Our InsideGOLF Pinehurst Expertise group featured golfers of all ages from throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Golf followers will bear in mind Bryson DeChambeau’s U.S. Open win at Pinehurst for years to come back. No. 2 supplied a tough take a look at, the crowds have been roaring and the championship closed with a dramatic end.
And for a bunch of golf lovers who visited Pinehurst Resort within the weeks main as much as the U.S. Open, it was much more particular.
As part of a one-of-a-kind journey, a bunch of InsideGOLF members walked the closing stretch of No. 2 on the day the course closed to the general public, three weeks forward of the championship. Surrounded by empty grandstands and excellent circumstances, their tour guides have been golf broadcasting legends Peter Kostis and Gary McCord. It was a golf expertise none of us will quickly neglect.
Strolling the hallowed grounds of No. 2 wasn’t the one memorable expertise on the journey, although. Over the course of three days, the group performed The Cradle, Course No. 8, and Pinehurst’s latest monitor, No. 10, an thrilling Tom Doak design.
“No. 10 was a must-play for me,” stated InsideGOLF member Matt Parker. “It provided difficult, enjoyable pictures and a few unbelievable views. I beloved the blind pictures over the bones of the outdated sand mines.”
Off the course, our group obtained the complete Pinehurst expertise. We stayed within the newly renovated Carolina Resort and acquired particular entry to Golf Pleasure’s World Innovation Heart and Retail Lab. At Golf Pleasure, contributors realized about enhancements in golf grip expertise and obtained to check out new merchandise for themselves. Within the coronary heart of Pinehurst, we additionally visited the model new USGA Expertise and World Golf Corridor of Fame, which options the game’s historical past in an interactive setting.
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Our closing group dinner of the journey was extremely particular. We ate within the yard of Dornoch Cottage, the house of legendary course architect Donald Ross. Throughout dinner, we have been handled to a fireplace chat with Kostis and McCord, who answered questions on the way forward for golf and informed a few of their favourite tales.
To prime all of it off, event-goers acquired some top-notch swag luggage. They featured Pinehurst U.S. Open attire, GolfLogix inexperienced books, Fairway Jockey present playing cards, a dozen Srixon Z-Star golf balls, a Cleveland wedge, Bask sunscreen, and a free driver becoming at True Spec Golf.
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