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46-640: The first two contests, at Pinehurst , North Carolina , in 1973 and 1974, were contested for the Diamondhead Cup. Diamondhead Corp. was the owner of Pinehurst and sponsored the event. From 1975, the event was organised by the two PGAs and became known as the PGA Cup. In 1990 the event was opened up to the golfers from continental Europe but from 1996 the British PGA team was again restricted to players from Great Britain and Ireland. The 2017 PGA Cup

92-683: A partnership with the USGA announced in September of 2020 naming Pinehurst as the USGA's first "anchor site". It also hosted the 1951 Ryder Cup and the 2014 U.S. Women's Open played the week after the men's. Not only has the course hosted numerous professional events, but it has also hosted the U.S. Amateur three times (1962, 2008, and 2019). The course is currently grassed with Tifway Bermuda tees and fairways and Champion Ultradwarf greens. For its 2019-2020 course rankings, Golf Digest ranked No. 2 as

138-455: A putt on the 18th hole to defeat Phil Mickelson . The U.S. Open returned in 2005 , won by New Zealand 's Michael Campbell . In 2011, Pinehurst No. 2 completed a $ 2.5 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. 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

184-613: A redesign by RT Jones led to the installation of thick bermuda rough throughout the course, which lasted until a restoration in 2010 by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw , who removed all of the rough and reshaped the fairways and bunkers to restore the course to its original Ross design. In lieu of rough, golfers now find hardpan sand and native scrub bordering the fairways. The course since its inception has been host to many significant tournaments including 5 men's majors (1936 PGA Championship, and 1999, 2005, 2014, 2024 U.S. Opens). Additional U.S. Opens are scheduled in 2029, 2035, 2041, and 2047 under

230-428: Is Pinehurst's shortest course. Pinehurst Number 10 started construction in 2023 and opened in 2024. Golf architects Tom Doak and Angela Moser led the design. The site is the former location of The Pit Golf Course. Pinehurst is also the home of three championship croquet courts and a lawn bowling court. Players from around the country are attracted to this resort to play six wicket championship croquet . Mack Penwell

276-601: Is a US national champion, member of the United States Croquet Association hall of fame and, now retired, croquet professional at Pinehurst resort. Ron Lloyd took over as the croquet professional in 2004. In May 2015 Pinehurst hosted the Solomon Trophy, the international match between teams representing the USA and Great Britain. Nick Job Nicholas James Job (born 27 July 1949)

322-617: Is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Senior Tour . He has won five times on the tour. Job turned professional in 1965 and qualified for the 1966 Open Championship as a 16-year-old. He played on the British circuit, winning two age-restricted tournaments, the Gor-Ray Under-24 Championship in 1969 and the under-23 BUA Rising Star Tournament in 1970. The European Tour

368-460: Is famous for its exceptionally difficult green complexes which were a signature of Ross designs and many of the greens are crowned causing shots that are short to roll off the green, leaving a difficult chip shot. Johnny Miller once famously compared trying to land a shot on a Pinehurst green as "like trying to hit a ball on top of a VW Beetle . Pinehurst, like many Sandhills courses, was without long rough for much of its early history but in 1974

414-417: Is known for. The course is currently grassed with Certified Tifway 419 Bermuda tees, fairways, and rough and Champion Ultradwarf greens. Pinehurst No. 6, designed by George Fazio and his nephew Tom Fazio , opened in 1979 and much like No. 5 before it, deviated from the earlier courses in that it took on a more typical parkland style with numerous lakes and more traditional bunker shapes. Additionally No. 6

460-541: The 1999 U.S. Open – his second and final U.S. Open and third and final major championship before his death in October of that year. Pinehurst No. 3, which is by far the shortest 18-hole course at the Resort, was designed by Donald Ross in 1910. The course is known for its very small greens placing a premium on accuracy and ball position, a hallmark of Ross courses. No. 3 underwent minor renovations in 2017 to make room for

506-672: The Audubon Society in 1996. No. 8 has played host to the PGA Club Pro Championship twice and hosted the 2017 US Amateur Four Ball with No. 2. The course is currently grassed with Certified Tifway 419 Bermuda tees, fairways, and rough and Champion Ultradwarf greens. No. 8 has ranked in the Top 100 public courses in the United States . Pinehurst No. 9 which opened in 1988 and was designed by Jack Nicklaus

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552-626: The Ryder Cup . Pinehurst consists of ten 18-hole golf courses , each named simply by a number, an 18 hole putting course, and a 9-hole short course. Pinehurst No. 2 has consistently been ranked as one of the top courses in North Carolina and among the best in the United States. In addition to the golf courses, Pinehurst has three hotels , as well as many villas, condos , restaurants , and other leisure facilities. Pinehurst Resort

598-963: The Victoria Falls Classic in Salisbury, Rhodesia , defeating Andries Oosthuizen in a playoff. After turning 50, Job had considerable success playing on the European Seniors Tour , winning five times between 2000 and 2008. At the age of 64, he finished third in the 2013 Berenberg Masters and he continued playing on the tour into his 70s. In 2019, he set a new record for the number of appearances in European Seniors Tour events. European Seniors Tour playoff record (1–0) European Tour playoff record (0–1) Note: Job only played in The Open Championship. WD = Withdrew CUT = missed

644-409: The 100th anniversary of Pinehurst. The course is a classic Fazio design which puts a premium on playability with a nod to the tradition of Ross' signatures including many difficult green complexes. The course has the least amount of housing bordering it of any course at the Resort and as such is a more tranquil round, winding through wetlands and forests, earning it a Signature Sanctuary designation from

690-510: The 29th best golf course in the United States and the 6th best public course in the country. Golf Magazine for its 2020-2021 rankings named No. 2 as the 11th best course in the country and the best in North Carolina . The North Carolina Golf Panel has consistently ranked it as the best course in the state, both public and private. A statue of Payne Stewart is beside the 18th green, showing him celebrating his winning putt from

736-610: The 30th contest, was held at the Foxhills Golf Club in Surrey , England , the second time that the course had been chosen to host the event. The United States won by five points, to retain the trophy they won in 2019. The trophy was first used for the Llandudno International Golf Trophy contested by the leading professionals from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. The first tournament

782-472: The 92nd best course in the country and the 4th best in North Carolina . Pinehurst No. 5, which opened in 1961 was designed by Ellis Maples, an understudy of Donald Ross and one of the leading figures in North Carolina golf course architecture. The course differs from the four courses that predate it in that it takes on a more classic parkland style than the traditional rugged courses the Sandhills region

828-468: The Big I Junior Classic in 1992 on No. 7. In 2002 the course underwent minor renovations by its original designer Rees Jones to keep it modern and in premium shape. The course is currently grassed with Certified Tifway 419 Bermuda tees, fairways, and rough and Champion Bermuda greens. Pinehurst No. 8, No. 4's contender for second best at the Resort, was designed by Tom Fazio and opened in 1996 to commemorate

874-689: The Given Memorial Library in Pinehurst. After the property was acquired by a set of banks in 1982, it was sold to Robert H. Dedman, Sr. , founder of ClubCorp . When the Dedman family sold ClubCorp, they retained Pinehurst. 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

920-526: The captain David Huish having two "wildcard" selections. Huish chose the players who had finished 9th and 10th, Nick Job and John Chillas . In 1990 the event was opened to the golfers from continental Europe. Only seven player qualified from the club professionals' championship, with the winner of European teaching professionals championship at Broekpolder in the Netherlands, gaining a place. There

966-401: The course stripped of its rough much like No. 2 replacing it instead with native sandscapes. Also removed by Hanse were Fazio's numerous pot bunkers which some considered to be out of place at Pinehurst. No. 4 assisted its sister course No. 2 during the 2008 and 2019 US Amateurs by hosting several rounds in addition to those played on No. 2. Golf Magazine in its 2020-2021 rankings named No. 4

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1012-436: The courses but only one course was created specifically as a housing development: Pinehurst #7. The first nine of what would become Pinehurst No. 1 was designed by Leroy Culver in 1897 and the second nine by John Dunn Tucker in 1898. Donald Ross however came in 1901 to tie it all together into a full 18-hole course, beginning a long career at what would become Pinehurst Resort. While there have been many changes to No. 1 over

1058-399: The event was expanded to three days. In the initial format only 8 of the 9 players contested the singles but from 1977 the whole team play in this session. From 1980 both foursomes and fourballs have been played on the first two days. The team size was increased from 9 to 10 in 1988 and the format has been unchanged since then, the only variation being the order of the foursomes and fourballs on

1104-631: The federally endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker. 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. Pinehurst was owned by the Tufts family until 1970, when it was sold to Malcom McLean . The Tufts Archives are located in

1150-545: The first two days. United States have won 20 times, Great Britain & Ireland 7 times with 4 ties. The following are those who have played in at least one of the matches. Source: Initially the team was based entirely on the PGA Club Professionals' Championship . The leading nine available players in that event qualified, there being a sudden-death playoff when there was tie for 9th place. In 1973 Adrian Sadler tied for third place but later withdrew and

1196-507: 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

1242-405: The main resort, sitting just across the road from No. 7. The course underwent minor renovations in 2012 to keep it up to date and the course is currently grassed with Certified Tifway 419 Bermuda tees, fairways, and rough and Penn A-1/A-4 creeping bentgrass greens, the only course at the resort with bentgrass greens. The Cradle is a 9-hole par 3 course designed by Gil Hanse ; it opened in 2017 and

1288-413: The new short course "The Cradle," and return the course to a more traditional Pinehurst appearance of sandscape and native scrub with minimal rough. These renovations led by Kye Goalby lowered the par to 68 from 70 and shortened the length of the course. The course is currently grassed with Certified Tifway 419 Bermuda tees, fairways, and rough and Champion Ultradwarf greens. Pinehurst No. 4, debatable as

1334-431: The second best course at the Resort was originally laid out by Donald Ross in 1919 but has undergone many significant changes in the years since, so significant that Ross is not credited by the Resort as the course's architect. The course was redesigned in 1973 by Robert Trent Jones , in 1982 by Rees Jones and in 1999 by Tom Fazio . Most recently the course reopened in 2018 after a major redesign by Gil Hanse which saw

1380-399: The term "Pinehurst" in their business names. Pinehurst Resort operates nine golf courses; the best known, Course No. 2, opened in 1907. Designed by Donald Ross , it has hosted several major tournaments. Several notable golf course architects have designed courses for the resort. These architects include Donald Ross, Ellis Maples, Tom Fazio, Jack Nicklaus, and Gil Hanse. Houses border most of

1426-420: The trophy was returned to the P.G.A. and was then used as the trophy for the PGA Cup. The event is contested by teams of ten players over three days, with four foursomes and four fourball matches on each of the first two days, and ten singles matches on the final day. All matches are over 18 holes. The format of the PGA Cup has changed over the years. In 1973 and 1974 it was a two-day competition but in 1975

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1472-665: The wildcard selections with Dutch-based Tim Giles gaining the final place by winning in Broekpolder. In 1994 the team was selected using a system in which points were allocated in both the 1993 and 1994 PGA Club Professionals' Championships . Source: Pinehurst Resort Pinehurst Resort is a golf resort in Pinehurst , North Carolina , United States . It has hosted a number of prestigious golf tournaments including four U.S. Open Championships , one U.S. Women's Open , three U.S. Amateurs , one PGA Championship , and

1518-481: The years, many to accommodate the construction and renovation of the other courses, the original design is still there. The course is currently grassed with Certified Tifway 419 Bermuda tees, fairways, and rough and Mini Verde ultradwarf greens. Pinehurst No. 2, the most famous course at Pinehurst Resort, was first opened in 1907 and designed by Donald Ross . Pinehurst is considered to be Ross' best work and he continued to perfect it until his death in 1948. The course

1564-408: Was a three-way tie for 10th place. George Will declined to play in it and Leonard Owens gained the final place by beating Peter Tupling in a playoff. The system remained the same in 1986, even though the event had become biennial. In 1988 the teams were increased to 10. The selection process was also revised. Eight members of the team gained entry via the PGA Club Professionals' Championship with

1610-493: Was a three-way tie for two places in the club professionals' championship but the captain Richard Bradbeer announced that he would use one of his wildcard picks for the losing player. so all three were selected. His other pick was Brian Barnes who had not played but had won it the previous year. Dutch-based John Woof gained the final place by winner the Broekpolder event. In 1992 John Chillas and Russell Weir were

1656-405: Was designed by Rees Jones . This course, which was built on the site of a forgotten 9-hole employee course designed by Donald Ross, was the second at the Resort to play from a clubhouse other than the main one, even though No. 7 backs up to several holes on No. 2. The course features some of the most uneven topography of any course at the Resort and is as such a unique experience. Tiger Woods won

1702-520: Was different from the five before it in that it was the first course at the Resort to not play out of the main clubhouse. With the Resort out of room for a new course on the same site as the five other, No. 6 was built several miles away. Tom Fazio made some minor renovations in 2005, including the addition of new bunkers and installing faster greens. The course is currently grassed with Certified Tifway 419 Bermuda tees, fairways, and rough and Champion Ultradwarf greens. Pinehurst No. 7 which opened in 1986

1748-688: Was founded in the 1970s and Job finished in the top-100 on the European Tour Order of Merit twelve times, with a best ranking of 26th in 1981. His best tournament result on the European Tour came at the 1978 Greater Manchester Open , where he lost to Brian Barnes in a playoff. Job played in Southern Africa in the winter and had a decent amount of success. He finished in third place at the 1973 Corlett Drive Classic behind Dale Hayes of South Africa. Three years later, he won

1794-472: Was held in September 1938 and Llandudno council presented a silver trophy to the P.G.A. for the winning team. Percy Alliss , the captain of the winning English team, took possession of the trophy. It was intended that the tournament would be the first of a series of matches but the Second World War interrupted these plans and the contests were not restarted after the war. During Alliss's later years,

1840-578: Was held on the Longcross course at Foxhills Golf Club , Ottershaw , Surrey , from 15 to 17 September and was won by Great Britain and Ireland by a score of 16 to 10, their second successive victory. The 2019 PGA Cup was held on the Fazio Foothills course at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa, Austin, Texas , from 27 to 29 September and was won by the United States by a score of 14 to 12, their first outright victory since 2011. The 2022 event,

1886-568: Was inducted into Historic Hotels of America , the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, since 1991. Pinehurst was founded by Boston soda fountain magnate James Walker Tufts . He purchased 5,500 acres (22 km ) for approximately $ 1.25 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

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1932-414: Was originally a private club known as "National Golf Club" separate from the Resort but was purchased by Pinehurst in 2014, and became No. 9, available just like all the other courses to Resort guests. The course is a true Nicklaus original with all the hallmarks, including lush playing conditions and tricky greens. As with the others newer than No. 5, No. 9 plays out of its own clubhouse but is not far from

1978-411: Was replaced by Bryon Hutchinson , who had earlier lost a playoff for the final place. In 1974 Ken Redford finished in a qualifying position but had decided not to travel. In 1979 George Will qualified after finishing tied for 3rd position but later withdrew and was replaced by Jim Farmer . In 1980 Brian Waites , who finished third, had previously announced that we would not play in the PGA Cup. There

2024-614: 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

2070-468: 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

2116-461: 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." From 1902-1951, Pinehurst was

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