The Dormie Club Offers An Exclusive Golf Community By David Theoret Once again, the design team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw have created a stunning American golf course, in the Sandhills area near Pinehurst. The Dormie Club sits on 310 acres with native vegetation, and “natural sands.” The course winds through mature pine and hardwood forests, plus a couple of lakes. Fairway edges are not manicured or defined by deep rough. Most fairways are flanked by sandy soil, pine straw, native grasses, and fescues. The site of a former quail hunting retreat, Crenshaw and Coore spent several hours walking the grounds of what would become the Dormie Club. They followed the Donald Ross design principle of wide fairways, which rewards tee shots hit to a specific area of the fairway, while giving errant shots a chance at recovery, albeit with a bit of added difficulty. There are no paved cart paths on the course and signage is kept to a minimum. The few visible signs are designed to direct you to the next tee box. Holes are marked by posts with the hole number at the top. Moving from Number 6 to Number 7, one must pass by the tee box for Number 14, which includes a notice, “This Ain’t #7!” Michigan Golf Journal
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