1638 High Mountain Drive,
Cashiers, North Carolina 28717
The Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined parkland. Undulating terrain.
Surroundings:
Woodland.
Designer:
Tom Fazio
35.123840
-83.137751
75 mi SW of Ashville / 3 mi NW of Cashiers.
Mountaintop
Mountaintop Golf & Lake Club is home to one of the top-rated and finest championship golf courses in North Carolina. The excellent tree-lined parkland layout contains a wealth of wonderfully crafted, memorable and challenging holes. Definitely a course that will challenge your all-round game. However, this is a private course generally playable only by members and their guests.
Private club; visitors/guests may only play if hosted by a member.
Good
North Carolina's 5th best course (Golf Digest, 2023/24).
USA's 111th best course (Golf Digest, 2023).
445 Main St, Highlands, NC 28741
+1 (866) 526 8008
Visit websiteOld Edwards Inn & Spa "graces the western North Carolina Mountains with its welcoming ambiance of relaxed luxury for families, friends, couples, spa goers, nature lovers and golfers". Consistently voted a top travel destination, this meandering mountain resort is just a few minutes away from the quaint downtown area of Highlands. Golf at the Old Edwards Club is located approximately 6 miles northeast of the centre of Highlands. Old Edwards Inn is a member of the Historic Hotels of America.
No
Old Edwards Club
Wade Hampton (private); Mountaintop (private).
The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.
Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.
Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.
Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
You can subscribe to the Where2Golf channel on YT if you like to see more video content. You'll find a "Subscribe" button on any of our YouTube videos. Or if you want a quick and direct access subscribe here. Once done, any new published videos will show up in your Subscriptions feed.
