trasting 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.”
For someone like Coore, who grew up in North Carolina and ventured to Pinehurst on numerous occasions in his youth to play the famed designs in this area, the landforms for No. 11 are unlike anything he has seen around Pinehurst.
“ It’ s this choppy, ridgey ground,” says Coore.“ 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.”
No. 11’ s building marks another milestone in a short amount of time for Pinehurst Sandmines. As No. 10 has earned numerous accolades since its opening a year ago, other elements of Sandmines are also coming together this summer. The 6,000-square-foot pro shop and locker room will open in June, and in August, Sandmines’ restaurant and bar will be open for business. Plans for lodging for guests staying on property are ongoing and could be in place by the end of 2027.
“ 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., owner and CEO of Pinehurst Resort.“ The vision Coore & 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.”
Widely known as the Cradle of American Golf, Pinehurst Resort has hosted more single golf championships – including the U. S. Open, U. S. Women’ s Open, PGA Championship, the Ryder Cup and PGA TOUR Championship – than any other site in North America, although Merion in Philadelphia has hosted more USGA Championships than any other club in America. That heritage for Pinehurst continued in June 2024 when the U. S. Open returned for the fourth time in 25 years to famed Pinehurst No. 2, considered to be architect Donald Ross’ s masterwork. The U. S. Open will return to Pinehurst in 2029, 2035, 2041 and 2047 and the U. S. Women’ s Open will return in 2029.
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