While golf might not be the primary focus, the Outer Banks offers a great variety of beach courses open to public play in a setting far more relaxed than those in Myrtle Beach, Charleston and Hilton Head Island and the Brunswick islands. From links style courses along Currituck Sound to wetlands-filled layouts reminiscent of the…
The USGA has gone all in at Pinehurst. As golf fans will see at the U.S. Open on June 13-16 at Pinehurst No. 2, the relationship between golf’s American governing body and the Pinehurst Resort has become heavily intertwined. To the right on the few hundred yards from N.C. 2 (Midland Road) to the main…
Making its debut as a U.S. Open site in 1999, Pinehurst No. 2 has a shorter Open history than traditional venues such as Oakmont, Shinnecock Hills, The Country Club (Brookline), Oakland Hills, Merion, Winged Foot, Baltusrol, and Olympic Club. But like fellow relative Open newcomers Pebble Beach and Bethpage Black, Pinehurst No. 2 offers the…
The best way to beat the expected June heat during U.S. Open week at Pinehurst Resort might a trip down memory lane. The USGA Experience and the newest edition of the World Golf Hall of Fame opened in May on the Golf House Pinehurst campus, across from Pinehurst Country Club, only a mid-iron from Pinehurst…
Granted, when you think N.C. High Country golf courses, the first that come to mind for many golfers are the spectacular clubs that make national top 100 course lists. And the list of public options continues to shrink. Linville Golf Club, for decades the elite choice open to guests of the historic Eseeola Lodge, went…
This year is the last chance to catch the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club. OK, that could just be a technicality. The May 6-12 tournament could return to Charlotte next year, but not with Wells Fargo as title sponsor. And not at Quail Hollow, which will play host to the 2025 PGA…
The new 10th course at Pinehurst Resort will have a distinctive name reflecting its unique setting and local history. The resort announced the course would be known as Pinehurst Sandmines, though it is still also referred to as Pinehurst No. 10. The course, scheduled to open in May, is routed on more than 900 acres,…
By John Brasier After watching the PGA Tour play the second of two tournaments at the remote Congaree Golf Club in the South Carolina Lowcountry in October 2022, Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce CEO Karen Riordan said she asked Myrtle Beach’s mega-golf marketing firm, Golf Tourism Solutions, why the Grand Strand, can’t have a Tour…
By John Brasier If you want a play a course that’s hosted a major United States Golf Association tournament, the best place to go is Pinehurst. It’s probably no coincidence that the USGA is building its second headquarters adjacent to Pinehurst Resort. And the USGA’s arrival with memorabilia, testing facilities and more is only one…
By John Brasier Pawleys Plantation … Long Bay Club …Tidewater … If you’re a Triad golfer, you’ve probably played the above listed Myrtle Beach golf courses. If you haven’t, you should – they are a trio of the top accessible layouts on the Grand Strand. Pawleys Plantation and Long Bay are the only Jack Nicklaus…