Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina will begin construction this year on a new course, No. 11, designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw.
The course will be located alongside Tom Doak’s Pinehurst No. 10 design at the Pinehurst Sandmines site, a 900-acre parcel of land that for decades was mined for its deep reservoirs of sand.
“It’s such a wonderful site, just because of its inherent character,” said Coore. “That character was essentially created, not all of it is natural, but it has all been reclaimed by nature. This land is left over from all that mining from the 1930s. The spoil piles are here, and Mother Nature provided the trees, and it’s all incredible. It’s not too often you get that kind of combination, and it creates a site that is extraordinarily interesting for golf.”
Coore and Crenshaw want their course to wind and twist, while still being dramatic in shape and style, with jutting ridges and massive mounds to be played over and around.
“It’s this choppy, ridgey ground,” says Coore. “It’s not as much elevation change, but it’s so quirky with the ridges and the piles and the trees and the angles. This is going to be so intimate in scale. You’re winding your way through trees and over old piles and across ridges. We’re far, far from the sea, but we have these contours and features and landforms that remind you of spots in Ireland or Scotland. And yet here it is, in Pinehurst.”
Tom Pashley, president of Pinehurst Resort, said. “The designs of No. 10 and No. 11 complement each other so well by contrasting so much. Golf in the North Carolina Sandhills can be an experience unlike any other, and we believe the golf at Pinehurst Sandmines will be a great representation of that.”
Bob Dedman Jr, owner and CEO of Pinehurst Resort, said: “We want Pinehurst Sandmines to be a special place not just in Pinehurst, but in the game of golf that will stand the test of time and enhance the soul of American golf. The vision Coore & Crenshaw have for No. 11 coupled with what Tom Doak has already done at No. 10 makes that hope more of a possibility, and we couldn’t be more excited about what the future has in store.”
The No. 11 course is expected to open in autumn 2027.