Branching Out: Pinehurst Taps Coore & Crenshaw for No. 11
New Pinehurst Development Breaks the Mold
By Lee Pace
When Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw complete Pinehurst No. 11 in the fall of 2027 — adjacent to Tom Doak’s Pinehurst No. 10, which opened in 2024 — Pinehurst will join rarefied company.
Only a few golf destinations in the world, such as Bandon Dunes in Oregon, Streamsong in Florida, Barnbougle in Tasmania, and Te Arai Links in New Zealand, can boast courses designed by both architectural powerhouses.
“At Pinehurst, it’s always been about No. 2 — and rightfully so. But No. 10 and No. 11 will be a huge step forward. No homes, just golf. And the landforms are interesting, dramatically different from anything else at Pinehurst.”
For nearly three-quarters of a century, Pinehurst operated five golf courses radiating from its main clubhouse, anchored by Ross’s famed No. 2 — site of the 1936 PGA Championship, the 1951 Ryder Cup, and the storied North & South Open.
The real estate boom of the late 20th century pushed Pinehurst to expand beyond the village core. Course No. 6 debuted in the late 1970s (by George and Tom Fazio), followed by Rees Jones’s No. 7 in the mid-1980s. Fazio returned with No. 8 in 1996 to commemorate the resort’s centennial. Pinehurst acquired the Jack Nicklaus-designed Pinehurst National in 2014 and rebranded it as No. 9.
Now come No. 10 and No. 11 — set on 900 acres south of the resort that Pinehurst owner Bob Dedman Jr. quietly assembled over two decades. The site’s heritage as an early 1900s sand mine inspired the development’s branding: **Pinehurst Sandmines**.
Visitors to the Sandmines will note a striking contrast in architecture. Gone are the white clapboards of the Carolina Hotel or the stately brickwork of the Village clubhouse. Instead, the new shop and restaurant embrace timber-frame construction, complete with exposed beams and decorative joinery.
Designers drew directly from the landscape: sand textures, pinecones, bark, and forest tones.
“The color palette is native to the site,” says Calvin Burkley, Pinehurst’s director of projects and planning. “They used every natural element for inspiration. This will feel unlike anything else on property. ‘Refined rustic’ has been the guiding principle.”
Lee Pace is a freelance golf writer who has written about Sandhills area golf for four decades and is the author of club histories about Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Mid Pines, Pine Needles and Forest Creek.
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