Forest Creek Golf Club Course Review

The Forest Creek Golf Club is a truly unique facility, as it boasts 2 golf courses (the North and the South), both of them ranked in Golfweeks Top 100 Best Modern Courses. Thats very interesting, to say the least, and it speaks volumes about what youll encounter here, i.e. top notch golfing facilities and 2 amazing golf courses for the price of one (just kidding). Also, the Forest Creek Golf Club scored pretty good in Golfsweek Best 100 Residential Courses survey, with the North Course ranked 38 and the South Course ranked 46 in the US. The Forest Creek Golf Club is located in the beautiful Southern Pines in North Carolina and both courses were designed by the famous architect Tom Fazio in 2005. Tom managed to create these two absolutely wonderful golf courses on a 1500 acres piece of real estate in Southern Pines, bringing to life arguably the best golfing facilities in North Carolina.

The North Course sits on a sandy terrain, featuring large natural areas (as in unspoiled) and according to the famed course architect, all he had to do was to throw out some grass and cut down some trees, the rest was already there. This statement alone will tell you all you need to know about how beautiful this magnificent piece of real estate really is, i.e. the pristine area of North Carolina Sandhills. The Forest Creek Golf Club opened for players in 2005 and it features 7209 yards of golf from its longest tees for a 72 par, with a slope rating of 144 and a course rating of 74.7. When it first opened, the Forest Creek Golf Club was declared by Golf Digest as the best new private course in the US. Both golf courses are using the indigenous sand, and thats actually the way Tom Fazio desired, with all bunkers playing as waste bunkers. Also, all the indigenous grasses were left alone, giving the golf courses an original rustic feel.