Pinehurst Resort is not acting like a sleepy golf museum anymore. While the property leans hard on its century-plus of championship history, it is rapidly layering on new perks: another top-tier course, on-campus luxury cottages and fresh dining meant to keep visitors parked in the Sandhills long after the trophies are handed out. The goal is to turn Pinehurst into a true year-round playground for golfers and regional travelers. For people coming in from the Triangle and Charlotte, the resort now feels like both a shrine to American golf and a growing hospitality engine, with most of the heavy work centered at Pinehurst Sandmines and the main campus, even as the impact ripples across the village and neighboring towns.
New Course: Coore & Crenshaw’s No. 11
Work is underway on Pinehurst No. 11, an original Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw design that is slated to debut in fall 2027, according to Pinehurst Resort. The course will sit next to Tom Doak’s No. 10 on the 900 acre Sandmines tract and is being pitched as a quieter, more intimate counterpoint to Doak’s bolder routing. Resort leaders say the broader Sandmines buildout will include a new pro shop, dining and lodging, all intended to turn the area into a second full-fledged guest hub beyond the main clubhouse.
No. 10’s Fast Rise
Tom Doak’s No. 10 opened in April 2024 and wasted little time collecting hardware, landing on Sports Illustrated’s Best New Course list and taking Golf Digest’s Best New Public Course of 2024. Sports Illustrated and Golf Digest each praised the routing, dune work and inventive greens, attention that quickly put the Sandmines on the map for architecture obsessives. That quick burst of recognition has pumped up demand and given Pinehurst cover to keep pouring money into the surrounding amenities.
An Anchor For The U.S. Open
Major championship pedigree still sits at the center of the business plan. Pinehurst No. 2 has been named the USGA’s first U.S. Open “anchor site,” with additional Opens locked in for 2029, 2035, 2041 and 2047. USGA has also committed ongoing programs and a Golf House Pinehurst presence that deepen its day to day footprint in the area. With those long horizon commitments in place, many of the resort’s new hospitality moves read less like one off splurges for tournament week and more like core infrastructure for the next several decades.
Dining, Shops And How To Get There
The food and retail mix is getting an upgrade too. The farm to table restaurant Wiregrass is scheduled to open in April 2026, and the Sandmines clubhouse has already rolled out Station 21, a spot that the Triangle Business Journal reports has quickly become popular with both guests and locals. The Triangle Business Journal also points out that Pinehurst is an easy lift for regional travelers, sitting a little more than an hour from Raleigh Durham International and roughly 90 minutes from Charlotte Douglas. Those drive times, paired with the new dining and retail, are meant to turn casual day trips into full blown multi night stays.
What To Play And Where To Stay
The resort footprint now covers roughly 2,200 acres, with 10 full 18 hole courses backed up by family friendly options like the 75,000 square foot Thistle Dhu putting course and 16 clay tennis courts, amenities highlighted by PGA. On course lodging has expanded as well. The Cottages at No. 8 feature nine cottages, and the new Centennial Cottage is roughly 14,000 square feet with eight bedrooms, a house that debuted in 2025 according to Pinehurst Resort. Guests also find a growing retail lineup, including a Titleist fitting and retail experience at the Padgett Center that opened in 2025 and is designed to marry technical fittings with on site play.
Why It Matters
Owner Bob Dedman Jr. has put the strategy into a simple phrase. In a line quoted by the Triangle Business Journal, he said, “There's a line I like to think about, and that's 'always Pinehurst, always better.'” The Triangle Business Journal notes that the phrase functions less as marketing copy and more as a working blueprint, an argument that Pinehurst can honor its history while also selling more nights, meals and experiences to a wider regional audience. For golfers and nearby residents, it translates to more reasons to come back and a property that now plays as much like a full scale hospitality campus as it does a historic golf mecca.
