Where We're Playing: Inside Pinehurst's Newest Must-Play, No. 10

If there's a signature stretch at No. 10, it starts with the rolling par-4 8th hole. | Art Stricklin/Sports Illustrated

PINEHURST, N.C. — For more than 100 years, ever since Boston businessman James Tufts journeyed to this scenic area in the North Carolina sandhills to build a massive hotel, then hired Donald Ross to design its signature golf layout, Pinehurst Resort has set the standard for public resort golf.

Ross’s master design, humbly called Pinehurst No. 2, hosted the 2024 U.S. Open, its fourth national championship with more to come.