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Golf courses in North Carolina

North Carolina has 497 golf courses: 3% of the US total of 16,298. That ranks #9 by count and #32 per person (4.5 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

#32

national rank (per capita)

497

golf courses

4.5

per 100k residents

The data

Source: OpenStreetMap, October 2026. Every feature tagged as a golf course, one point each. The National Golf Foundation counts about 16,000 courses. OpenStreetMap is community-made, so a few may be missing or out of date.

Licence: ODbL: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Reuse must credit OpenStreetMap and keep the data open.

North Carolina: 497 rows (CSV)All of the US (CSV)

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Named golf courses in North Carolina include

Golf course · Crow Creek Golf · Oak Island Golf Club · The Reserve Club at St. James · Founders Club at St James · Carolina National Golf Club · Oak Island Par Three Golf Course at South Harbour - Links · Sea Trail Golf Links · Oak Island Par Three Golf Course at South Harbour · Members Club at St James · Bald Head Island Country Club · Brunswick Plantation & Golf Resort

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