Video: Pinehurst No. 2's Ninth Hole

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One of the prime inspirations for the calls to restore sandy scrub to Pinehurst: the photo of Donald Ross teeing off on the par-3 ninth.

In this post back when the word came out of a restoration, that was the image many pointed to as the look to recapture.

As evidenced in the flyover, the rusticity has actually been accentuated to create even more beauty to the foreground, while the green remains one of the most terrifying on the course.

So much can go wrong so quickly at this green complex, with a steep left to right pitch and trouble all around.

The hole will plays 191 yards for the men, 155 for the women a week later.

The flyover.