Pinehurst Resort

North Carolina

Pinehurst Resort is an upmarket golf resort at Pinehurst in the U.S.state of North Carolina. It has hosted a number of prestigious golf tournaments.

Pinehurst was founded by Boston soda fountain magnate James Walker Tufts. He purchased five and a half thousand acres at around a dollar an acre in 1895 and opened the Holly Inn that New Year's Eve. The first golf course was laid out in 1897/98, and the first championship held at Pinehurst was United North and South Amateur Championship of 1901. Pinehurst's best known course, Pinehurst No.2 was completed in 1907 to designs by Donald Ross, who was associated with Pinehurst for nearly half a century.

Pinehurst is home to the annual North adn South Amateur Golf Championships, a series of tournaments which includes a Men's Championship inaugurated in 1901 and the Women's Championship that began two years later.

The first PGA Tour major staged at Pinehurst was the 1936 PGA Championship which was won by Denny Shute. In 1951 the resort hosted the Ryder Cup and in 1991 and 1992 it was the venue for The Tour Championship.  In 1999 Pinehurst staged its second major, the U.S. Open, which was won by Payne Stewart. It also hosted the 2005 U.S. Open, which was won by New Zealand's Michael Campbell.