Pinehurst No. 11 to Open in March 2027 as Resort’s Latest Golf Offering

Pinehurst Resort has announced that Pinehurst No. 11 will open to play on March 29, 2027. Tee times will be reserved exclusively for resort guests, with bookings now open.

The new destination course carries an impressive design pedigree. Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw created No. 11, while their associate, Ryan Farrow, oversaw its shaping. Coore and Crenshaw have long been connected to the Sandhills, having visited the region since the 1970s and led the acclaimed restoration of Pinehurst No. 2 more than a decade ago.

No. 11 occupies a markedly different landscape along the eastern side of Pinehurst’s 900-acre Sandmines property, roughly four miles south of the main resort and adjacent to Tom Doak’s Pinehurst No. 10. Decades of sand mining, beginning in the 1930s, left the site marked by wild spoil heaps and excavated ridges. Pines and native vegetation have since reclaimed much of the area, producing an unusual, uneven terrain of jagged ridges, irregular mounds and scattered pockets of trees.

Crenshaw described the site as “totally blessed by its character” in a prepared statement announcing the opening.

Coore offered a different characterization: “I call it weirdly wonderful.” He said the otherworldly landforms give the course a mysterious quality.

Rather than obscuring those distinctive features, Coore and Crenshaw made them central to the design. The routing threads through the trees and across, around and between the rugged landforms. No. 11 occupies the eastern portion of the former mining site, while No. 10 extends across the western side, with the two courses meeting at several points.

Like No. 10, which opened in 2024, No. 11 is designed to broaden the range of golf available at Pinehurst, a resort known as the Cradle of American Golf. Its history dates to 1895, and it remains closely associated with Donald Ross. Ross arrived at the turn of the century as head professional and was later hired to redesign the resort’s original course. He subsequently designed Pinehurst No. 2, made Pinehurst his winter home and maintained a relationship with the resort throughout golf’s Golden Age.

More than a century after Ross first saw Pinehurst, Coore and Crenshaw’s 2011 restoration of No. 2 helped launch a modern renaissance at the resort and contributed to a wider course-restoration movement across the United States. Pinehurst has continued that work through Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner’s 2018 redesign of No. 4 and, more recently, the development of No. 10 and No. 11 across the Sandmines property.

The resort’s stature in the game has grown alongside its architectural legacy. Designated the first U.S. Open anchor site, No. 2 hosted the championship in 2024, its fourth time doing so. It is scheduled to host the event four more times through 2047. In 2029, the U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open will be played in consecutive weeks.

Crenshaw competed in the 1999 U.S. Open at Pinehurst, and his connection to the resort has since expanded beyond competition to include prominent design commissions.

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