Bear Down in the Sandhills
Golfers entering the recently redesigned clubhouse at Legacy Golf Links just south of Aberdeen will walk past a life-size wooden statue of a bear.
Reflections on Pinehurst, Payne, Peggy, & people who made golf magic
Thanksgiving No. 68 approaches. As the revolutions around the sun notch upward and upward, it’s natural to pause, reflect and be grateful for what you’ve experienced
The Gauntlet at Pinehurst
Now Pinehurst Resort’s newest course has some fancy ribbons to display (Golf Digest’s “Best New Public Course of 2024” designation) as well as a new clubhouse and dining facility.
New Pinehurst Development Breaks the Mold
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.
To Dornoch and Back
“Our relationship with CCNC is centered around Donald Ross and the Pinehurst area,” Macrae says. “The recently developed relationship between the Royal Burgh of Dornoch and Pinehurst will provide even more opportunities for the two communities to share their history…”
The Scottish Invasion
This area of south-central North Carolina has deep Scottish roots dating to the 1700s, when droves of Scottish emigrants fled the Highlands to the shores of North Carolina and moved up the Cape Fear River and its tributaries inland to the pine forests of Moore County.
An Artist in the Dirt
Tom Fazio was working at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, in the mid-1970s on some course renovations leading up to the 1979 U.S. Open when he noticed an ambitious and talented member of the course maintenance staff named Mike Strantz.
Act Two for Tot Hill Farm
If Mike Strantz hadn’t died from tongue cancer in 2005, would he ever have made it to Pinehurst proper to design a golf course? We’ll never know, of course, but at least 25 percent of his remarkable design portfolio was built within 45 miles of the Village of Pinehurst.
Pinehurst Resort Announces New Course to be Designed by Tom Doak
Pinehurst Resort has announced that it will be creating a brand-new golf courses for the first time in 28 years. Pinehurst No. 10 is set to open in 2024 and will be designed by acclaimed golf course architect Tom Doak.
Coore & Crenshaw Roots Run Deep
Golf architects Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw each have a significant tie to the Sandhills and Pinehurst No. 2 from their respective early days in golf.