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In June, 1999, the Pinehurst Golf Resort in the Sandhills became only the second southern golf course to host golf's most prestigious tournament, the U.S. Open. That 1999 Open was a tournament of excitement and drama. Payne Stewart sank a long putt on the 18th green to win. Weeks later, Stewart died in a plane crash. In 2005, the Open returns to Pinehurst. The six-year return engagement marks the quickest turnaround for American golf in sixty years, attesting to the popularity of the Pinehurst area. Tourists and tournament officials are expected to spend $150 million during championship week.
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Acclaimed golf course designer Donald Ross created the Pine Needles Golf Course. After seventy-five years of play, the course was showing its age. Much discussion over many months led to the decision to restore the course as close to the original as possible. Brafford discusses the restoration process.
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Jack Nicklaus has designed five golf courses in this state, including his newest addition, the Club at Longview near Charlotte. Distl discusses Longview's design and other Nicklaus designed courses, including Elk River, the National, and the Governors Club.
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Short par 4's, which give bogey golfers an opportunity to score a birdie, are difficult courses to find. The best par 4 courses are listed for the mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, and coast.
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Older golf courses in North Carolina were designed before the advent of the golf cart. Today many golfers are rediscovering the pleasures of walking a golf course instead of riding. The best walker-friendly courses are listed for the mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, and coast.
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Members of NORTH CAROLINA magazine Golf Panel ranked the top 100 courses in the state for 2004. Biltmore Forest Country Club replaced Linville Golf Course in the top ten courses, with the other nine retaining their positions. Pinehurst No. 2, a Donald Ross designed course, has been ranked first since the panel's inception in 1995. The panel ranked the Mighty 90 and ranked the top ten courses in each region.
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Hensley traces important milestones in golf's rise to popularity in North Carolina. The state's first golf course was the Linville Golf Club, which was built in the mountain village in 1895. The following year Wilmington's Cape Fear Country Club was built. Both courses were founded by Hugh McRae. From those beginnings, golf courses in the state have grown to 565, including 384 that are open to the public. According to the National Golf Foundation, North Carolina ranks tenth nationally in the number of courses.
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Wright discusses the resurgence of railroad travel in North Carolina and the interest of many towns in restoring the old train stations either as functioning rail stations or for use in other capacities. Many of the stations already rescued and renovated include Greensboro's 1924 station and others in Selma, High Point, Wilson, and Hamlet. Rocky Mount's 1893 station is the oldest one still in use in North Carolina.
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Executives do not always have time to take full-fledged MBA courses. For businessmen who are time-pressed, North Carolina's colleges and universities offer a wealth of options to upgrade business skills. The article lists all of the state's MBA programs and includes the schools, enrollments in the program, types of programs offered, websites, and distinctions earned by the program.
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Robert Greczyn, president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine executive profile. Greczyn delivered newspapers, worked as a florist deliveryman, cut meat in a butcher shop, and drove a tractor-trailer before he found his true calling -- healthcare. He received a degree in psychology from East Carolina University and has held a number of healthcare positions, including executive director, Morven Medical Center, Inc., in Anson County. Greczyn assumed his present position in 2000.
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