Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club
Southern Pines, Moore County, North Carolina · Pinehurst / Southern Pines / Aberdeen golf market
- Access
- mixed
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Donald Ross, Kyle Franz
- Gated
- No
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Mid Pines shares ownership and a Donald Ross design heritage with Pine Needles next door, restored in 2013 by Kyle Franz (a former shaper for Tom Doak, Gil Hanse and Kyle Phillips) to wide acclaim, including GOLF Magazine's Best U.S. Resort Renovation award. The resort operates today as part of the Ross Resorts portfolio; the same ownership group (branded Rolling Pines LLC / Mid Pines Development Group for its newest holdings) expanded in July 2025 to acquire the Country Club of Whispering Pines and Foxfire Country Club, both also researched in this batch.
Golf & Course
Donald Ross's 1921 design, restored in 2013 by Kyle Franz, who studied Ross's original Mid Pines files at the Tufts Archive before restoring the course closer to Ross's intent -- shrunken greens were expanded 20-25% back to their original contours, with exposed sandy waste areas and firmer fairways. Same ownership group as Pine Needles since the Bell family (Peggy Kirk Bell) era; Franz went on to restore Pine Needles itself in 2017-18 for the same ownership group.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Membership is a stand-alone add-on program, not a housing-bundled arrangement: no on-site residential development exists at Mid Pines. Per the club's own membership page, members receive access to fitness facilities, the seasonal outdoor pool, and two grass tennis courts -- all physically located at sister property Pine Needles across the road, not at Mid Pines itself -- plus exclusive access to social/family events and discounts on golf shop, resort dining/lodging, and banquet facilities. The club states there are no member assessments and no food-and-beverage minimums. Membership enrollment is coordinated centrally (contact listed as the Member Services Coordinator under the rossresorts.com domain, confirming the current operating brand is Ross Resorts).
Living in Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club
Mid Pines is a resort/lodge property, not a residential subdivision -- there is no bundled housing tied to club membership, and membership_tied_to_property is correctly 'no.' A buyer drawn to Mid Pines is buying into the broader Sandhills/Pinehurst golf ecosystem, not a specific on-site community.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current membership initiation fee and dues directly with the club -- no figure (official or third-party-estimated) was found after genuine multi-angle search this session, and Pine Needles' own published fee range should not be assumed to apply identically to Mid Pines.
- Confirm the exact named membership tiers available specifically through Mid Pines' enrollment path; Pine Needles' own site lists categories (Full Golf, Social, Junior Executive, Family, Single, plus Sandhills/Corporate/Non-Resident tiers) but this was not independently confirmed to be the identical list offered to Mid Pines applicants.
- Confirm whether Mid Pines has hosted any notable tournaments independent of Pine Needles; none was found this session.
Notable
- The 2013 Kyle Franz restoration of Mid Pines won GOLF Magazine's Best U.S. Resort Renovation recognition.
- Membership operates under the 'Pine Needles Club' umbrella (Ross Resorts brand), giving Mid Pines members access to shared pool, tennis, and fitness facilities located at Pine Needles, with no member assessments or F&B minimums.
- In July 2025, the ownership group behind Mid Pines and Pine Needles (operating the new acquisitions as Rolling Pines LLC / Mid Pines Development Group) acquired the Country Club of Whispering Pines and Foxfire Country Club, expanding to a six-course Sandhills portfolio and engaging Kyle Franz for master planning of the newly acquired courses.
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