Michigan Golf Journal November 2021

Michigan Golf Journal 4 Days in Pinehurst Pinehurst Sandhills Region Shines in Early Fall By Tom Lang A late October trip to Pinehurst Resort and the surrounding region was a wonderful step back in historical time wrapped up in modern features that added up to four great days enjoying mildly warm fall weather in North Carolina. My experience is shared in order of the four courses played: Southern Pines, Talamore’s New Course, Pinehurst No. 2 and Tobacco Road on the final day on the way back north toward Raleigh-Durham Airport, and easy non-stop round-trip flight out of Detroit on Delta Air Lines. Southern Pines: This more-than-a-century- old course designed originally by Donald Ross has the look and feel of what it must have been like to play golf in North Carolina more than 100 years ago. Recently updated greens were transformed from bent grass to hybrid to make for very nice putting surfaces in more seasons – but the remainder of the course has a raw, rough- and-tumble feel and look with natural land features that are not sculpted by a bulldozer. The entire experience is like that of a truly virgin