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USA Today
25-04-2025
- USA Today
Pinehurst makes planning more precarious in the best possible way
Pinehurst makes planning more precarious in the best possible way At the risk of sounding like Captain Obvious, Pinehurst is a must-play destination. If you have never visited the quiet North Carolina hamlet for golf, it's time to start considering a trip. And with news this week from Pinehurst Resort of a new course slated to open in two years, there's more reason than ever to start considering a either a maiden voyage or a return trip to the Sandhills. Pinehurst No. 11 will be designed by the esteemed team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, and the new course will sit alongside the resort's No. 10 course designed by Tom Doak and Angela Moser. Anywhere else in the world, those two courses alone would be enough to warrant the construction of a new interstate offramp and a possibly a runway extension. In the Pinehurst region, they are just two more spectacular courses in a rolling green world of incredible options. Pinehurst No. 2 is famous as a U.S. Open site packed with history and pedigree, and the resort is also home to Pinehurst No. 4 by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner. As the numerical naming convention implies, there are plenty of other courses at the resort worth checking out, including the par-3 course, the Cradle. Away from Pinehurst Resort, the classic Mid Pines is a personal favorite, and it's just one of three historical treasures managed by Pine Needles Lodge. Less than an hour away are two Mike Strantz playgrounds, Tobacco Road to the northeast and Tot Hill Farm to the northwest – both of these turn classic golf architecture on its ear. If you were fortunate enough to book a five-day stay in the region, you would be lucky to see half of what is on tap – and blissfully tired after all the walking. No. 11 will only complicate such destination planning in the best possible way, as golf's game of what to leave in and what to leave out soon will be even more interesting. Check out more on the new No. 11 below.
NBC Sports
22-04-2025
- Business
- NBC Sports
Crenshaw to design Pinehurst No. 11 with Coore
Ben Crenshaw joins Golf Today to discuss Pinehurst Resort announcing that Pinehurst No. 11 will be designed by Bill Coore and Crenshaw. Construction will begin later this year and the course is expected to open in 2027.
USA Today
21-04-2025
- Business
- USA Today
Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw to build Pinehurst No. 11 course at famed North Carolina resort
Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw to build Pinehurst No. 11 course at famed North Carolina resort The golf design team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw are back at it in the Sandhills of North Carolina, this time laying out a new course that will become Pinehurst No. 11 and that is expected to open in the fall of 2027. Construction will begin this year. The new layout will join the Tom Doak-designed Pinehurst No. 10 course that opened in 2024 in an area Pinehurst Resort has named Sandmines. With 900 acres available in Aberdeen just a few miles south of the main resort and famed Pinehurst No. 2, the Sandmines is being developed to include cottages and other amenities. The 6,000-square-foot pro shop and locker room opens this June, and in August the Sandmines' restaurant and bar will open. Plans for lodging for guests staying on property are ongoing and could be available by the end of 2027. Doak's No. 10 sits on land previously occupied by The Pit, a course that closed in 2010. The Sandmines area previously had been mined for, as the name implies, sand. Those mining operations left contours and features that were incorporated into Pinehurst No. 10 by Doak, and they also will play a big role in Coore and Crenshaw's No. 11. 'It's such a wonderful site, just because of its inherent character,' Coore, who along with Crenshaw restored Pinehurst No. 2 in 2010 for a 2011 reopening, said in a media release announcing plans for No. 11. 'That character was essentially created, not all of it is natural, but it has all been reclaimed by nature. This land is left over from all that mining from the 1930s. The spoil piles are here, and Mother Nature provided the trees, and it's all incredible. It's not too often you get that kind of combination, and it creates a site that is extraordinarily interesting for golf.' Coore and Crenshaw's restoration of No. 2 focused on reintroducing sandy expanses alongside the fairways and greens designed by legendary architect Donald Ross. The restoration has been most prominently featured in two U.S. Opens (2014, won by Martin Kaymer; 2024, won by Bryson DeChambeau) and a U.S. Women's Open (2014, won by Michelle Wie West). Pinehurst Resort is slated to host the U.S. Open again in 2029, 2035, 2041 and 2047, and the U.S. Women's Open is scheduled to return in 2029. Coore and the Hall of Fame golfer Crenshaw head one of the most decorated design firms of the modern era, having created such highly ranked courses as Sand Hills in Nebraska, Friar's Head in New York and two layouts at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Oregon, Bandon Trails and Sheep Ranch, among many others around the world. The duo loves sandy sites, as found at the future home of Pinehurst No. 11. 'It's this choppy, ridgey ground,' Coore said. 'It's not as much elevation change, but it's so quirky with the ridges and the piles and the trees and the angles. This is going to be so intimate in scale. You're winding your way through trees and over old piles and across ridges. We're far, far from the sea, but we have these contours and features and landforms that remind you of spots in Ireland or Scotland. And yet here it is, in Pinehurst.' And while they will sit adjacent to each other on similar ground, Coore and Crenshaw are working on a set of plans that will make their new course stand out from the already well-received No. 10. 'The two courses really couldn't be more different, and we love that,' said Tom Pashley, president of Pinehurst Resort, in the media release. 'The designs of No. 10 and No. 11 complement each other so well by contrasting so much. Golf in the North Carolina Sandhills can be an experience unlike any other, and we believe the golf at Pinehurst Sandmines will be a great representation of that.' Specifics for No. 11 are still in the works, but the expansion is welcome at a resort that already is home to 10 courses plus an incredibly popular par-3 course, the Cradle. Pinehurst Resort operates six courses ranked by Golfweek's Best as among the top 200 resort layouts in the United States: No. 2 ranks third on that list, the new No. 10 course is 19th, the No. 4 course by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner ranks 29th, the No. 8 course by Tom Fazio ranks 84th, the No. 7 course by Rees Jones ranks 164th and the No. 9 course by Jack Nicklaus ranks 194th. 'We want Pinehurst Sandmines to be a special place not just in Pinehurst, but in the game of golf that will stand the test of time and enhance the soul of American golf,' Bob Dedman Jr., owner and CEO of Pinehurst Resort, said in the media release. 'The vision Coore and Crenshaw have for No. 11 coupled with what Tom Doak has already done at No. 10 makes that hope more of a possibility, and we couldn't be more excited about what the future has in store.'
Forbes
21-04-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Pinehurst Unveils Course No. 11 As Golf's Biggest Resort Grows Again
An aerial image of the routing for Pinehurst No. 11, which is situated on the resort's Sandmines ... More property next to its No. 10 course. The biggest golf resort in the U.S. is growing yet again, with the iconic Pinehurst Resort in the sand hills of North Carolina unveiling plans for its 11th 18-hole course. Designed by the accomplished team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, Pinehurst No. 11 will sit adjacent to Pinehurst No. 10, which debuted last year on the site of a former sand mine that sat unused for more than a decade. Construction will begin later this year, with No. 11 expected to open for play in Fall of 2027. 'I don't think I have ever seen two more physically different sites that are contiguous, literally touching each other than the sites for No. 10 and No. 11,' said Coore, who grew up in North Carolina and has been playing courses in the Pinehurst area since his youth. 'They're monumentally different in terms of their character. And the two courses will (also) be massively different in terms of their characteristics, just because of the landforms.' The routing for the new course is situated at Pinehurst Sandmines, a 900-acre property that Pinehurst President Tom Pashley has called the resort's 'Field of Dreams' – an area that could realize the evolving demands of destination golf in a modern way. Once Tom Doak and Angela Moser were enlisted to build No. 10 on the site, expectations were that it would eventually include two championship courses, a short course, a putting course, a new clubhouse, pro shop, and golf lodging for guests. Designed by Tom Doak and Angela Moser, Pinehurst No. 10 opened in 2024 on a 900-acre property that ... More was acquired by the resort in 2011. After sitting on the land from 2011 to 2023, the opportunity is ripe for Pinehurst to pursue continued growth. There have not only been a record number of rounds of golf played in recent years, but the number of U.S. golf travelers has topped 12 million in each of the past three years, the highest levels on record, according to the National Golf Foundation. Coore and Crenshaw, who were responsible for the major restoration of Pinehurst's flagship No. 2 course in 2011, had done a routing in 2012 for a course on the property that is now Sandmines. But Pashley has said he's grateful it wasn't pursued at the time because the resort has learned much more about the look and feel of the 'future of golf.' After the restoration of No. 2, Pinehurst introduced its nearly two-acre Thistle Dhu putting course in 2012 and opened its hugely popular Cradle par-3 course just outside the main clubhouse in 2017. Architect Gil Hanse, who built the Cradle, was celebrated in 2018 for his redesign of Pinehurst No. 4. Pinehurst No. 8 also underwent a facelift, but the construction of No. 10 – along with the branding of Pinehurst Sandmines – represented the resort's first new 18-hole course project in nearly three decades. Pinehurst No. 10 has the Sandmines logo. While No. 11 will sit next to its predecessor, the terrain for the two courses is very different. As a result, the designs will complement each other by contrasting with one another. 'The two courses really couldn't be more different, and we love that,' says Pashley. 'Golf in the North Carolina Sandhills can be an experience unlike any other, and we believe the golf at Pinehurst Sandmines will be a great representation of that.' While Pinehurst No. 10 has elevation changes and expansive vistas that are noteworthy for the area, No. 11 will play over and around jutting ridges and massive mounds of material left over from long-time mining operations. The dunes aren't natural, but these so-called spoils are deposits left by miners who decades ago were stripping sand and other material. 'We expected sand here,' said Coore. 'What we didn't expect were these created landforms that have now matured into a very natural appearance and condition. We have sand, interesting landforms, (and) trees. It's pretty good.' Bill Coore on the site that will be home to Pinehurst No. 11. Coore says there's a more intimate scale to the land, which he describes with terms like quirky, choppy and ridgey. 'You're winding your way through trees and over old piles and across ridges," added Coore. "We're far, far from the sea, but we have these contours and features and landforms that remind you of spots in Ireland or Scotland. And yet here it is, in Pinehurst.' As far as Pinehurst's continued growth, the 6,000-square-foot pro shop and locker room for Sandmines will open this June, with a restaurant and bar to follow in August. Plans for guests to stay on the property, which is about four miles south of the resort's main clubhouse, are ongoing and could be in place by the end of 2027. Aerial of the 17th hole at Pinehurst No. 11, which breaks ground on construction later in 2025. 'We want Pinehurst Sandmines to be a special place not just in Pinehurst, but in the game of golf that will stand the test of time and enhance the soul of American golf,' says Bob Dedman Jr., the owner and CEO of Pinehurst Resort. 'The vision Coore and Crenshaw have for No. 11 coupled with what Tom Doak has already done at No. 10 makes that hope more of a possibility, and we couldn't be more excited about what the future has in store.' When No. 11 opens, it will give Pinehurst 207 holes in total, further solidifying the resort's standing as the largest in the world of destination golf. The only other public resorts with more than 100 holes are Reynolds Lake Oconee in Georgia (126), Bandon Dunes in Oregon (122) and Gull Lake View in Michigan (108).
