By Fred Altvater Pine Needles, Mid-Pines & Southern Pines In March, 2020, just as federal and state governments were shutting down golf courses across the country due to the COVID pandemic, Kelly Miller the CEO of Pine Needles and Mid-Pines Golf Clubs completed the purchase of Southern Pines Golf Club. It was a very scary time, but for Miller, but this was the realization of something that he had been working on for several years. Once the sale was completed, Kyle Franz, who had previously Pines and along with Mid-Pines and Pine Needles, these three courses make the perfect triple play for a golfing sabbatical to the Pinehurst area. During our stay in Pinehurst we chatted with Miller about the expansion and future plans for the three courses. Watch the full interview here, https://youtu. be/zGkcogNghoQ renovated both Pine Needles and Mid-Pines went to work to restore the oldest of the three Donald Ross courses to its prior glory. I had played Southern Pines several years ago before the recent renovation and you could see the natural beauty of the property. Although it was overgrown and lacking proper maintenance it was a wonderful Ross design following the natural contours of the rolling sand hills of North Carolina. Franz has done a masterful job with the work on Southern News From the ‘Home of American Golf’ Pinehurst Ohio Golf Journal
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