Pinehurst Resort

Pinehurst Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Location	Pinehurst, North Carolina
Built	1895
Architect	Olmsted, Frederick Law
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	73001361
Added to NRHP	August 14, 1973

Pinehurst Resort is a historic upmarket golf resort at Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA. It has hosted a number of prestigious golf tournaments.

History

Pinehurst was founded by Boston soda fountain magnate James Walker Tufts. He purchased 5,500 acres (22 km²) at around a dollar an acre in 1895 and opened the Holly Inn that New Year's Eve. The first golf course was laid out in 1897/98, and the first championship held at Pinehurst was United North and South Amateur Championship of 1901. Pinehurst's best known course, Pinehurst No.2 was completed in 1907 to designs by Donald Ross, who was associated with Pinehurst for nearly half a century.

From 1902 to 1951 Pinehurst was the home of the North and South Open, which was one of the most prestigious golf tournaments in the United States at that time. Pinehurst is still home to the annual North and South Amateur Golf Championships, a series of tournaments which includes a Men's Championship inaugurated in 1901 and the Women's Championship that began two years later.

The first PGA Tour major staged at Pinehurst was the 1936 PGA Championship which was won by Denny Shute. In 1951 the resort hosted the Ryder Cup and in 1991 and 1992 it was the venue for The Tour Championship. In 1999 Pinehurst staged its second major, the U.S. Open, which was won by Payne Stewart at the #2 course. It also hosted the 2005 U.S. Open, which was won by New Zealand's Michael Campbell.

In an unprecedented move, the USGA will bring both the men's and women's U.S. Opens to Pinehurst #2 in 2014. The men will play their Open at its normal time, ending on the third Sunday in June, and the women will play the following week.

The resort now has eight golf courses, three hotels, a spa and extensive sports and leisure facilities. In 1996 Pinehurst was designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior. It was ranked as the world's largest golf resort by the Guinness World Records before it was surpassed by Mission Hills Golf Club in China.

The No. 2 course is included in the Links and the Tiger Woods PGA Tour video game series.

Major tournaments hosted

Year	Tournament	Winner
1936	PGA Championship	Denny Shute
1951	Ryder Cup	United States
1999	U.S. Open	Payne Stewart
2005	U.S. Open	Michael Campbell
2008	U.S. Amateur	Danny Lee
2014	U.S. Open	TBD
	U.S. Women's Open	TBD

Golf courses

Pinehurst Resort operates eight golf courses. Course No. 2 is the best known, having hosted several major tournaments.

Pinehurst No. 2

Pinehurst No. 2

Tee	Rating/Slope	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
US Open	75.3 / 135	405	472	384	568	476	224	407	467	190	3593	611	478	451	380	471	206	510	190	445	3742	7335
Par	US Open	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	35	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	35	70
Blue	72.8 / 131	391	437	327	503	442	194	387	470	165	3316	569	434	368	365	417	183	518	165	417	3436	6752
White	70.8 / 127	375	410	317	482	431	179	377	457	151	3179	469	368	351	356	400	169	469	155	382	3119	6298
Green	M:68.5/120 W:74.6/130	360	386	307	446	423	174	316	415	151	2968	425	357	336	324	393	155	413	148	312	2863	5831
Par	Men's	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	5	3	36	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	3	4	36	72
SI	Men's	11	3	13	5	1	15	9	7	17		2	8	10	14	4	16	12	18	6
Par	Women's (Green)	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	5	3	37	5	4	4	4	5	3	5	3	4	37	74
Red	69.6 / 124	320	334	250	429	279	108	285	402	127	2534	406	282	275	261	303	125	408	145	306	2511	5045
Par	Women's	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	5	3	36	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	3	4	36	72
SI	Women's	9	7	13	3	1	15	11	5	17		2	10	12	14	6	16	4	18	8

Championship Croquet

Pinehurst in 1901. The #1 course had square sand greens at that time. The #2 course converted from oiled sand greens to Bermuda turf in 1935.

Pinehurst is also the home of three championship croquet courts and a lawn bowling court. Players from around the country are attracted to this resort to play six wicket championship croquet. Mack Penwell is a US national champion, member of the United States Croquet Association hall of fame and, now retired, croquet professional at Pinehurst resort. Ron Lloyd took over as the croquet professional in 2004.

Controversy

In June 1999, National Public Radio reported that the Pinehurst Resort was using threats of trademark infringement lawsuits to prevent any businesses located in the area of Pinehurst village from using the term "Pinehurst" in their business names.

External links

• Official site
• The Best Courses to play on a Pinehurst Golf Resort Vacation From Golf Vacation Insider
• Pinehurst No.2, NC, USA - A review of the architecture of the famed No. 2 Course