Neither my golf game or my pocketbook is in a position to afford a round of golf at Pinehurst, but he did find a very affordable course called The Bluff Golf Links where I played 36 holes. One of the course attendants told me that during the recent renovation of Pinehurst #2 getting it ready for the US Open, that The Bluff received 20,000 square feet of sod taken from #2. So in a way I guess you can say I played a couple of holes at #2.
The first hole was downhill toward a pond with a house sitting just to the left of the green. Of course, there are signs all over the backyard "No Trespassing". Why would you buy a house adjacent to a green and them put up signs like that. Maybe they're in the used golf balls business. Anyway I hope they find my Titlest. The second hole goes over the water and up the hill.
On our way down to Pinehurst we stopped off at a historic sight called the House in the Horseshoe. It a colonial era house in a horseshoe bend of the Deep River. During the Rev War it was owned by a Philip Alston. He was an ardent supporter of liberty and "pissed-off" a good many of his neighbors. At some point a group of loyalists under the direction of Daniel Fanning attacked the house which was not only occupied by Alston and some of his supporters but also his entire family. To bring the stand-off to an end, Alston's wife begged Fanning to end his attack. He agreed on the condition that Alston agree to stop fighting and supporting the rebels. Alston agreed and did not raise a rifle against the British or his loyalist neighbors for the rest of the war. Unfortunately for Alston those he pissed-off did not take such an oath and he was later killed by a bullet shot into the house where he was living. You can still see bullet holes in the walls of the house.
It later was owned by the 4 term governor of NC - Benjamin Williams.
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