Your Guide to Pinehurst Dining
You don’t have to be a golfer to enjoy a wide variety of delectable dining offerings as your heart and tastes aspire. Plan to stay awhile.
You don’t have to be a golfer to enjoy a wide variety of delectable dining offerings as your heart and tastes aspire. Plan to stay awhile.
Pinehurst, the iconic golfing haven nestled in the heart of North Carolina’s Sandhills region, is a place where legends are made and stories come to life. Revered as the cradle of American golf, this historic destination has witnessed unforgettable moments and hosted legendary champions, carving its legacy deep into the sport’s heritage.
Mocktails are no longer just for designated drivers—whether behind the wheel or the golf cart. As more people embrace a sober or sober-curious lifestyle, zero-proof cocktails have quietly become an indulgence in their own right, offering a way to ease into the evening’s rhythm without the haze.
And yet, what has followed in Pinehurst Resort’s growth in the 10 years since might be even more impressive — all of it bookended by the decade between U.S. Opens, which returned to No. 2 for the fourth time in Pinehurst’s history in June 2024.
The Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame is a robust enclave of a hundred some-odd individuals who have left their imprint on the game of golf from Charleston to Linville and points in between or had indelible roots to the region while doing newsworthy golfing deeds nationally.
The Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame is just one of several interesting venues in the Sandhills for golf history buffs. The lobby of the Carolina Hotel, the anchor of the sprawling Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, is open to the public and chock full after a recent renovation of interesting visual elements — from vintage photos dating back more than a century to a timeline of significant golf milestones at the resort.
Whether you’re seeking legendary courses, luxurious golf packages, or hidden gems beyond the famed fairways, Pinehurst and the surrounding Moore County region offer an unforgettable golf getaway.
It was April 2020, and Matt Ginella had spent seven years collecting and producing golf travel content for the Golf Channel. But that spring, the world ground to a halt in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak.
A crowd estimated at near 2,000 lined the fairways of the No. 2 course, many of them friends and fraternity brothers of Ward, the Tarboro native and popular University of North Carolina golfer.
One could make an argument that either entries No. 2 or No. 3 should be perched at the top of a list of momentous professional golf moments at Pinehurst. But Payne Stewart and Bryson DeChambeau were already U.S. Open winners when they struck their milestone shots.