30th
April
2008
The Best Courses to Play on a Pinehurst Golf Resort Vacation
posted in Golf Vacations |With eight courses to choose from, deciding where to tee it up at Pinehurst Golf Resort can seem like a daunting task, but it’s really quite simple. While all of the Pinehurst golf courses are worthwhile (they don’t call it “the American St. Andrews” for nothing), the even-numbered courses, as a group, are the best bets. After No. 2, the Donald Ross masterpiece that hosted the U.S. Open in 1999 and 2005, our first choice would be No. 4, a Tom Fazio design whose every hole offers unique variety, beauty…and challenge. It’s dotted with 180 sand traps, most of which are small pot bunkers clustered near fairway landing areas, at the bends of doglegs, and around the greens. (continued at www.GolfVacationInsider.com)
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