Pinehurst Resort | December 7-8, 2024

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In 1961, Ellis Maples, who studied course design at the side of Donald Ross, adopted his mentor’s mentality of finding the course that lies in the landscape as it already exists. The result was a spectacular course we now call No. 5. Typified by the par-3 14th, known as “Cathedral Hole,” this picturesque course is among the most beautiful at Pinehurst. The signature hole’s green is fronted by a pond and encircled by a stand of pines resembling a pipe organ, leading to its godly nickname.

To commemorate the North Carolina golf resort’s centennial, Tom Fazio again leant his talents to Pinehurst in 1996 by designing No. 8. Coalescing all of the elements that make golf at Pinehurst unmistakable into one 18-hole layout, Fazio fashioned a course that’s at once stunning and simple, and equal parts challenge and celebration.

PGA professional golfer Tom Fazio and his uncle George, set out in 1975 to create a course that was located near the heart of Pinehurst, yet distinctly set apart in its style. The result was No. 6, an undulation track that rewards big, bold drives and requires more aggressive approach shots as well. In 2005, Tom returned to carve in new bunkers, soften a few angles and speed up the greens, also adding wiregrass throughout the course to anchor it aesthetically to Pinehurst even as it continues to carve out a reputation of its own.