Tom Doak Tapped Los Tsim Pinehurst's 10th Course

Golf's twb Sasquatch-loj hneev taw nyob rau hauv plawv ntawm Carolina Sandhills tab tom yuav loj dua nrog ib qho kev ntaus golf tshiab uas yuav tsum tau muab tso rau plaub mais sab qab teb ntawm Pinehurst lub clubhouse tseem ceeb ntawm thaj tsam 900-acre ntawm hav zoov thiab dune strewn av uas muaj 75. taw ntawm qhov siab hloov.

"Lub vev xaib yog qhov txawv ntawm qhov sib txawv thiab txawv txav los ntawm txhua qhov chaw hauv Pinehurst. Nws loj dua, loj dua thiab ua tau zoo dua, "Doak hais. "Koj yuav muaj kev pom dav dav los ntawm lub apex no dhau ntawm qhov kev kawm. Nws yuav yog qhov kev paub tsis nco qab rau golfers, "nws hais ntxiv.

Doak, tus kws tshaj lij kev ntaus golf uas tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo tshaj plaws uas tso cai rau cov contours thiab ridgelines ntawm thaj av coj nws txoj kev, suav Cape Kidnappers, Streamsong Blue thiab Sebonack ntawm nws qhov zoo tshaj plaws hits. Nws ib zaug dubbed No. 2, US Open thauj tog rau nkoj qhov chaw uas yuav rov tuav lub championship nyob rau hauv 2024, 2029, 2035, 2041 thiab 2047 ib "zoo meej 10" nyob rau hauv nws lub rooj kas fes classic, Phau Ntawv Qhia Tsis pub twg paub rau Cov Kev Kawm Golf thiab yog tus neeg tawm tswv yim loj ntawm nws Coore-Crenshaw coj kev kho dua tshiab hauv 2010.

"Tom Doak tsim cov kev kawm golf zoo kawg ntawm cov xuab zeb, thiab peb zoo siab pom tias nws yuav tsim dab tsi hauv North Carolina Sandhills," Pinehurst chaw ua si tus thawj tswj hwm Tom Pashley hais. "Peb tau ua haujlwm nrog qee tus kws tshaj lij golf zoo nkauj uas tau lees paub peb qhov zoo nkauj thiab ntseeg tias Tom yuav ua qee yam zoo heev ntawm qhov chaw no," nws hais ntxiv.

Muaj ob peb lub chaw so hauv ntiaj teb uas koj tuaj yeem nyob ntev dua ib lub lim tiam thiab ua si golf sib txawv txhua hnub yam tsis muaj venturing tawm khoom. North Carolina's golf mecca tau txuas ntxiv txhim kho lawv cov kev ntaus golf ntau xyoo. Thistle Dhu pub dawb rau kev ua si muab cov chav kawm nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lub clubhouse tseem ceeb los ntawm Putter Boy tus pej thuam qhib rau xyoo 2012 thiab Gil Hanse's Cov Caj Dab, ib chav kawm luv 9-qhov, qhib rau xyoo 2017.

Pinehurst tau npaj rau kev loj hlob ntxiv rau yav tom ntej dhau qhov Doak ntxiv, tau teem caij qhib rau kev ua si thaum lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav 2024. Lub ntiaj teb Golf Hall of Fame uas tau tsiv mus rau USGA lub tsev kawm ntawv tshiab Golf House Pinehurst tsev kawm ntawv uas tawg hauv av dhau lub Rau Hli yuav pib hosting induction ceremonies pib xyoo tom ntej.

Ntxiv lub clubhouse, cov tsev qhua thiab lwm yam kev xaiv chaw nyob tshiab ntawm lub rooj tsav xwm kos duab los txhawb txoj kev loj hlob tshiab thiab nrog ntau thaj av uas lawv muab pov tseg, nws yuav tsis yog qhov xav tsis thoob rau lwm qhov kev ntaus golf lossis chav kawm luv luv ntxiv rau cov uas twb muaj lawm. nws kim heev cov zaub mov hauv txoj kev.

"Cov cuab yeej tshwj xeeb no yog qhov chaw uas ntau ntawm peb txoj kev npau suav ntawm yav tom ntej tuaj yeem xav txog," Pinehurst resort CEO Bob Dedman Jr. tau hais hauv nqe lus.

"Ntxiv Tom Doak tsim rau peb cov khoom sau yog lwm tshooj keeb kwm hauv zaj dab neeg ntawm Pinehurst. Peb tos tsis tau nyeem nws. "