The Fourth Quail Run
Four days. Four courses. Twelve men. One trophy.
- 4
- Courses
- 12
- Players
- 22½
- Points Available
Tournament History
2022
Point Clear, AL
Lakewood Golf Club
Year I · Inaugural2024
Rising Fawn, GA
McLemore Golf Club
Year II2025
Verona, NY
Turning Stone Resort & Casino
Year III2026
Southern Pines, NC
Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club
Year IV · Current
The Quail Run Invitational returns for its fourth year, gathering twelve friends from Atlanta, Charleston, Birmingham, Auburn, and Dallas for three days of competition across the storied Donald Ross country of Southern Pines. Two captains. Two sides of six. Best ball, scramble, and match play across Tobacco Road, Southern Pines, Pine Needles, and Mid Pines.
Saturday afternoon closes the week with one final twist — the field is reshuffled into three squads of four for a scramble at Pine Needles. The 6 v 6 standings are sealed before that final round. The trophy is awarded at the resort that evening.
The Courses
Tobacco Road
Par 71 · 6,554 yds
Tobacco Road is Mike Strantz's wild, boundary-pushing design, carved in 1998 from a former tobacco farm and sand quarry in North Carolina's Sandhills. The par-71 layout plays roughly 6,554 yards from the back 'Ripper' tees and is famous for dramatic blind tee shots, towering sandy waste areas, severe contours, and bold risk-reward decisions on nearly every hole — widely regarded as one of America's most thrilling and unconventional public courses.
Southern Pines
Par 71 · 6,695 yds
Southern Pines Golf Club is a Donald Ross design dating to 1906 in the heart of the Village of Southern Pines, now under the same ownership as neighboring Pine Needles and Mid Pines. Kyle Franz led an 18-month restoration completed in 2021 that removed roughly 700 trees, expanded the greens, rebuilt the bunkers with rugged Sandhills sand, widened fairways, and recreated Ross's original short par-3 'Lost Hole.' The result is a walkable, strategic, mid-length Ross course celebrated for its bold green complexes and rolling terrain.
Pine Needles
Par 71 · 7,015 yds
Pine Needles is a classic 1928 Donald Ross design routed through rolling longleaf-pine corridors in the Sandhills of Southern Pines. Playing to par 71 at 7,015 yards from the Medal tees, its defense lies in Ross's crowned green complexes and the demand for correct angles rather than sheer length. It is one of America's premier championship venues, host of four U.S. Women's Opens (1996, 2001, 2007, 2022).
Mid Pines
Par 72 · 6,732 yds
Mid Pines is one of the most authentic surviving examples of Donald Ross architecture, a 1921 Sandhills design routed naturally over rolling terrain that serves up uphill, downhill, and sidehill shots throughout. Sensitively restored by Kyle Franz in 2013, it recaptured lost putting surface and the original sandy, native-fringed aesthetic. Compact at just over 6,700 yards, it's celebrated for its strategy, crowned greens, and a standout collection of par 4s rather than raw length.