106,000 Caps Headed To Pinehurst For Good Of The Game
/John Nagy of The Pilot reports
Read MoreIn golf construction art and utility meet; both are absolutely vital; one is utterly ruined without the other. GEORGE THOMAS
It’s back!
Twenty years later Tatra Press has kindly allowed me to bring back Grounds For Golf now that golf architecture is of more interest to the masses. A new Introduction looks at what’s driven the interest growth and two new chapters I had a blast adding (plus a few edits to keep things up-to-date).
The Amazon purchase page for the book arriving June 15, 2026.
Video: Pinehurst No. 2's Eighth Hole
/Arguably the most visualy appealing hole on the property,
Read MoreVideo: Pinehurst No. 2's Seventh Hole
/The seventh hole will look entirely different than it has in previous U.S. Opens
Read MoreVideo: Pinehurst No. 2's Sixth Hole
/The par-3 sixth calls on another demanding right-to-left shaped shot that probably should fly to the green. While the opening appears generous to land one short, the deep swale and bunker left of the green will attract a lot of seemingly good shots.
This 219-yard hole for the men, 175 yards for the women, was added in 1923 by Donald Ross when he modified this portion of the course.
The USGA flyover:
Video: Pinehurst No. 2's Fifth Hole
/One of the more extraordinary holes on the planet has been changed for the 2014 U.S. Open
Read MoreVideo: Pinehurst No. 2's Fourth Hole
/No hole has seen a greater visual transformation at Pinehurst No. 2 than the fourth
Read MoreVideo: Pinehurst No. 2's Third Hole
/Before Coore and Crenshaw were allowed to put back the sandy roughs at Pinehurst
Read MoreVideo: Pinehurst No. 2's Second Hole
/The opening hole at Pinehurst No. 2 offers a reward to those who lay up down the right side
Read MoreVideo: Pinehurst No. 2's First Hole
/The USGA has again posted flyovers to Pinehurst No. 2,
Read MoreOur First Successful Drive, Chip & Putt Grad...Six Weeks Later
/Good on Doug Ferguson
Read MoreVideo: Jason Gore Returns To Pinehurst For First Time Since '05
/Anyone who watched Jason Gore's run as a qualifier at the 2005 U.S. Open at Pinehurst,
Read MoreJungle Bird Man Crashes Nats Game, US Open Next?
/James Wagner reports that Jungle Bird Man, aka
Read MoreCoore: Pinehurst Will Produce Spectacular Recovery Shots
/Randall Mell reports on U.S. Open media day from Pinehurst where the scribes mooched off
Read MoreHardly A Shock: Tiger Not Looking Good For Pinehurst
/Notah Begay went on CBS radio the day after the Masters
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