I played #10 yesterday, Sept 22, on a hot and humid day. #10 is fun and but has its share of some really hard and long holes. It is a big course on a huge plot of land. I estimate 250 acres? I played the green tees but went back to the whites periodically. It was plenty for my 77-year-old body. I really like the par threes and par fives. There is a good mix of birdie chances and bogie chances. The short par-four fourth wasn't a risk/reward shot off the tee for me. I just hit a drive and sand wedge in. The par five tenth played really long, and the par four, ninth, and thirteenth were three-shooters for me. I don’t mind par fours I can’t always reach.
At 220 yards, fourteen was a driver for me to a really cool green. I don't know if I love or hate eight. It has some of the most topsy-turvy terrain this side of Tot Hill Farm. It was fun, and I had a twenty-foot birdie putt from the top tier that I couldn't get any closer than ten feet past the pin. Fifteen is like a lot of par fours that wrap around the lake, and eighteen was just a straightaway par four with the most benign green on the course. The course looks similar to Cabot Citrus and Tree Farm. Many new courses on sand look similar. #10 is a wonderful addition to Pinehurst's stable of courses, and I am eager to see what C&C do with number 11.