular and accessible semi-private course is Birkdale Golf Club. Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay laid out this affordable championship track, with bent grass greens set between tall Carolina pines and natural streams.

 

Charlotte golf is also comprised of a strong, multi-property muni system. The city sits in Mecklenburg County, whose parks system operates a collection of affordable public golf facilities. Renaissance Park Golf Course, which was sculpted by architect Michael Hurdzan out of a former landfill, is the longest of the county courses at over 7,300 yards. Charles T. Myers Golf Course and nine-hole Dr. Charles L. Sifford Golf Course at Revolution Park, which is named after the trailblazing hometown African-American PGA Tour pro and home to the local First Tee chapter, are other outstanding choices for a new challenge.

 

Few cities adore their golf like Charlotte, and if you’re playing through, the area can offer a facility and layout for just about any taste and budget. Visit GolfNow.com for a wide selection of golf courses in Charlotte and save on your next round today.