Pinehurst #2 Like You've Never Seen It!

Now, when you watch these two videos posted by the Pinehurst PR team on the day of their official restoration website launch, there are a couple of things to look at:

A) Look at just how hideously the course had evolved. Even though bunker locations haven't been touched by Coore, Crenshaw and the "boys" on this job (which I know includes the great Dave Axland), note how the simple loosening of the edges already lends a feel of naturalness to the place that had been lost. It'll only get better over time.

B) Remember that the lines are still very clean right now between fairway and sand. This will hopefully break up more over time, but even at this "raw" stage, the transformation is extraordinary.

C) Consider how much more difficult (in a good way) this course will be. We'll see recoveries and things in the U.S. Opens of 2014 that will make it vastly more interesting.

C) And most miraculously, note that they got Ben and Bill to do voiceovers and to do them quickly! Great stuff.

The 12th hole before-after: