i will be travelling to pinehurst the first week of feb for seven days. i dont want to play everyday and i'm saving pinehurst resort for a proper buddies trip.
tentatively thinking:
tues-southern pines/wed-tobacco road/fri-pine needles/sat-replay at tobacco road.
could easily swap pn for mid pines-its a toss up to me.
any recommendations from the treehouse? thanks.
Mid South is a fantastic course - highly recommend it. It's a Palmer design.
Golf is just an excuse to drink whiskey and smoke cigars
Definitely play Pine Needles. Great course and experience. Be sure to have at least a drink in the old lodge.
Pine Needles is my favorite. Mid south is great. Pinewood Magnolia is another great course.(beautiful par 5’s)...I love TR but for the same price you can play Forest Creek
I've played both Foxfire courses in the past and they are very good. Legacy is also another excellent course. Sadly, I didn't realize The Carolina (another Palmer Course) closed a few years ago. I'm also not sure about the Woodlake Courses. Both were excellent when I played them several years back but I can't tell if they closed as well.
Just back from 3 days in Pinehurst 2-4 Dec. We played Legacy, Mid-Pines, & Pinewild Holly. All three were great, Strongly suggest Mid-Pines versus replay at Tobacco Rd. We stayed at the Pinecrest and spoke with Charlie Rymer - He was in town for the Carolinas Pro-Pro tourney - the reason we couldn't play #4 & #6.....Better planning next time. Hit one more club into every green....every green at Mid Pines is elevated. Enjoy!
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Mid South is a really good golf course, Tobacco Road is a lot of fun but very visually intimidating. Recommend drive cart up to see where to hit and you will find there is actually plenty of room on most holes. Strantz at his best. Southern Pines did nothing for me, very average IMO and believe you can find better.
thanks all. added another day to give me some flexibility.
sun-southern pines/mon-tobacco road/tues-mid pines/thu-pine needles/fri-tobacco road.
@mperna, tobacco road is the biggest reason i'm going. will play sp because it is ross and rumor is there may be changes coming soon. want to play it in its present condition.
I do a trip every year during the non-peak season of August due to the heat, and we always play #2 for the experience, but my personal favorites are Tobacco Road, and if you can swing it because they are going private is Dormie Club, it's located right outside of Pinehurst and is an excellent Coore & Crenshaw design that isn't overly challenging but beautiful large greens and undulating fairways. Have fun and enjoy the downtown area as well! Some great local shops and a golf store that has vintage memorabilia from the founding of Pinehurst, I forget the actual name of it though.
