Michigan Golf Journal September 2021

par 3 short course and the Thistle Dhu 18- hole putting course include meeting spaces, locker rooms, a fitness center and bar. Following the completion of the recent thrilling 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur  at the Country Club of North Carolina’s Dogwood & Cardinal courses, the Sandhills will continue a great run as host site for several more prestigious events. Just around the corner is the  2022 U.S. Women’s Open  at Pine Needles and the 2023 ACC Men’s Golf Championship at CCNC’s Dogwood Course. The big-time events will be culminated by the fourth U.S. Open Championship, on Pinehurst No. 2, in June of 2024. Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw completed a restoration of  Pinehurst No. 2  in 2011 that brought back many of the design characteristics from Donald Ross’ own 1935 renovation. The Granddaddy of American Golf opened in 1907 and as golf lovers know has hosted dozens of major tournaments over the decades. History was made during the summer of 2019, when the recently redesigned Pinehurst No. 4 , along with No. 2, served as the site of the 36-hole match-play final of the 119th U.S. Amateur Championship. Architect Gil Hanse and his design partner Jim Wagner’s version of No. 4 that debuted in 2018 is nearly unrecognizable from its predecessors. Pinehurst No. 8 opened in 1996 to commemorate Pinehurst’s centennial year. Architect Tom Fazio incorporated signature Ross features into the design, including dips and swales around the greens, sloping greens and false fronts. Pine Needles is another legendary Ross masterpiece, already having served as the site of three U.S. Women’s Open Legacy hole 5 Michigan Golf Journal Pinehurst Fall Golf