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Pinehurst gets ready to host 2024 US Open
The Pinehurst Resort will host the 124th U.S. Open on June 13-16, 2024, at the resort's No. 2 golf course.
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The Pinehurst Resort will host the 124th U.S. Open on June 13-16, 2024, at the resort's No. 2 golf course.
DEADLINE FOR NONPROFITS TO SUBMIT PLANS IS LATE NOVEMBER. >> THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT PINEHURST. YOU SEE PEOPLE OUT THERE ON THE PUTTING SAY OCTOBER, PLAYING GOLF IN OCTOBER. NORTH CAROLINA IS NOTHING BETTER IN 229 DAYS. PINEHURST NUMBER 2, WHICH IS NEARBY, IS GOING TO BE CHALKED FULL OF PEOPLE READY FOR THE 100 24TH U.S. OPEN. WRAL'S GILBERT BAIZE WAS AN AVID GOLFER SHOWS US WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE THE ATTENTION OF THE GOLFING WORLD FOCUSED ON MOORE COUNTY NEXT FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND. SO THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT NEXT YEAR. PLAYERS WILL BE TRYING TO WIN THE U.S. OPEN TROPHY. BUT FOR FOLKS WHO LIVE IN MOORE COUNTY, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. THIS IS A MOMENT IN TIME THAT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. >> HAYNES TO WOULD SAY IT'S A DIFFICULT PUTT ON NUMBER 18 TO WIN THE 1999. U.S. OPEN IN PINEHURST. WELL, MONTHS LATER, HE WOULD DIE IN THEIR QUEEN, MAKES IT IN EVERY MAJOR. >> THE MEMORY OF THAT FAMOUS PUT IS IMMORTALIZED IN THE STATUE OF HIS ICONIC POSE OUTSIDE THE CLUBHOUSE. DREW WORKMAN IS FROM NEW JERSEY. HE SAYS PINE HERS IS A SPECIAL PLACE. IT'S INCREDIBLE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE MECCA OF GOLF IN THE THE COURSES THEY HAVE HERE. UNBELIEVABLE. THE SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY. >> IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT PLACE. YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE U.S. OPEN TO BEING NEXT YEAR. IT'S REALLY EXCITING. THAT'S WHY I'M TO CHECK OUT THE COURSE BEFORE THE PROS COME. >> BUT THOSE ARE COMING AND THEY EXPECT PINEHURST NUMBER 2 TO BE IN TIP-TOP SHAPE. >> THAT JOB IS THE RESPONSIBILITY. OF COURSE, SUPERINTENDENT JOHN JEFFRIES, PREPARATION STAR YEARS IN ADVANCE WITH THE EXPECTATIONS OF HOSTING U.S. OPEN. THE TURF HAS TO BE AT ITS BEST. SO WE USE EVERY OPPORTUNITY. >> EVERY YEAR LEADING UP TO RUN TRIALS AND SEE HOW THINGS REACT WHEN WE DO CERTAIN THINGS. ONE BIG CHANGE SINCE THE LAST U.S. OPEN WAS PLAYED HERE IN 2014, THE BENT GRASS HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH FOR ME TO GRASS MAKING MAKING IT A BIT EASIER DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS. >> ONE THING THAT HASN'T CHANGED IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THE U.S. OPEN WILL HAVE ON MORE AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES DURING THAT 20 MIDWEEK. >> WE ARE ALSO SCHEDULED FOR 4 ADDITIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS GOING FORWARD AND THE CUMULATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ALL OF THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS IS OVER 2 BILLION DOLLARS TO NOT ONLY HEAR MORE COUNTY, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE GREATER STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA >> SO ABOUT 8 MONTHS AWAY FROM THE U.S. OPEN, THE PROBABLY SHUT THE COURSE THEN AROUND MEMORIAL DAY. SO YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO GET OUT HERE AND ENJOY PINEHURST. NUMBER 2 IN MOORE COUNTY, GILBERT BAYS, WRAL NEWS I CAN AWAY FROM THE GOLF TOURNAMENT. BY THE WAY, THE CHAMPIONSHIPS RETURN TO PINEHURST MARKS THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A CENTURY THAT THE USDA HAS AWARDED 4 U.S. OPENS TO A SINGLE SITE WITHIN A SPAN OF 25 YEARS. YOU CAN WATCH