Pinehurst Resort will break ground on its first new golf course in nearly three decades, and it will be designed by Michigan resident, Tom Doak, one of the most respected and decorated golf course architects of the modern era. Located four miles south of the main resort clubhouse, the new course is expected to open in late spring of 2024, coinciding with the return of the U.S. Open to Pinehurst. The new course will incorporate rugged dunes, accented by native sand and wiregrass. With natural ridgelines, intriguing landforms, towering longleaf pines, streams and ponds, Doak envisions a course that complements the resort’s other courses through its contrasts. “The site is topographicallydistinct anddrastically different from anywhere in Pinehurst,” Doak says. “It’s bigger, bolder and more dramatic. There’s about 75 feet of elevation change, and we’ll work our way up to it around the mid-point Tom Doak to Design Pinehurst Resort’s 10th Course at ‘The Cradle of American Golf’ Slated to Open in 2024 of the layout. You’ll have expansive views from this apex over the rest of the course. It will be an unforgettable experience for golfers.” Doak recalls first visiting Pinehurst more than 40 years ago and playing and touring No. 2. He rated the storied Donald Ross design a perfect “10” in his famed book “The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses,” and was one of the most vocal supporters of its restoration by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw in 2010 prior to the 2014 U.S. Open. “Tom Doak builds incredible golf courses on sand, and we’re excited to see what he’ll create in the North Carolina Sandhills,” says Pinehurst Resort President Tom Pashley. “We’ve worked with some amazing golf architects who’ve embraced our natural aesthetic and believe Tom will do something fantastic on this site.” Landscape architect Angela Moser will serve as Doak’s lead design associate for this project. Ohio Golf Journal
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