The Village of Pinehurst
offers a variety of
shopping options.
your time. It’s like going to 31 Flavors and
ordering vanilla.”
From the clubhouse you travel an avenue
called Carolina Vista through a canopy of
pines and holly trees to the Carolina, the
majestic century-old hotel looming in the
distance with its signature copper cupola
glistening in the sun.
There’s fine food
galore at nearly
every turn at the
resort and at
cozy restaurants
in town.
PINEHURST RESORT (3);
TOP RIGHT: JOHN MUMMERT/USGA PHOTO ARCHIVES
“Turning down Carolina Vista headed to
the hotel, it was like going back in time,” says
May Wood, a top amateur in the early 2000s
and a regular participant in the North &
South Women’s Amateur Championship
conducted annually at Pinehurst. “It was
electrifying. I almost teared up the first time
I saw it. It was the most beautiful place I’d
ever been.”
A golf mecca, the venerable
Pinehurst No. 2 highlights
the course offerings.
OLD-TOWN TONE
The Carolina Hotel harkens back to yesteryear
with afternoon tea served in the lobby and one
of the cherished recreations being sitting in
one of the white rockers along the expansive
porch, enjoying a cocktail, a cigar and a rehash
of the day’s exploits on the golf course. The
day begins with an expansive breakfast buffet
in the Carolina Dining Room and continues
with lunch or dinner in the Ryder Cup
Lounge, a lively bistro adorned with photos
and memorabilia from the 1951 Ryder Cup
Matches held on No. 2. A spa facility that
opened in 2002 is a wonderful respite for nongolfing spouses or for golfers to get their tired
muscles loosened and massaged after a long
day of walking and twisting around a golf ball.
White wood siding, red brick and forest
green accents dominate the color palette in
the Village, a National Historic Landmark
keeping company with some our nation’s
most treasured locales.
At the center of the Village is the Village
Green, an oval staked out by architect
Frederick Law Omsted in 1895 with the
Village Chapel at one end and a library at
the other. At various intervals throughout
the day, hymns from the Coe Memorial
Carillon in the chapel emanate throughout
the Village. T
ownsfolk and visitors shop for
golf artifacts at Old Sport Gallery, enjoy thick
deli sandwiches at The Villager Deli or quaff
a pint at Dugan’s Pub.
The Holly Inn, the original lodging
establishment dating back to 1895, has been
restored and now offers a luxurious haven
for couples and houses the town’s only FourDiamond restaurant, the 1895 Grille. Next
door is the Pine Crest Inn, which in 2013
celebrated its centennial and is renowned as
one of the most convivial watering holes in
all of golf.
“Each day you spend in Pinehurst, you
escape the real world,” says Chris Dalrymple,
who owns Gentleman’s Corner in the Village
of Pinehurst. “You mark it off as a day you
succeeded.”
Adds Fazio, who’s designed three courses
at the resort: “T me the words ‘golf’ and
o
‘Pinehurst’ are synonymous. Why go to
Pinehurst? T play golf. It’s a community
o
that lives, breathes and loves golf.”
Author Lee Pace is a writer from
Chapel Hill, N.C., and a regular contributor
to Virginia Golfer. He is author of the book
The Golden Age of Pinehurst—The Story
of the Rebirth of No. 2.
The Spa at Pinehurst’s
pool makes for the
perfect place to unwind.
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