Pinehurst No. 8 at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina

PINEHURST, N.C. - Pinehurst No. 8, the eighth and final golf course added to the stable at Pinehurst Resort, technically ranks as older than Pinehurst No. 4 after Tom Fazio's redesign of No. 4 reopened in 2000.

Fazio also built No. 8. And unlike the other seven, the golf course allows no space for real estate. Instead, it's 450 natural acres and few parallel fairways. Also unique to No. 8, it's a resort golf course only. There's no member play here.

The golf course is built on the site of the former Pinehurst Gun Club and plays 7,092 yards from the championship tees, making it the longest of the resort courses. It includes five sets of tees and features the biggest and best clubhouse away from the main clubhouse, home to Nos. 1 through 5. No. 8 also offers a large driving range and practice center.

The most natural in appearance of all the Pinehurst golf courses, No. 8 is generally considered the second most popular venue at Pinehurst behind No. 2 - thanks to holes such as the par-3 eighth and the 14th and 15th, the latter two of which wrap around wetlands. Like all Pinehurst golf courses, No. 8 is an easy walk and offers caddie and forecaddie services.

Pinehurst No. 8 golf course - hole 1

The first hole is a gentle opener at Pinehurst No. 8, a short par 4 downhill.

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Pinehurst No. 8 golf course - hole 4

The par-4 fourth hole at Pinehurst No. 8 plays downhill to the green.

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Pinehurst No. 8 golf course - hole 5

The par-3 fifth hole is the shortest on the course and plays next to a pond at Pinehhurst No. 8.

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Pinehurst No. 8 golf course - hole 8

The longest par-3 at Pinehurst No. 8, the eighth hole, can play more than 230 yards from the championship tees.

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Pinehurst Resort's Pinehurst No. 8 in North Carolina

Unlike the rest of the Pinehurst golf courses, No. 8 includes no developed real estate attached to it.

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Pinehurst No. 8 golf course - 14th hole

The par-4 14th hole on Pinehurst No. 8 plays over and along marsh to the right.

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Pinehurst No. 8 golf course - hole 15

The par-3 15th hole plays next to marsh on Pinehurst No. 8.

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Pinehurst Resort's Pinehurst No. 8 course

Tom Fazio built Pinehurst No. 8 in 1996 and rebuilt No. 4 in 2000. He also built No. 6 with his uncle, George Fazio.

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