Pinehurst No. 2
"It was simply impossible to walk here without thinking about all the greats of the game who had preceded me along this hallowed patch of turf, this sacred ground of the American game."(Page 32)

The now world famous Pinehurst No. 2 was completed by Donald Ross in 1907, but he would continue to perfect this course until his death in 1948. Revered as one of the greatest courses of all time, No. 2 is the proud home of the North and South Open and Amateur Championships, 1991 and 1992 PGA Tour Championships, 1994 U.S. Senior Open, and 1999 and 2005 U.S. Open Championships, among others. Pinehurst No. 2 was the location of Payne Stewart's dramatic win of the 1999 U.S. Open Championship -- one of the most memorable moments in golf history. As the longest winning putt in U.S. Open history fell into the hole, Stewart erupted into celebration -- a moment captured in a famous photograph by Miller Brown called "One Moment In Time," and now immortalized in a bronze statue on Pinehurst's walk of fame.

Pinehurst No. 2 is a challenge not because of its length, topography, unruly routing, water features or green size -- but because of the combination of factors that have made thousands laugh and cry at the same time. Crowned greens, carefully placed bunkers, and a strategic layout that tests both the long and short game make Pinehurst No. 2 unique. It is golf the way it was meant to be played, "the fairest test of championship golf" ever designed by Ross, in his own words. It is also Top 10 in the country, and site of more championships than any other course in America.

In April of 2005, sand from St. Andrews' famed Road Hole bunker was poured into Pinehurst No. 2's 18th greenside bunker, commemorating the kindred spirit that exists between the birthplace of golf and the Home of American Golf.

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