| Pinehurst golf vacations are spectacular! With its | | | | However, if your whole family enjoys golf, they |
| strong Scottish heritage, it's little wonder that | | | | will love Pinehurst. There are special Family |
| Pinehurst is great for golf. The country that is said | | | | Fairway deals and family golf tuition. The food is |
| to have invented golf also provided the designer | | | | excellent and very international, with authentic |
| of the first four major Pinehurst golf courses, | | | | Japanese, Mexican and Italian foods. If you must |
| Donald Ross, and the Scots feel that this part of | | | | have the bright lights then Myrtle Beach is only a |
| North Carolina is home from home. | | | | short cab ride away. That could solve the teen |
| Little wonder, since Pinehurst has a total of eight | | | | problem! |
| top class courses, and for a small village of around | | | | Try a Pinehurst Golf School to Improve Your |
| 10,000 population, this is exceptional. The village, | | | | Game |
| or realistically it should be referred to as a small | | | | There are several golf packages available at |
| town, also has a bit of golfing history. This is | | | | Pinehurst and there are also golf schools available |
| where Ben Hogan won his first professional | | | | that would make a good basis for a golf vacation. |
| competition and Pinehurst 'Old Town' is late | | | | Spend your vacation improving your game rather |
| nineteenth century. | | | | than just playing and continuing all your old faults. |
| Pinehurst Offers More Than Just Golf | | | | Many golfers spend a vacation at a golf school or |
| So it's not just the golf that brings visitors to | | | | academy, and there are a few at Pinehurst, such |
| Pinehurst. Many of the cottages have been | | | | as the Pinehurst Golf Academy and the Golf |
| faithfully restored and maintained in their original | | | | Advantage School. |
| state and while Pinehurst did not exist prior to | | | | An ideal way out of the teenage entertainment |
| 1895, it retains some that early American | | | | problem at Pinehurst would be to use it as a base |
| atmosphere. The first golf course opened in 1898, | | | | and travel to Myrtle Beach to take advantage of |
| only three years after the first stake was driven | | | | everything it has to offer, from great beach |
| into the soil that was to be the site of Pinehurst. | | | | entertainment, water sports and fabulous night |
| The golfing area is known as the Sandhills, and it | | | | life. It's only a short ride away and many people |
| contains over 40 golf courses within a 15 mile | | | | travel between the two. |
| radius. There are also a few vacation resorts | | | | Whatever you decide, there is no doubt that |
| which cater for families, but while Pinehurst is | | | | Pinehurst golf vacations are great for serious |
| great for golfers, it is not Disneyland! It can | | | | golfers, and if combined with a few courses at |
| provide spas for the kids, and fishing, a bowling | | | | one of the golf schools, can make a massive |
| alley, go-karting and the like, but there's not a lot | | | | difference to your game. If your family enjoys |
| more. If your family is happy with that kind of | | | | playing golf, take them on a Pinehurst golf |
| thing, then great, but if they want all the fun of | | | | vacation. It will be a special treat for them and |
| the fair, a beach or noisy discos, then Pinehurst | | | | they will love it. |
| will not be to their liking. | | | | |