Pinehurst No. 2 caddie bib donald ross ryder cup us open pga payne stewart

Description

Pinehurst was founded by Boston soda fountain magnate
James Walker Tufts
. He purchased 5,500 acres (22 km
2
) for approximately .25 per acre in 1895, and opened the Holly Inn New Year's Eve of that year. The first golf course was laid out in 1897/98, and the first championship held at Pinehurst was the United North and South Amateur Championship of 1901. Pinehurst's best known course, "Pinehurst No. 2," was completed in 1907 to designs by
Donald Ross
, who became associated with Pinehurst for nearly half a century. After Pinehurst No. 2 was opened in 1907, Donald Ross said that the course was, "The fairest test of championship golf I have ever designed."
[3]
From 1902 to 1951, Pinehurst was the home of the
North and South Open
, which was one of the most prestigious golf tournaments in the United States at that time. Pinehurst is still home to the annual North and South Amateur Golf Championships, a series of tournaments which includes a
Men's Championship
inaugurated in 1901 and the
Women's Championship
that began two years later.
The first
PGA Tour
major
staged at Pinehurst was the
PGA Championship
in
1936
, won by
Denny Shute
. In
1951
, the resort hosted the
Ryder Cup
, and in 1991 and 1992 it was the venue for
The Tour Championship
.
In
1999
, Pinehurst staged its second major, the
U.S. Open
, won by
Payne Stewart
at the No. 2 course. There is currently a statue behind the 18th hole at Pinehurst No. 2 showing Stewart's famous victory pose after making a putt on the 18th hole to defeat
Phil Mickelson
.
[4]
The U.S. Open returned in
2005
, won by
New Zealand
's
Michael Campbell
. In 2011, Pinehurst No. 2 completed a .5 million, year-long renovation led by Bill Coore and
Ben Crenshaw
. The goal was to revert the course back to the original Donald Ross design.
[5]
In an unprecedented move, the USGA brought both the men's U.S. Open and the
U.S. Women's Open
to Pinehurst No. 2 in 2014. The U.S. Open was scheduled at its normal time, ending on the third Sunday in June (
Father's Day
), and the women played the following week.
The resort now has nine golf courses, three hotels, a spa and extensive sports and leisure facilities. It was ranked as the world's largest golf resort by the
Guinness World Records
before it was surpassed by
Mission Hills Golf Club
in
China
. The property’s old-growth
longleaf pine
trees are home to the federally endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker.
[6]
The No. 2 course is included in the
Links
and the
Tiger Woods PGA Tour
video game series; the No. 8 course is also available for the
Links
game. Both Pinehurst No. 2 and Pinehurst No. 8 are available to play on E6 software.
[7]
Pinehurst was owned by the Tufts family until 1970, when it was sold to
Malcom McLean
. After the property was acquired by a set of banks in 1982, it was sold to
Robert H. Dedman, Sr.
, founder of
ClubCorp
.
[8]
When the Dedman family sold ClubCorp, they retained Pinehurst.
[9]
In June 1999,
National Public Radio
reported that the Pinehurst Resort was using threats of trademark infringement lawsuits to prevent any businesses located in the area of
Pinehurst
village from using the term "Pinehurst" in their business names.
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Major tournaments hosted
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edit
]
Year
Tournament
Winner
Winner's
share (
$
)
1936
PGA Championship
Denny Shute
1,000
1951
Ryder Cup
United States
n/a
1962
U.S. Amateur
Labron Harris Jr.
n/a
1994
U.S. Senior Open
Simon Hobday
145,000
1999
U.S. Open
Payne Stewart
625,000
2005
U.S. Open
Michael Campbell
1,170,000
2008
U.S. Amateur
Danny Lee
n/a
2014
U.S. Open
Martin Kaymer
1,620,000
U.S. Women's Open
Michelle Wie
720,000
2019
U.S. Amateur
n/a
2024
U.S. Open