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.
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.
Bill Coore was tromping through the woods three miles south of the Village of Pinehurst one morning in November 2011. The 900-acre site around him carried a colorful résumé…
There are slightly fewer than 2,500 hotel rooms in the Sandhills area ranging from the original lodging establishment that opened in 1895 to more recent facilities with brand names like Marriott and Hilton. All perform exactly as ordered – offering a comfortable bed and all the accouterments for golfers hopping from one world-renowned course to the next.
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.
Top 10 lists are always fun. Here is the first of three in the Sandhills golf universe to kick off 2025 based on one man’s humble opinions.
Even if you’ve made a recent visit to the Sandhills region of North Carolina — the “Home of American Golf,” Pinehurst, along with the bourgeoning Southern Pines and Aberdeen areas — you will quickly discover that Pinehurst ‘24 is a decidedly different destination