Former spoil heaps and mining shaped mounds will be part of the test at Pinehurst No. 11, which is due to welcome its first rounds on 29 March 2027. Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw have used the altered ground at Pinehurst Sandmines rather than smoothing it away, routing 18 holes through ridges, large landforms and native planting. The result is intended to reward golfers who enjoy walking, with the ground continually changing underfoot and each hole taking on its own shape. Some greens sit within more enclosed pockets of terrain, while other holes open out to broader views across the sandmines. There is an inland North Carolina setting, yet the contours have been compared by the architects to linksland in Ireland and Scotland. Coore and Crenshaw know Pinehurst particularly well, having restored the sandy, wiregrass character of No. 2 in 2011, but No. 11 is their first entirely new course at the resort.
The Carolina Hotel makes a comfortable base for a multi course stay, with 230 renovated rooms and suites ranging from 250 to 400 square foot Deluxe Rooms to the 1,700 square foot Presidential Suite. Its outdoor pool area has a heated main pool, a whirlpool and a fireplace, while the West Lawn putting green is useful for a few putts before dinner. The Carolina Dining Room serves Southern influenced breakfast and dinner menus that change with the seasons, and the Resort Clubhouse’s 91st Hole is well placed for a drink after golf. For a deeper nightcap, The Manor’s North and South Bar carries nearly 150 styles of bourbon, whiskey, rye and Scotch. No. 11 adds another full length course to a Pinehurst programme that already includes eleven 18 hole layouts, The Cradle nine hole short course and the 18 hole Thistle Dhu putting course.
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