No. 8-“Pinehurst National”
It doesn’t surprise me when I hear people say their favorite course at Pinehurst is No. 8. The brilliance of No. 2—its subtlety—is a hard sell for resort golfers and it can seem dramatically over-hyped...
View ArticlePinehurst No. 2–Dawn of the Old Era
[For more on this year's U.S. Open, go to our new interactive majors e-magazine The Grain: The U.S. Open Issue 2014.] Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw have dramatically revived Pinehurst’s lost primitive...
View ArticleTobacco Road–Shots in the Funhouse
Tobacco Road’s 9th hole shows how Mike Strantz staggered and stretched features across a beautiful golf site. The opening tee shot at Tobacco Road is played through a gap in two steep grass-covered...
View ArticleA Rocky Ride at Tot Hill Farm
The par-3 15th gives a clear presentation of Tot Hill Farm’s rocky, forested property. Hopefully people playing Tot Hill Farm outside of Raleigh know what they’re getting into. If they do, the...
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