U nderneaththe towering pines of North Carolina, there lies a New England-style village that many regard as America’s Home of Golf. Pinehurst. Home to occasions, Pinehurst’s history dates back well over a hundred years – and its archives boast some of the game’s most iconic moments, Payne Stewart’s winning putt at the 1999 US Open chief among them.
This is where the American golf story is rooted. In – the famed No.2, a US Open venue on three the early 1900s, James Walker Tufts, a wealthy businessman and the visionary behind the Pinehurst Resort, commissioned a young Scottish professional by the name of Donald Ross. In 1907, he created the No.2, and alongside Tufts, they went on to make Pinehurst the ultimate influencer of golf in America.
The Village of Pinehurst is not your typical village it boasts nine golf courses, plus an 18-hole putting green and nine-hole short course. There are shops, restaurants, hotels and a host of activities on site. The United States Golf Association is building a second headquarters in Pinehurst, and the World Golf Hall of Fame is also upping sticks to base itself here. It’s a special place to play – we can attest to that – and not a bad place to work, either, as anyone at Golf Pride HQ will tell you.
For more than 50 years, the global leader in golf grip technology has been headquartered in the rural, sleepy Pinehurst/Southern
