When it opened in 1985, The Pit Golf Links was the most dramatic golf course you could play on a Pinehurst golf vacation, breaking the mold of traditional Sandhills golf by immersing players in an off-road style game of blind shots, towering sand dunes and fearsome forced carries over water.

Thirteen years later, The Pit suddenly seemed like a bicycle with training wheels compared to the outlandish and unforgettable Tobacco Road Golf Club, located just 35 minutes from the Village of Pinehurst.