Pinehurst: Ever Changing, Still the Same

For more than 100 years, a redbrick steam plant provided power to much of Pinehurst Village. It was shuttered in 1998, but reopened last year as the Pinehurst Brewing Company and now energizes the town with beer rather than hot water. For Pinehurst, it’s just one more story of rebirth, renovation, and renewal. One of […]
A Local’s Perfect Long Weekend in Pinehurst, N.C.

When I made my first trip to Pinehurst, N.C. for the 2014 U.S. Open, a whole new realm was opened to me in the world of golf. At the same time, I was kicking myself for not making it down sooner—I had lived just an hour away for most of my life. Since 2014, I […]
Pinehurst No. 4: Reimagined and Reborn

“Innovate or die” is a common business axiom that readily applies to the ever-changing golf resort landscape. It would have been easy for the iconic Pinehurst Resort to stop innovating after the Coore & Crenshaw renovation of its famous Donald Ross-designed No. 2 course and the 2014 U.S. Opens—men’s and women’s—that followed. Instead, owner Bob […]
Graylyn Goes to Pinehurst
I have great memories of visiting the Pinehurst area as a young golfer. Most summers my dad and I made the three-hour drive from our home in Asheville for junior tournaments, and occasionally short father-son trips. The excitement for my Pinehurst trips was, and still is, rooted in the amount of good golf throughout the Sandhills […]