Host of four U.S. Opens, Pinehurst Resort added a Tom Doak design in 2024, with two more 18-hole layouts on the way. And helping fuel the buzz is the return of the World Golf Hall of Fame after a long exile in Florida.
Pinehurst Reigns Supreme in U.S.A. Golf
February 27, 2025 by Brian Kendall
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Christmas Dreams Come True in Pinehurst
November 13, 2012 by Brian Kendall

As we wake up at Pinehurst Resort on Christmas morning, my wife and I joke that we hope Santa has brought us new golf swings.
An hour later, to the sound of church bells ringing in the distance, we optimistically tee off at the resort’s No. 2 course, hallowed ground for every golfer
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Pinehurst No. 2 Reigns In U.S.A. Golf
March 29, 2012 by Brian Kendall

Donald Ross’s celebrated No. 2 course at Pinehurst Resort is the iconic heart of a bucolic North Carolina village named the first Anchor Site of the U.S. Open.
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