Couples Weekend Getaway Ideas
If you’re looking for a great getaway spot, Pinehurst and Southern Pines are a quick 1.5 hour drive from Raleigh and provide wonderful locations for a romantic weekend away.
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Remarkable Golf Stays in The Pinehurst Area
While the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area of North Carolina boasts some of the best golf courses in the country, the variety of living quarters to enjoy during your stay is just as numerous.
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Family Fun in the Sandhills
With almost 40 world-renowned courses, it’s easy to see why people come to Pinehurst, Southern Pines and Aberdeen for golf. However, there are plenty of other ways to enjoy the area, especially if you’ve brought kids along!
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2004 Ryder Cup That Wasn’t
With the 2023 Ryder Cup on tap for later in September in Italy, it’s fun and perhaps a bit revealing to hark back to Pinehurst’s two Ryder Cups — the one in 1951 that did happen as everyone knows about and the one in 2004 that did not happen that hardly anyone knows about.
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No. 2 Celebrates 10 Years
Ripping out grass on a U.S. Open golf course was, indeed, an extremist move. But Pinehurst owner Robert Dedman Jr., CEO Don Padgett II, and architects Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw were willing 11 years ago to roll the dice on Pinehurst No. 2.
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Pinehurst’s Ryder Cup 1951
The PGA of America brought the 1951 Ryder Cup to Pinehurst No. 2 for the ninth rendition of the event launched in 1927 and originally sponsored by English seed merchant and entrepreneur Samuel Ryder.
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Fall Renewal in the Sandhills
This fall, there is a sense of rebirth around the Home of American Golf.
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Dining A to Z
The Pinehurst, Southern Pines and Aberdeen area has morphed into a food and beverage paradise.
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Patrick Dougherty: The Stickman Cometh
World-renowned artist with Sandhills roots, Patrick Dougherty, has come home. The Sandhills Horticultural Society is hosting Dougherty as he installs one of his unique sapling sculptures on the lawn behind the Bell Visitors Center on campus.
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Sandhills Embraces Walking Culture
For those who prefer to sling a bag over their shoulders, push a trolley or hire a caddie, the pendulum is swinging back in the early 2020s, both in how the game is played and how courses are designed and maintained. Courses that two decades ago required golfers to ride a cart are leaving transportation to choice.
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