We’re off to the Pinehurst area for a week of golf. 

Our lodging for the trip is a 5-bedroom home in Pinehurst proper, the ‘The St. Andrews Home’,  a 5 BR, 4 BA property with grills, a pool table, and sagging beds.  I suspected we might have made an error in judgement by booking the place as there was no one to greet us at check-in and I needed to contact the owner (who was golfing in Scotland) to resolve. 

Morning play was at ‘The Legacy’ (NicklausII) in Aberdeen, ‘Pinewild Holly’ (Gary Player) in Pinehurst, ‘Pine Needles’ (Donald Ross) in Southern Pines, and the beautiful but storm damaged ‘Carolina Trace, Lakes’ (RTJ Sr) in Sanford.  We played afternoon rounds at the Pinewild Magnolia and Carolina Trace Creek courses. 

For those electing to play a second 18, replays at “Legacy’ and ‘Pine Needles’ will be available on Monday & Wednesday in addition to a cross-over to the ‘Carolina Trace, Creeks’ (Friday) in the afternoons.

Here’s a map and detail for the courses:  Sandhills Golf

This year’s ‘Grand Wazoo’ was Bill King. 
Congrats Bill!