#mid pines

[onebeardedgolfer]

Nine holes of Pinehurst area thoughts: Hole 3 - Southern Pines has been unleashed.

Nine holes of Pinehurst area thoughts: Hole 3 - Southern Pines has been unleashed. The quality of the renovation matches the quality of the underlying course. It's going to be the consensus best of the rest of the Sandhills before long.

This is the third in a series, a back nine of thoughts cultivated from a recent fall golf trip to the Pinehurst and Southern Pines areas of North Carolina. What started as bullet points grew into substantial realizations. I hope you enjoy reading them. The changes to the first hole, with bunkers guarding the landing area for long tee shots, indicates that more thought is required around the new…

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[onebeardedgolfer]

What I learned from that one time I walked 81 holes of golf in 31 hours.

What I learned from that one time I walked 81 holes of golf in 31 hours. Here are my musings on what I experienced and what I learned from walking my way through the North Carolina sand hills' golf courses one weekend.

I’ve been thinking and reflecting upon my emergency, sanity-restoring one-man golf trip to the sand hills of North Carolina to visit Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club, Hyland Golf Club, and Tobacco Road Golf Club. Here are my musings on what I experienced and what I learned from walking 36 holes at Mid Pines one Friday afternoon, followed by walking 18 holes at Hyland on Saturday morning, then walking 27…

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Blind Shots Podcast Short Game Session #8 – Sanity Break, Part Three – After

A post-script on my personal golf crusade to save my sanity in the midst of a pandemic. Blind Shots Podcast Short Game Session #8 – Sanity Break, Part Three – After

A post-script on my one-man spirit of golf marathon to and thru the Sand Hills of North Carolina.

I briefly recap what I was looking for, what I found, and what it means to me to have completed my personal golf crusade to my favorite American golf course, Mid Pines and Tobacco Road.

I walked 81 holes of golf in roughly 32 hours, which totaled roughly 30 miles of golf course walking in a day and a…

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[onebeardedgolfer]

Blind Shots Podcast Short Game Session #8 – Sanity Break, Part Two – During The Blind Shot Podcast's first remote episode!  A brief update from the North Carolina Sand Hills after day one of the Sanity Break.

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Blind Shots Podcast Short Game Session #7 - Sanity Break, Part One - Before

Blind Shots Podcast Short Game Session #7 - Sanity Break, Part One - Before I'm escaping into a combination of things I've long wanted to do: see how much golf I could play on the summer solstice, in a place that I love very much.

Self care. Refresher. Getaway. Mini-Vacation.Sanity Break.

Whatever you want to call it, I’m escaping into a combination of things I’ve always wanted to do: play virtually unlimited golf on the summer solstice in a place that I love very much.

I don’t know who needs to hear this episode, except that everyone should know that it’s okay to make time for themselves, to take care of  themselves. This…

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August 15, 2015: a new episode of The Anatomy Lesson at 11pm EST on CFRC 101.9 FM (cfrcradio).  I'll be playing music by Petra Glynt, Tropic of Cancer, a very long song by The Darcys, new material by Mike Cooper, and to end, three releases by local(ish) musicians I really like: Big River Dream, Piper Curtis and Fire Moss. Radio, stream or download the finished show here by selecting the date and time.   Mid Pines - "Days of Noah" Year of the Horse Tropic of Cancer - "I Woke Up And The Storm Was Over" I Can't Give You The Life You Want The Darcys - "Hymn for a Missing Girl" (2014) Mike Cooper - "Complicated Sky" Fratello Mare Petra Glynt - "Murder" BigRiverDream - "Relieve Us (From Dreaming In Water)" Isolationist Piper Curtis - "No Drones, Part 1 / MS2 / No Drones, Part 2" No Drones Fire Moss - "Bells" Spherical Sounds