Pinehurst No. 11, New Bill Coore Design, to Open in March 2027

Pinehurst Resort gave golf media a preview this week of Pinehurst No. 11, a new Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw design that will open to public play in March 2027. Coore, who worked on the layout with Crenshaw and lead associate Ryan Farrow, calls it "weirdly wonderful."

Where is Pinehurst No. 11 located?

The course sits at Pinehurst Sand Mines, a satellite campus about four miles from the resort's main Pinehurst No. 2 clubhouse. It joins No. 10, which opened there in 2024 and will eventually share the site with its own pro shop, restaurant and lodging. Both courses are routed across a former sand mine, where leftover spoil piles and ridges give the land an unusual, rolling texture. No. 10 plays expansive and brawny; No. 11 is built as a more intimate counterpart on calmer, wilder ground.

What do the holes look like?

The par-4 opening hole starts from a sandy ridge tee and crosses sand wastes and mounds before climbing to an elevated green. The par-4 2nd runs beside mining ridges that can obscure approach shots on a missed drive, drawing comparisons to the nearby Tobacco Road, the Mike Strantz design a short drive away. Purple-tinged centipede grass across the property gives several holes a heathland look. By the par-4 7th, a short hole with a horseshoe-shaped green set against a lake, the routing briefly returns to more familiar Sandhills terrain before heading back into the mining formations for the closing holes.

No. 11 trades sprawling fairways for an intimate round through reclaimed sand-mine terrain.

Coore, known for avoiding self-promotion, called the finished course "pretty darned good" — high praise from a designer who favors understatement. He also acknowledged the layout's quirks won't suit every visitor. "I'm not sure you'd want to build this as the first course at a resort," he said, "but the good news is, it's the 11th."