New York has Fifth Avenue and the Monterey Peninsula
has 17 Mile Drive. For the true golf enthusiast there is
no better boulevard that represents the history and heritage
of golf than Midland Road in the Sandhills of North Carolina.
This key artery is the connector between the golf Mecca’s of The
Village of Pinehurst (a national historic golf landmark) and the
town of Southern Pines. Years ago, a trolley ran the length of the
road providing visitors from the northeast with an efficient way to
reach resorts in the Village of Pinehurst after they disembarked
the train in Southern Pines. Massive Longleaf and Loblolly pines
provide a soothing canopy over this golf avenue and surrounding
golf course and communities. If they could talk they’d share their
tales and stories of the past 100 years from the likes of Ben Hogan,
Jack Nicklaus and Donald Ross (the famous golf architect who live
in the area until his death in 1948). As Fifth Avenue’s shops are
the jewels of the crown along that route, so are the 15 golf courses
you’ll see during your six mile journey down scenic Midland Road.
From the world renowned Donald Ross designed Pinehurst No.
2, site of the 1999, 2005 and 2014 U.S. OPEN Championships to
the former equestrian race track transformed into the challenging
Dan Maples designed Longleaf golf course and residential community
there is no shortage of eye candy for the golf connoisseur.
Golf clubs and a camera are travel essentials any day you venture
down the historic and beautiful Midland Road.
