Pinehurst is a village in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 13,124.
Pinehurst Resort and Golf Course
America’s first golf resort, but also a world-class tennis, spa, meetings, special events and family destination.
Originally dubbed Tuftstown during development, Tuftstown became the village of Pinehurst, and home of the Pinehurst Resort. In 1980, the village became a municipality.[7]
The first golf course at Pinehurst Resort was laid out in 1897-1898. The first championship held at Pinehurst was United North and South Amateur Championship of 1901. The best known course, Pinehurst No. 2, was designed by Donald Ross and completed in 1907. The resort now has eight golf courses, three hotels, a spa, and extensive sports and leisure facilities.
Pinehurst Harness Track
The Pinehurst Harness Track is a 111-acre equestrian facility that has been a winter training center for standardbred horses since 1915. The grounds consist of three training tracks and several center aisle barns with approximately 300 stalls, as well as several paddocks. Champion trotters and pacers train on either the 1/2 mile sand/clay track, the 5/8 mile sand/jog track, or the 1 mile clay track, all of which serve as an ideal winter training facility.
When training is not taking place, the track hosts events such as horse shows, car shows, dog shows, and rugby matches.
http://www.pinehurstharness.org/
Sandhills Community College
Sandhills Community College is located on 150 acres (0.61 km2) of long leaf pine-filled land in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Sandhills was chartered in 1963, and officially opened October 1, 1965. Sandhills Community College has approximately 4,100 students enrolled in college-credit curriculum courses and over 11,000 students who take continuing education courses annually.
The college is also home to the 32-acre (130,000 m2) Sandhills Horticultural Gardens. Designed and maintained by students in the Landscape Gardening program, the site contains 14 themed gardens, including a whimsical children’s garden and a new Japanese Garden. The largest accessible holly collection on the east coast is found in the Ebersole Holly Garden. A formal English Garden exhibits several smaller gardens, including the Holly Maze, the Fountain Courtyard, the Sunken Garden, the Ceremonial Courtyard, and the Herb Garden.
