Pinehurst No 2

[B wood]

I played well & still shot a 94 there today. Dad shot a 72 or 73, I can't remember. Around home & other courses I shoot 70-75. Beautiful golf course, but it will make the most laid back guy break a few clubs.

My late grandfather was a businessman/contractor around that area & built a lot of the buildings/resorts around the Pinehurst links. Visiting family yesterday I ran into an executive of the links who was a friend of my grandfather & was offered a free round. Otherwise I couldn't afford a $450 round of golf.

That's my story of the day.

[Darth Biscuit]

Nice.. went there for the final round of the '05 US Open but never played it. I'm playing to about a 10 handicap at my home course and I doubt I could break 90 on #2 even playing well.

[B wood]

Nice.. went there for the final round of the '05 US Open but never played it. I'm playing to about a 10 handicap at my home course and I doubt I could break 90 on #2 even playing well.

I wanted to go in '05, but I was a rising junior in high school & had summer b-ball workouts. I believe the US Open will be played there again in a few years.

Dad shot -1 on the front 9 then slipped up on the back 9 just a little. It was bad enough he killed me, but on top of it he likes to talk poo to me. Oh well, it was still fun. I played pretty well, that course is just so far out of my skill level.

Have you ever played any of the other courses there?

[Darth Biscuit]

No, never have... Would like to.

[Anybodyhome]

I played 2 & 8 in the late 90's and for the most part stayed out of trouble. But my biggest problem is I hit a dead ball- with very little spin- and I hit very high iron shots. So, I was hitting where I needed to be, but couldn't get anything to stay on the greens. You have a 3000 square foot green and the real landing area is about 10% of that, otherwise it's rolling off somewhere.

I remember hitting a lot of greens in reg.... for a minute.... before they rolled off. I've never scrambled so much in my life!

I've also played Olympia Fields, where Furyk won his US Open, a couple days after that tourney; and I've played both Sedgefield and Greenbriar a couple days after their PGA tourneys- both of them I know well, but are almost unrecognizable after the PGA gets done fixing them to pro standards.

Won't mention my scores, but I'll just say, when the TV commercial says, "These guys are good," you better believe it...

[DirtyMagic97]

I've played #2 about 4 times. My best has a place out there. I love that course. I think my low was a 72 and high was an 84. You just can't try to beat that course or it will tear you up.

Hitting fairways isn't too difficult and the greens are a good size. If you come up short on most of the pin placements, you are looking at some roll back and a two-putt or up and down to from there.

The most difficult holes for me were the par 3s. I don't have much spin on my ball, so it's tough to make it sit. I end up having to run the ball up and that's tough to control.