"The 252" makes discount golf vacations possible on Pinehurst's No. 2.
In a recent tip, we gave some specific examples of how the weak economy is making it easier to access top golf resorts and how discount golf vacations are becoming more plentiful. We also said we’d notify you of the best golf vacation packages we came across. Well, consider yourself notified.
Pinehurst Golf Resort had decided to bring back “the 252,” a one-night, bed-and-breakfast package that includes a round on the famous No. 2 course, starting at $252 per golfer, based on double occupancy at the Manor or Holly inns. Add in 10 percent tax and the 9.75 percent service charge, and the per person total comes to about $300.
The Pinehurst folks say this offer is “our best rate of the year,” and we believe them. Read more →
Discount golf vacations and tee time availability at top venues like Pinehurst Golf Resort (above) are on the rise.
It’s hard to find many silver linings in the economy these days, but if you are a glass-half-full kind of person, now might be one of the best times to take a golf vacation, especially if you’ve had your eye on a top golf venue that’s usually booked solid. Here is my experience from two weekends ago.
Following the old motto, “when the going gets tough, the tough go play golf,” I spent the Columbus Day weekend in Pinehurst, North Carolina. I wasn’t planning on visiting the venerable Pinehurst Golf Resort, mind you, but my friends were interested in playing Pinehurst No. 2, so we thought we’d give it a shot. Read more →
The "Buddy Trip of a Lifetime" golf package at Pinehurst GolfResort is a deal.
Any time I hear of a resort offering “unlimited golf” packages, my ears perk up. When it’s the Pinehurst Golf Resort, they stand at full attention.
Such was the case when I came across Pinehurst’s Golf Resort’s three-day “Buddy Trip of a Lifetime,” where, for $2,300 per person (based on groups of four or more), you can play as much golf as your body will allow on seven of the resort’s golf courses, and one round on its famous, No. 2 course, which has hosted the US Open in 1999 and 2005.
Being that this is Golf Vacation Insider, we won’t write about anything unless we’ve experienced it ourselves and/or meticulously researched it for you, and that includes offers from respected properties like Pinehurst Golf Resort. Read more →
No. 6 at the Pinehurst Golf Resortis sneaky good.
With eight courses to choose from, deciding where to tee it up at Pinehurst Golf Resort can seem like a daunting task, but it’s really quite simple. While most all of the Pinehurst golf courses are worthwhile (they don’t call it “the American St. Andrews” for nothing), the even-numbered courses, taken as a group, are the best bets.
After No. 2, the Donald Ross masterpiece that hosted the U.S. Open in 1999 and 2005, our first choice would be No. 4, a Tom Fazio design whose every hole offers unique variety, beauty…and challenge. It’s dotted with 180 sand traps, most of which are small pot bunkers clustered near fairway landing areas, at the bends of doglegs, and around the greens. Read more →
Tobacco Road's intriguing holes (such as 16, above) can add a little fire to your Pinehurst golf vacation.
When it opened in 1985, The Pit Golf Links was the most dramatic golf course you could play on a Pinehurst golf vacation, breaking the mold of traditional Sandhills golf by immersing players in an off-road style game of blind shots, towering sand dunes and fearsome forced carries over water.
Thirteen years later, The Pit suddenly seemed like a bicycle with training wheels compared to the outlandish and unforgettable Tobacco Road Golf Club, located just 35 minutes from the Village of Pinehurst. Read more →
Be sure to play Pine Needles and its challenging greens on your next Pinehurst golf vacation.
While much of the spotlight during this week’s U.S. Women’s Open will be focused on 12-year-old Alexis Thompson, the youngest person to ever qualify for the event, the Donald Ross-designed Pine Needles golf course venue deserves top billing, too, and should be on the agenda of your next Pinehurst golf vacation.
Of course, if it’s your first Pinehurst golf vacation, the resort’s No.2 and No.8 courses will probably be your priority, but if that’s where all of your Pinehurst play begins and ends, you’ll be missing out on some very good golf and a plenty of fun. In fact, on Golf Odyssey’s recent review of the area, we devoted all our research to venues beyond the Pinehurst Resort and our experience was thoroughly enjoyable. Read more →
