You'll find plenty of fine sunny days with perfect temperatures interspersed with a few days of rain and gloom. The summer months are primarily quiet on most of the courses. The intensity of the summer heat and humidity makes golf a chore, and the frequent late-day thunderstorms render it dangerous and wet. In deep summer the fairways are excellent, but the greens will be slow as the greenskeepers fight to save them from death by heat by raising the blades on the greens mowers. The fall season ends around Thanksgiving.
Winter is somewhat dead, but the courses are usually playable and the rates can be at their lowest.
There can be plenty of wonderful and comfortable days in the winter season, and most area courses offer outstanding rates. Even though the price of golf in Pinehurst has increased significantly in the past few years, there's still a course for nearly every budget. Inexpensive but comfortable lodging options abound, and if you're eating on a budget, Ronald McDonald has a secure presence here. You can spend a fortune in Pinehurst and feast on quail and rare clarets, but you don't need to take out a second mortgage to have an excellent time. Still, it's fun to have a couple of blowouts, and there are plenty of opportunities in Pinehurst to pullulate your visa balance.