More than 40 courses blanket Moore County, the most famous being the vaunted Pinehurst No. 2, site of this
year’s U.S. Open. Designers from Donald Ross to Jack Nicklaus have molded courses here, and champions from
every generation since the 1930s have played their way through this out-of-the-way golfing mecca.
So, even though the flagship course, No. 2, will shut down for about a month around the U.S. Open on
June 16-19, the thousands of visitors coming in to watch one of golf’s four major tournaments undoubtedly will look for a place to tee off, with plenty of opportunities to play topflight courses.
To an outsider, the lines that demarcate Pinehurst Resort and the village of Pinehurst can seem blurry. The resort owns several hotels in town and the edge of downtown butts against the formal entrance to the
resort clubhouse and the main lodge.
The lodge has the sort of luxurious rusticity that juxtaposes wooden rocking chairs on the front porch
with Rolex wall clocks inside. A photo tribute to the 1999 U.S. Open tournament — also played at Pinehurst — fills one wall, with a center photograph of winner Payne Stewart hugging the championship trophy.
2005 U.S. Open Results
Michael Campbell made an important birdie from 25 feet on the par 3 17th hole that held off Tiger Woods by two strokes as he became the first New Zealander to win the U.S. Open. He also was the first sectional qualifier to win the Open since Steve Jones in 1996.
After becoming the first New Zealand-born player to win the U.S. Open, and just the second Kiwi to ever triumph in a major (Bob Charles won the 1963 British Open), his star power increased exponentially. |
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