‘I sincerely believe this course to be the fairest test of championship golf I have ever designed.’ Donald Ross
An American icon, Pinehurst was created as a holiday village and winter healt...
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Regarded by good judges as the premier golf course designer of the modern era, Bill Coore was raised in North Carolina and spent much of his formative golfing years studying the work of Golden Age ...
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One of the boldest and most audacious golfing creations of the last half-century, the Tobacco Road golf course in Sanford, North Carolina, was designed by the late Mike Strantz and first...
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In Volume 2 of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses, Tom Doak published that:
“It is rare to find a 36-hole facility where the members are equally happy to play either course, but that se...
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In Volume 2 of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses, Tom Doak published that:
“When you have done as many designs as Tom Fazio, it is perhaps inevitable that people stereotype your work, ...
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Designed by Gil Hanse and his partner Jim Wagner, The Cradle Short Course opened in 2017 and is a 9-hole par three layout set immediately in front of the Pinehurst clubhouse and named in reference ...
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In Volume 2 of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses, Tom Doak published that:
“This gentle, graceful layout feels different than any other in Pinehurst because the routing is a long loop,...
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In Volume 2 of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses, Tom Doak published that:
“Owned by the local Elks club, Southern Pines is the best affordable golf option in the area, and the only on...
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Opened in 1995 to celebrate the centenary of the resort, Tom Fazio’s No. 8 course at Pinehurst is located on its own plot of undulating land away from the resort’s other courses. Fazio’s design wor...
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