Pinehurst No 2 pin flag by Donald Ross Payne Stewart US Open Ryder Cup pga

Description

Pinehurst No. 2, the centerpiece of Pinehurst Resort, remains one of the world’s most celebrated golf courses. It has served as the site of more single golf championships than any course in America and hosted back-to-back U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open Championships for the first time in 2014. The U.S. Open will return in 2024.
Opened in 1907, No. 2 was designed by Donald Ross, who called it “the fairest test of championship golf I have ever designed.” Ross was associated with the course for nearly a half-century, improving the course continually until his death in 1948. No. 2 is best known for its crowned, undulating greens, which are some of the most complex and widely hailed in the world. Ross believed in providing golfers with strategic choices, and Pinehurst No. 2 was intended to epitomize that philosophy.
In February of 2010, the design firm of Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw began to restore the natural and strategic characteristics that were the essence of Ross’s original design. The project included the removal of about 35 acres of turf and the reintroduction of hardpan, natural bunker edges, and native wire grasses.
Major tournaments hosted
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Year
Tournament
Winner
Winner's
share (
$
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1936
PGA Championship
Denny Shute
1,000
1951
Ryder Cup
United States
n/a
1962
U.S. Amateur
Labron Harris Jr.
n/a
1994
U.S. Senior Open
Simon Hobday
145,000
1999
U.S. Open
Payne Stewart
625,000
2005
U.S. Open
Michael Campbell
1,170,000
2008
U.S. Amateur
Danny Lee
n/a
2014
U.S. Open
Martin Kaymer
1,620,000
U.S. Women's Open
Michelle Wie
720,000
2019
U.S. Amateur
n/a
2024
U.S. Open