Sparky
If I can make it work (since I am still working West Coast hours), I can get out with a few ax murderers if they come to town!
Pinehurst is about 75 minutes from RDU. A nice, easy drive.
There are 44 courses within a 15 mile range. I have played 4 of them so far if you don't count the Cradle at Pinehurst, which is a 9 hole par 3 hit and giggle course (longest hole is around 120 yards).