By STUART HALL Let’s be honest. How appealing is the thought of standing on the far end of the driving range with a bucket full of golf balls, repetitiously pounding one after another into vast acreage dotted by a few makeshift greens and bunkers. Oh, and it’s also hot and humid. Most golfers, if they…
By BRAD KING When he was contemplating converting the green complexes at historic Pine Needles resort in Southern Pines from bentgrass to an ultra-dwarf strand of bermudagrass, Kelly Miller didn’t have to look far for a good sampling — just across Midland Road, in fact, to the Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club. Miller, the longtime…
By DAVID DROSCHAK Tom Pashley has seemingly done it all at Pinehurst, from cooking omelets to raking bunkers to working the overnight shift as part of the audit team during his stint in the mid 1990s as part of the resort’s first-ever Manager in Development Program. So, even though some of the names have changed…
Complete U.S. Open Coverage Will another Open bloom for Rose? Wake Forest grad, Bill Coore, instrumental in restoring Pinehurst #2 Pinehurst #2 presents Women’s Open a “Top 10” Course “Homer” Simpson? Can local knowledge make Webb a two-time Open Champion
By STUART HALL Eight is apparently not enough for Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. The resort will acquire National Golf Club, which features a Jack Nicklaus signature design course, pending a 70-day due-diligence period and approval by members and boards of both clubs. While National would join Pinehurst’s iconic roster of eight numbered courses, Jay…
By STUART HALL In Steve Johnson’s 30-plus years of working in the golf industry, only once in his travels has he found a place as unique a golf destination as Pinehurst. “The first time I went to St. Andrews I was struck by how alike the two places are,” said Johnson, regional general manager for…
By DAVID DROSCHAK Whenever the architectural team of Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore discuss Pinehurst No. 2 it’s not long before the two turn to the Tufts Archives, and how instrumental the museum – which is centered on golf, Donald Ross and countless other fascinating items – was in their restoration work on the famed…
Pinehurst Resort today that it is converting the greens on Pinehurst No. 1 to heat-resistant Bermuda grass, which will enhance play throughout the year and particularly during the heat of summer. The project, which began in July and is scheduled to be finished in September 2012, also includes construction of a new par-3 and small…
By David Droschak The work is complete …. Now the reviews start. In what some have described as a bold move after two successful U.S. Opens and a unique USGA double-header on the horizon in 2014, Pinehurst Resort is ready to unveil the throwback design of its classic No. 2 course to the golfing public.…
VILLAGE OF PINEHURST, N.C. (March 14, 2011) – PCC Realty LLC, which is controlled by the owners of Pinehurst Resort, today announced that it will not reopen the newly-acquired Pit Golf Links at least for the remainder of 2011. After an extensive review, PPC officials determined that in lieu of current economic conditions and the required…