Pinehurst Looking At A Possible Course No. 9

Golf Digest's Matty G interviews Don Padgett, who suggests the possibility of a totally revamped version of The Pit, though it sounds a ways off if it happens.

Q: The last time we spoke (February 2011), you had just bought the Pit. You went on to close the course and focus on the reopening of No. 2. Is there any update on what was the Pit?

A: Bill Coore was assigned to do a routing, which I think he’s close to completing. I have not seen it, but he has told me that he is almost there. We’re not going to pull the trigger anytime in the immediate future, but [Pinehurst owner] Bob Dedman would love to build that golf course. Bill [Coore] feels like it will be a very, very good golf course. He would be excited to build it. A lot of the land he’d use would be in the 150 acres east of what was the Pit golf course. That’s the parcel that Bill likes the best. At some point there will be a No. 9 at Pinehurst.

The interview touches on several other topics of note for Pinehurst fans, including the positive reaction to the changes to No. 2.