Sign-up now to play Mid-Pines on February 18 with a 10 AM shotgun start time. Similar to The Legacy, this event should sell out. Only 40% of spaces remain. Don't be left out.
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Mid Pines is a Special and Rare Golf Club.
It has 18 holes that are in exactly the same positions with the same numbers as when the course opened in 1921.
Many people have characterized the course as “pure Donald Ross” because of how it fits the land where it was built. It has few forced carries or artificial or contrived holes. Says Lee Pace, writing about the course in Pinehurst magazine: “Mid Pines was never conceived as a daunting task to the finest players competing under championship conditions … Mid Pines was intended simply as a fun course with adequate challenge for members and guests of a private club and resort.”
Even so, this course does play home to many national competitions including the 2002 USGA Senior Women's Amateur Championship.
You're going to find hillier terrain on this course than Pine Needles; Mid Pines is also slightly shorter.
The par-3s are among the most popular holes on this course, and perhaps the most photographed hole on the course, according to Graham Gilmore Director of Golf at both Mid Pines and Pine Needles, is the par-3 No.2. You'll need an uphill shot from elevated tee boxes to an elevated green that makes for a tough target to hit. There's a distance of 178 yards from the back tees.
All Flights should expect to shoot and score well.
To reserve your place and to sign-up, please reply to this email, sign-up on-line or call Bruce Hallenbeck.
Again, this is a pre-season event for both the Golfweek and Senior Tours - as such no points will be awarded, but similar to The Legacy Tournament, there should be a sell-out and a huge prize pool.
Event Info:
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
Mid-Pines Inn & Golf Club
Fee is $70.00
10:00 AM Shotgun
1010 Midland Rd. Southern Pines, NC 28387 •
PH (910)692-2114
Mid-Pines Directions
Please let Bruce Hallenbeck know if you want a position in the second Pre-season Tournament at Mid-Pines on February 18.
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A 2012 APPLICATION IS REQUIRED.
Because of our association with Golfweek Magazine as our Title Sponsor, it will be necessary for all members in 2012 to submit an application on-line through our website - even if you completed an application in past years!
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