Mid South Club

PrivateMembership is required to use the Club; it is not open to the general public.ActiveThe Club is currently open and operating.Golf-firstGolf is the Club's central focus, ahead of other amenities or social programming.Resort-styleThe Club offers a resort-like experience, often with lodging, dining, and leisure amenities beyond golf.
  • 31st percentileCost, nationwide
  • 7Documented amenities
  • 1988Founded
Map illustration marking the location of Mid South Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina.

Mid South Club is a private country club in Southern Pines, North Carolina, in Moore County. It is operated by Talamore Family of Clubs / Mid South Club.

It has 1 documented golf course, with amenities including clubhouse, dining, lodging and other documented facilities.

The initiation fee runs around $10,001–$25,000, with recurring dues documented below. Documented membership types include national and nonresident memberships.

Culture research describes it as golf-first, resort-style and residential community.

The reported documented minimum first-year membership cost for Full Golf membership is $15,002. That is below the North Carolina median of $31,410. Nationwide, it is below the median of $32,320.

Location & Directions

48 Talamore Dr, Southern Pines, NC, 28387
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Membership & Golf Access Cost

It is below the North Carolina median of $31,410 and higher than about 28% of 56 comparable Clubs there.

Reported initiation fee for Full Golf membership range from $10,001–$25,000.

Reported monthly membership dues for Full Golf membership range from $416.75–$833.33.

Initiation fee

$10,001–$25,000

One Time · Full Golf · Effective 2026

Membership dues

$416.75–$833.33

Monthly · Full Golf · Effective 2026

These published costs may only apply to a specific membership category, access type or year. Fees, dues, passes, green fees, assessments and availability can change, so confirm current terms with the Club before you commit.

Additional Fees & Minimums

These are charges we found on top of membership dues or golf-access pricing shown above. Add them to your budget if they apply to your membership category or how you plan to use the Club.

Transfer fee

$5,000

One Time · Basic Social Transfer · Effective 2022

Charges can change and may not apply to every member. Confirm the current amount, billing period and membership category directly with the Club.

Membership

Here's what's documented about how to join Mid South Club, including the membership types on offer and what applying involves.

Membership options and availability

Membership types
Full Golf; Social; Associate / Social
National membership
Yes
Nonresident membership
Yes

Joining requirements

Sponsorship required
No
Application process
Contact the Mid South/Talamore membership team and complete the membership application process.

Amenities & Facilities

Reported amenities at Mid South Club include clubhouse, dining, lodging and other documented facilities.

Available amenities
  • Clubhouse
  • Dining
  • Lodging
  • Pool
  • Tennis
  • Locker Rooms
  • Pro Shop

Golf

Golf at Mid South Club includes 1 documented course.

Courses
1
Course details
  • Mid South Clubpar 71

Club Culture & Public Commentary

This section shows what published articles and reviews say about the social atmosphere at this Club, so you can get a sense of the culture before you apply. It only appears when we found real evidence to back it up.

This documented Culture trait is shared by about 14.9% of 141 researched North Carolina Club records.

  • Golf-first
  • Resort-style
  • Residential community

Culture context

A golf-first, residential-community, and resort-style club.

What people discuss

Golf Digest panelists give Mid South strong marks, commonly praising the Arnold Palmer routing, risk-reward decisions and conditioning. The club is generally viewed as a high-quality Pinehurst-area residential golf experience, with the golf course rather than ancillary amenities driving most of the public praise.

This is what people commonly say about this Club in public reviews and articles, not a member survey or a rating from us. Weigh it alongside the facts above, not in place of them.

Club History

How long Mid South Club has been around and what's shaped it, based on published sources. A well-documented history can be a sign of stability, but it doesn't tell you about today's management or member experience.

  1. Construction work on the Mid South course began in 1988.

  2. Mid South Club opened in 1993 with an Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay golf course.

  3. Talamore acquired Mid South in 2004.

Additional Club Details

Mid South Club is operated by Talamore Family of Clubs / Mid South Club.

Ownership or operator
Talamore Family of Clubs / Mid South Club

Additional statistics

Additional Statistics

Every state and national benchmark we have enough research behind to show for Mid South Club: price, age, golf, access and amenities, compared against other Clubs in North Carolina and nationwide. A few of the most decision-relevant ones are already called out next to their facts earlier on this page; this section has the complete picture, using only facts we have enough research behind to compare fairly.

Membership market position

First-year membership cost comparison

The reported documented minimum first-year membership cost for Full Golf membership is $15,002. It is below the North Carolina median of $31,410 and is higher than approximately 28% of 56 compatible peer records. It is below the nationwide median of $32,320 and is higher than approximately 31% of 1025 compatible peer records.

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Club age context

Founded in 1988

That represents about 38 years of documented history. The Club predates approximately 26% of 149 other North Carolina Club records with a usable founding year and 23% of 3523 compatible records nationwide. The documented median founding years are 1964 in North Carolina and 1960 nationwide.

Documented Club profile

Golf, racquets and pool

This combination is also documented at 111 other North Carolina Clubs and 1840 other Club records nationwide.

Club culture

Resort-style

This documented Culture trait is shared by 14.9% of 141 researched North Carolina Club records and 9.7% of 3402 researched records nationwide.

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Blank or unresearched fields are excluded, the number of Clubs compared varies by fact, and this Club is never counted in its own comparison group. These are benchmarks from our own directory, not market-wide estimates, so treat them as directional rather than exact.

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Sources & Verification

These are the sources behind the facts above. Check them yourself before making a decision, since some information may have changed since it was published.

  1. golflifenavigators.com/composite/mid-south-club Pricing SourceSupports: Membership & access pricing
  2. www.realty.com/home-listings/325931479/119-Plantation-Drive… Cost SourceSupports: Additional fees
  3. midsouthclubneighborhood.org/mid-south-club-a-storied-neigh… Research SourceSupports: Club history
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  1. www.ncgolf.com/articles/25826 Research SourceSupports: Club history
  2. talamoregolfresort.com/club-amenities Research SourceSupports: General research
  3. talamoregolfresort.com/club-membership Research SourceSupports: General research
  4. talamoregolfresort.com/feature-course-partners/southern-pin… Research SourceSupports: General research
  5. talamoregolfresort.com/legacy-clubhouse Research SourceSupports: General research
  6. talamoregolfresort.com/mid-south-club Research SourceSupports: General research
  7. talamoregolfresort.com/partner-golf-courses/hyland-golf-club Research SourceSupports: General research
  8. talamoregolfresort.com/talamore-golf-club Research SourceSupports: General research
  9. www.golfdigest.com/courses/nc/mid-south-club-mid-south Research SourceSupports: General research