LINKS Golf Podcast Episode 58: Tobacco Road and The Cradle—A Unique Day of Golf in Pinehurst
In this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, Digital Editor Al Lunsford and his father, Greg, report live from Pinehurst, N.C. on a unique day of golf playing Mike Strantz’s Tobacco Road in the morning, followed by multiple loops on The Cradle short course and the Thistle Dhu putting course at Pinehurst Resort in the […]
New Short Courses On the Horizon
It seems only natural Myrtle Beach should join the short course craze. The lot across the street from Myrtle Beach International Airport has been unused since 2017. But by this fall, it will once again be home to an 18-hole, par three course at the end of the runway—one with lights for nighttime play, music, […]
Golf’s Short Course Craze
By Tony Dear Golf’s short course movement is in full swing. Whether it’s a layout with fewer than 18 holes, or one consisting solely of par threes, truncated golf is appearing with increasing regularity as America discovers how much fun it can be, how great it is for introducing youth to the game, how […]
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 […]
Fun is the Name of the Game at The Cradle, Pinehurst
Golf is too hard, too expensive, and too time-consuming. These preconceptions about the game are exactly what Gil Hanse and Pinehurst owner Bob Dedman are looking to shatter with the resort’s new short course, The Cradle. The nine-hole, 789-yard layout is the latest in a string of fun-loving short courses to be built in the […]
