Pinehurst Expands
Pinehurst No. 11 gets a first look, built on a former sand mine
Pinehurst Resort's new No. 11 course is routed through the remains of a former sand mine, and a new preview calls it unlike anything else on the property.
Pinehurst Resort's newest course, No. 11, is stitched through the remains of a former sand mine, per the GOLF Magazine report. The piece describes the layout as distinct from anything else at the famed North Carolina resort. Read the full report.
The setting is the story. Pinehurst built its name on a stable of courses that share a recognizable sandhills character. A routing that works around the scars of an old mining operation points to a different kind of golf, one shaped by the ground left behind rather than by a clean piece of land. The report frames that contrast as the course's main appeal.
A sand mine became a golf course.
The number matters too. An eleventh course adds to an already deep menu for resort guests, and it gives Pinehurst another option for repeat visitors who have played the existing rotation. The resort has a long record of adding courses without diluting the brand, and No. 11 appears to continue that pattern with a different design approach.
GNN will watch for details the preview does not settle in the material we have: the opening timeline, how guests will book it, and how it will sit in the resort's pricing and rotation. Those facts will show whether No. 11 is a novelty stop or a core part of the Pinehurst trip.