Yesterday this average golfer have the opportunity to play Pinehurst No. 3 for the first time. We played from the green tees and the course rating is only 66.3/114 from these tees but it plays much differently! It is a typical Donald Ross/Pinehurst course in that the greens are wicked! You either land the ball on a flat spot on the green or chances are your ball will roll off in just about any direction. I shot 101 and the poor score was all at the greens. While I was long off the tee and just short of the green generally all day on my second shot, hitting the green was wild with all the roll offs! On one hole I had to post and ESC score of 8 because I chipped on and rolled off three times. No matter what my score was, it was a thrill playing a Pinehurst course and all golfers should do the same someday!

Course #3 at Pinehurst