Mid Pines Ranked #2 in North Carolina by GOLFWEEK
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2016 SANDHILLS GOLF EXPERIENCE VILLAGE OF PINEHURST//SOUTHERN PINES//ABERDEEN//SURROUNDING AREA GUIDE Mid Pines Ranked #2 in North Carolina by GOLFWEEK TOBACCOROADTRAVEL.COM What’s Inside... Planning is Easy 40+ CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF EXPERIENCES Planning a golf trip to the Village of Pinehurst is amazingly easy. Our friendly and expert staff includes PGA Golf Professionals that know golf, specifically golf in the Sandhills. Our staff has lived their entire adult lives in the Sandhills and their expertise provides a great resource for you to draw upon to build an unforgettable trip. There are several ways to build your golf package. You can choose from our seasonal golf offers listed on GOLF COURSES our website, or you can build a package a la’ carte style, choosing from the courses beginning on page 4. Often times there are course combinations Mid Pines .....................4 that will result in a lower package price for you depending on time of year Pine Needles..................5 DINING or day of the week. Also, unlike most other golf destinations, our quotes Dormie Club ..................6 Hickory Tavern.............29 include all fees and taxes so there are no surprises. Tobacco Road ................7 Pinehurst No.1, 3, 5, 8, 9 . 8 LODGING Pinewild .....................10 Mid Pines Inn ...............25 Talamore...................11 Manor Inn ..................25 Legacy .......................12 Best Western ................26 To draw upon the best courses and avoid golf course maintenance issues Southern Pines ..............13 Homewood Suites ..........26 such as aeration, top dressing and overseeding, call us toll free to Longleaf .....................14 Residence Inn ...............27 get a free, no obligation quote within minutes. Tot Hill Farm ...............15 SpringHill Suites ............27 877.284.3762 Whispering Woods .........16 Holiday Inn Express ........28 Carolina Trace ...............18 Comfort Inn .................28 Anderson Creek ............19 Talamore Villas ............30 7 Lakes .....................20 Pinehurst Condos ..........31 Deercroft ....................21 Sweet Tee Home ...........31 Whispering Pines ...........22 Visit us online and click on our no obligation “Request a Quote” option. Foxfire ........................23 We’ll respond quickly with a great package at a great price. = CADDIES AVAILABLE Hyland .......................24 www.TobaccoRoadTravel.com MID PINES GOLF CLUB PINE NEEDLES GOLF CLUB ARCHITECT// Donald Ross ARCHITECT// Donald Ross TOP 100 TOP 100 IN AMERICA IN AMERICA Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club shines in an area rich with golf history and Nestled in the fragrant pine forest of North Carolina, you find an experience tradition. The Classic Georgian-style hotel and recently restored Donald unlike any other. For nearly a century, golfers have reveled in the serene Ross designed golf course opened for play in 1921, and both operate as they ambiance of Pine Needles. This Donald Ross design has earned a place among did the day they opened. During the summer of 2013, Kyle Franz oversaw the the country’s best golf resorts – and one to which our guests and USGA project that was designed to recapture the original design tenets while Championships return time and again. Pine Needles has played host to the upgrading the turf grass with the finest grass possible. Mid Pines offers four 1996, 2001 and 2007 United States Women’s Open Championships and is sets of tees that will challenge golfers of all skill levels. While visiting, take a currently ranked as the No. 4 course in the state by Golfweek. We deliver stroll through golf history and enjoy the images featured along the hallways brilliant golf paired with southern hospitality in a casual atmosphere right here of the Mid Pines Inn. Enjoy what many call the most historic walk through in beautiful North Carolina. golf history in the Sandhills. TEES YARDS RATING SLOPE YARDS RATING SLOPE TEES Blue 6528 71.0 126 7015 73.5 135 Medal Top 100 Golf Courses in America #77 // Golfweek America’s Top 100 Resort Courses #18 // Golfweek White 6114 68.7 122 6436 70.6 126 Ross Ranked #2 in the state of NC // Golfweek Green 5454 65.9 116 5985 68.5 120 Regular America’s Top 100 Classic Courses // Golfweek Red 4921 68.8L 119L 5513 66.8 115 Executive 4936 68.6 119 Forward 4 1010 Midland Road, Southern Pines, NC 28387 1005 Midland Road, Southern Pines, NC 28387 5 DORMIE CLUB TOBACCO ROAD GOLF CLUB ARCHITECT// Coore & Crenshaw ARCHITECT// Mike Strantz TOP 100 TOP 100 IN AMERICA IN THE WORLD Dormie Club continues to be a huge hit. It’s rare that a golf course receives so Tobacco Road Golf Club, established in 1998, continues to redefine golf in many accolades in such a short time. Within the first year of opening, Dormie the Sandhills of North Carolina. This landmark design from the late Mike was included in the ”Top 100 American Courses” by both Golfweek and Golf Strantz is carved from a sand quarry and stretches the boundaries of Magazine. Now, Golfweek rates Dormie as the “3rd Best Course You Can Play in traditional golf course architecture. In the words of Dr. Alister MacKenzie, NC” and the “34th Best Modern Course in the US”. None of this should come as Strantz believed in testing a player’s “eye, determination, and wits” with his a surprise as Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore have created a new stunning master- artistic flair. Tobacco Road is ranked among the best in the world and boasts piece of American golf, taking advantage of Dormie’s spectacular wooded site some of the finest conditions. Stunning vistas and panoramic views set this that features dramatic 80 foot elevation changes, natural lakes, pine forests and course apart. Be sure to include this Top 100 golf course in your next visit to sandy waste areas. These features are complimented by Dormie’s world-class the Sandhills area. attention to details and service. Located 4.5 miles north of the Village of Pinehurst. Include the Dormie Club in your Sandhills golf package this year! TEES YARDS RATING SLOPE YARDS RATING SLOPE TEES Black 6988 74.0 140 6532 73.2 150 Ripper Top 100 Courses in the World // Golf Course Arch. Mag. 34th Best Modern Cousre in the U.S. // Golfweek White 6355 70.9 132 6297 70.8 141 Disc Top 100 “Places to Play” in America // Golf Magazine 3rd Best Course in NC // Golfweek Red 5189 70.4 126 5886 68.6 131 Plow 5343 67.9 119 Points Top 100 Public Courses in America // Golf Digest 5094 66.1 115 Cultivator 6 6033 Beulah Hill Church Rd., West End, NC 27376 (4.5 m North of the Village of Pinehurst) 442 Tobacco Road, Sanford, NC 27332 7 Pinehurst, LLC Pinehurst, 2015 © More than a century of championship tradition. THIS IS PINEHURST. Choose from fi ve of Pinehurst’s nine courses, each “A mix of tree-lined holes, sandy waste areas and lake edge No. designed to challenge your skill and test your imagination. 8 views, Pinehurst No. 8 has undulating greens similar to those With the architecture of Donald Ross, Tom Fazio, Ellis on Pinehurst No. 2 and the rugged beauty of an extensive Maples and Jack Nicklaus, it’s golf the way it was meant natural wetland setting.” – Tom Fazio to be played. “The idea has been to preserve and build upon the great No. “It is very sporty, no two holes alike. You have 18 holes golfi ng tradition, which is the Sandhills.” – Jack Nicklaus No. 9 1 which it will be a great pleasure to any golfer to play over.” – Harry Vardon “I just don’t think people understand how good those Enjoy accommodations at the historic No. 3 holes are. They’re fi lled with interest. They’re shorter, Manor Inn when you experience any but there’s plenty of character to them.” – Ben Crenshaw of these great Pinehurst courses. “Dad was a protégé of Donald Ross and incorporated No. 5 many of his design characteristics into No. 5. In particular, he focused on the enjoyment of the game for all golfers – by minimizing blind shots.” Dan Maples Village of Pinehurst, North Carolina • pinehurst.com PINEWILD CC OF PINEHURST TALAMORE GOLF CLUB ARCHITECTS// ARCHITECT// Rees Jones Gene Hamm (Magnolia) Gary Player (Holly) Plush Bermuda fairways and velvet Bentgrass greens are the hallmarks of the No ordinary golf course receives the kind of acclaim and international praise premier golf found at Pinewild Country Club of Pinehurst. The 2 championship that has been given to The Resort Course at Talamore since it’s opening in courses designed by Gene Hamm and Gary Player have hosted numerous 1991. Talamore has been ranked in the forefront of outstanding courses in the USGA, PGA and LPGA events since the origins of the club 25 years ago. Pinehurst area; an area which has been known for its golfing traditions for Pinewild ‘s Golf Academy offers world class instruction. The Magnolia course over a century. Architect Rees Jones brought his considerable talents back to is a traditional masterpiece and provides stunning vistas of the surrounding Pinehurst to design a course that would be visually striking and exceptionally pine forests and rolling topography. The Holly course offers similar views and enjoyable. The result was a course that was ranked in the top 5 new courses challenges the player with many risk/reward design elements which have in America and Best New Course in the South by Golf Digest. Talamore’s made this layout a “must play” course in the area. If that is not enough, golfers layout features 180 feet in elevation change, offering a rare glimpse at some can treat themselves to the nine hole par 3 Azalea course which offers some of the area’s rolling topography. You will enjoy this stroll through the pines and of the most scenic holes in the Sandhills.