Pine Needles
In 2001 when theUSGA contested its U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles, Kendra Graham, director of women’s competitions for the USGA, summed it up best. Pine Needles, she says, “is a classic; it’s such a memorable golf course. You need every club in your bag and you remember every hole after you play it one time. The holes feel like they’ve been there forever.”
The Bell family, owners of Pine Needles, as well as Mid Pines, has always treasured this course laid out by famed Scottish born architect Donald Ross and have maintained it with loving care for you and their other guests. Now, golf architect John Fought of Scottsdale has restored the course to its original glory. “We want to remind people that this is a Donald Ross golf course, and it will remain a Donald Ross golf course,” Fought says. “We’re getting back to Ross in every way we can. Some elements had been lost, and we’ve had to step back in time to rediscover some of the things he did.”
Part of the plan is returning the greens to their original Ross design while rebuilding the greens foundations using USGA specifications. “Over the years, they became smaller and more oval shaped,” says Kelly Miller, Pine Needles president, about the greens. “Originally they were much larger and quite varied in shape.”
School name: Pine Needles
Address: 1005 Midland Road
Zip & city: 28387 Southern Pines
Phone: 800-747-7272
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