Category Archives: Pinehurst

Just Hangin’ Around

Nothing, and I do mean nothing, prepared me for what I witnessed Wednesday night inside the Cameron Arena at Duke University. I don’t have to tell you the Duke/UNC rivalry is maybe the biggest in sports, college or professional.  I’ve been … Continue reading

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Looper Chronicles

On Thursday night I was in Charlotte for a unique presentation to say the least.  Long time Golf Digest editor and Tiger Woods collaboroator  Pete McDaniel was there to ask questions of two Hall of Fame caddies from Pinehurst Resort. … Continue reading

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Best Golf Today…Or Any Day

I hope for your sake if you watched golf Sunday it was the US Amateur from Pinehurst and not the Barclay’s from Tony Soprano-ville where Vijay belly-puttered himself into another million bucks. In the final Danny Lee, via Korea, via … Continue reading

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The Best Trips In Golf Part III- Three Fall Days in Pinehurst

As everyone knows the summer heat in the south ranges somewhere between barely manageable to downright unsafe..No matter how great the venue, playing golf in Dixie in the months of July-September is a challenge to say the least..But when the … Continue reading

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Road Trips

Occasionally life will throw you a little bone…you and I just miss it most of the time…here’s one I didn’t. About three months ago my pals Leon and Andy and I were sitting around talking about Pinehurst, golf, and whatever … Continue reading

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The Best Small Hotels in Golf Part II

The Holly Inn in Pinehurst opened on New Year’s Eve in 1895 and was there 3 years before the first golf course…and 5 years before The Carolina, the hotel we all think of when we hear Pinehurst. On my last … Continue reading

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Par Fours

It’s my opinion that golf courses are judged in the wrong way by most of us…We too often talk about the arms and legs of a golf course instead of it’s shoulders. The arms (par 3s) and legs (Par 5s) … Continue reading

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