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SIMPLE LIFE
The Kindness of Strangers And the strangeness of some kinds of people
By Jim Dodson
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afternoon I was making a pleasant run to the garden center during early rush hour when I saw something I’ve never seen on a busy North Carolina street.
While waiting for the light to change at one of the busiest intersections in Greensboro, a woman next to me in a large, luxury SUV began edging out into the heavy stream of traffic crossing in front of us. At first, I thought she might simply be unaware of her dangerous drift into moving traffic. She was, after all, visibly chatting on her phone and apparently oblivious to blaring horns of those who were forced to stop to avoid a collision. Within moments, however, traffic in both directions had halted. One man was actually yelling at her out his window, shaking a fist. But on she merrily went, indifferent to the automotive mayhem left in her wake, the first red light I’ve ever seen run in slow motion. For an instant, I wondered if I might have somehow been teleported to Italy or France where motorists seem to regard traffic lights and road signs as simple nuisances, a quaint if daunting European tradition of civil indifference to les autorités that evolved across the ages. Having motored across all of Britain and most of France, Italy and Greece, I long ago concluded that driving there is both a blood sport and national pastime, an automotive funhouse to be both enjoyed and feared. When in Italy, for instance, my operational motto is: drive like the teenage Romeo with the pretty girl on the back of his Vespa who just cut you off in the roundabout with a rude gesture insulting your heritage. It’s all part of the cultural exchange. But here in America, at least in theory, most of us grew up respecting traffic laws because we were force-fed driver’s education since early teen years, programs designed to make us thoughtful citizens of the public roadways. (Quick aside: I have a dear friend whose teenage son has failed his driver’s license test — God bless
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his heart — for the fifth time, which must be some kind of statewide record; I’ve helpfully suggested she immediately ship him off to Sorrento, Italy, where he’s bound to find true and lasting happiness, a pretty girl, a nice Vespa scooter and no annoying driver’s test to complicate his life, rude gestures optional.) All fooling aside, in cities across America, officials report that traffic accidents and automobile fatalities are approaching record levels. Some blame the COVID pandemic that has had the world so bottled up and locked down, presumably entitling folks behind the wheel to make up for lost time by driving like there’s no tomorrow — or at least no traffic laws. In my town and possibly yours, is it my imagination or do more folks than ever seem to be blithely running stop signs, ignoring speed limits and driving like Mad Max on Tuscan holiday? Running a red light in slow motion may be the least of our problems. The armchair sociologist in me naturally wonders if America’s deteriorating driving habits and growing automotive brinksmanship might simply be a symptom of the times, part of a general decline of public civility and respect for others that fuels everything from our toxic politics to the plague of violence against Asians. Whatever is fueling the road rage and social mayhem, the remedy is profound, timeless and maddeningly elusive. I saw the fix written on a sign my neighbor planted in her yard the other day. Spread Happiness, it said. I found myself thinking about my old man, an ad-man with a poet’s heart who believed kindness is the greatest of human virtues, a sign of a truly civilized mind. My nickname for him was Opti the Mystic because he believed even the smallest acts of kindness — especially to strangers — are seeds from which everything good in life grows. “If you are nothing else in life,” he used to advise my older brother and me, “being kind will take you to wonderful places.” This from a fellow who’d been in the middle of a World War and experienced first-hand the worst things human beings can do to each other. He became the kindest man I’ve ever known. PineStraw
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In any case, Opti would have loved how a timely reminder of his message came home to me during another challenging automotive moment. On a recent Saturday morning, after setting up my baker wife’s tent at the weekend farmers’ market where she sells her sinfully delicious cakes and such, I set off in my vintage Buick Roadmaster wagon to a landscape nursery on the edge of town to buy hydrangeas for my Asian garden. On the drive home, however, I blew a front tire and barely made it off the highway into a Great Stops gas station before the tire went completely flat. I had no spare. To make matters worse, my cell phone had only one percent of a charge left — just long enough to leave a quick desperate voicemail on my wife’s answering service before the dang thing went dead. The old Buick, of course, had no charger. I walked into the service shop whispering dark oaths under my breath at such miserable timing, asking the personable young African American clerk if she could possibly give my phone a brief charge. I even offered to pay her for the help. Her supervisor emerged from the office. When I explained that I was running errands for my wife when my day suddenly went flat, she gave me a big grin. “Bless your heart, child! Give me that phone!” I handed it over. She shook her head and laughed. “You’re just like my husband. I can’t let that man go anywhere without him gettin’ into trouble! That’s husbands for you!” Just like that, my good mood returned. Outside, a few minutes later, the tow truck arrived. The driver was named Danny Poin-
dexter, a big burly white guy. He was having a long morning too. We dropped off my car at the auto service center and he graciously offered to drive me home to get my other car. It was the second surprising act of kindness from a stranger that morning. As we approached my street, I saw my neighbor’s pink Spread Happiness for the second time. “What kind of cake do you like?” I asked Danny. “Carrot cake,” Danny replied. “I love carrot cake.” He dropped me off at home and I drove over to the farmers’ market and picked up a piece of my wife’s amazing carrot cake, phoned Danny and met him at a Wendy’s parking lot near his next job. He was deeply touched by the gesture. “This just makes my day,” he said, diving straight in. I then drove back to the service station across town to pick up my phone — now fully charged — that I’d managed to forget in all the unexpected mayhem of the morning. I even offered to pay the ladies for their kindness to a stranger. They simply laughed. “Oh, honey, that’s why we’re here!” said the manager. “I’m just glad you remembered to come back for your phone, so I didn’t have to chase your butt all over town!” I drove home to plant my new hydrangeas in a happy state of mind, making a mental note to take the kind ladies of Great Stops my wife’s famous Southern-style caramel cake just to say thanks to strangers who are now friends. PS Jim Dodson can be reached at jwdauthor@gmail.com.
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Strawberry Fields Forever The Women of Weymouth’s final meeting of the season will conclude on Monday, May 16, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., with an outdoor luncheon, featuring strawberry shortcake, music and a Talbot’s fashion show. Wear your most fashionable fascinators and win some sweet prizes. John Lennon may or may not be on the playlist. Reserve your tickets by May 6. Cost is $20 for supporters and $25 for guests. Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: www.weymouthcenter.org.
Antiques Roadshow, Right Up the Road Since 1985 antiques and collectibles dealers have gathered to display their wares in the village shops and along the streets of Cameron’s historic district. Like wine — and people — it only gets better with age! Head up the road for a free event with more than 150 dealers, shopping, food and fun on Friday, May 6, and Saturday, May 7, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Downtown Cameron, Carthage Street, Cameron.
Buggy with the Fringe on the Top Spontaneous singing of Broadway show tunes not required to enjoy this year’s annual Carthage Buggy Festival, though it’s never discouraged. Come out to enjoy arts and crafts, beer, wine and food 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 7. There will be a kids zone, classic car and truck show, and buggy and tractor show. Downtown Carthage at 1 Courthouse Square, Carthage.
Bocce with a Big Heart Calling All Hats Treat your hat to a night on the town at the Derby Day fundraising event for Weymouth’s new free after-school program, Weymouth Equestrians, from 5 – 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, at the Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Enjoy bluegrass, bourbon and BBQ while competing in the best hat contest and a prize raffle for your win/place/show Derby picks. Info and tickets: www.weymouthcenter.org.
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Brush up your bank shot and break out your bocce balls to benefit children who have special developmental needs at the Sandhills Children’s Center’s Backyard Bocce Bash. Check-in starts at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 21, at the Pinehurst Harness Track, 200 Beulah Hill Road, Pinehurst, for the teams of four competing in the round robin tournament. Info: (910) 692-3323 or www.SandhillsChildrensCenter.org. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
Double Play Books Bash There are two separate author events to scratch your lit-itch on Wednesday, May 11. Michelle Huneven will be chatting online about her book, Search, from 12 – 1 p.m. The talk isn’t just cheap, it’s free, but registration is required. For in-person bibliophiles, Taylor Brown will be discussing his book, Wingwalkers, from 4 – 6:30 p.m. at The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info and tickets for both events: www.ticketmesandhills.com.
Fun Times Infinity All day long. We’re talking alllll day long. The Village of Pinehurst Family Fest is a full day of live music — three bands on hand — from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, May 30, with a skydiving jump by the Black Daggers, a kids zone, North Carolina’s premier video game truck, a photo booth with the U.S. Women’s Open trophy, various food and beverage vendors . . . and the list goes on and on. Pinehurst Harness Track, Beulah Hill Road S., Pinehurst. Info and tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com.
Memorial Day Muscles Start off the Memorial Day weekend with the Murph Workout Challenge, an energetic way to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for this great nation. The workout consists of a mile run followed by 300 air squats, 200 push-ups, 100 pull-ups, and another mile run, but can be modified to suit physical ability. Southern Pines CrossFit will host its annual Memorial weekend tribute to the fallen while supporting the amazing Gold Star Teens Organization. Corner of New York Avenue and Bennett Street, Southern Pines, on Thursday, May 26 at 5 p.m. Info and tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
Sip, Sip, Sip Thirsty Thursdays get a glow-up on Thursday, June 2, from 6 – 9 p.m., when Babson Real Estate Advisors presents “A Taste of North Carolina: Whiskey and Wine” at the Agora Bakery and Café, 15 Chinquapin Road, Pinehurst. Info and tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. Time to treat yourself. PineStraw
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Generational Trials and Trauma Can the genetic past also be prologue?
By Stephen E. Smith
Is it possible to predict and thereby alter an individual’s spiritual destiny by analyzing emotional frailties that are inherited genetically from long-forgotten ancestors? That’s the question at the heart of Jamie Ford’s novel The Many Daughters of Afong Moy.
Afong Moy was the first known Chinese woman to immigrate to the United States. In 1834, she arrived in New York City and was exhibited as “The Chinese Lady.” Americans, most of whom had never seen a person of Asian heritage, had immense interest in her language, her clothing, and her 4-inch bound feet. She toured widely in the United States, appearing on stages in major cities on the East Coast. She met President Andrew Jackson and was employed for a time by P.T. Barnum. But her popularity waned in the 1840s, and there’s no record of Moy after the 1850s. She was, however, the first Asian woman that many Americans had seen in the flesh, and her appearances influenced perceptions of Chinese women and culture long after her disappearance from the American theatrical scene. Ford fleshes out the unknown details of Moy’s life, and although there’s no evidence that she had children, her fictional descendants and their trials and traumas are the subject of his novel. Their stories, especially their emotional sufferings, are explained by using the theory of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, which is, simply stated, the transmission of epigenetic information through the germline — a theory which will, for most readers, immediately beg the question: Do the emotions we feel influence our genes and those of our descendants? Online sites explicating transgenerational epigenetic inheritance abound, but Ford offers his own simplified explanation in his Author’s Note (which conveniently relieves him of having to craft an awkward explanation in the text of the narrative): “Take a moment and think about your own family, their joys and calamities,” Ford writes. “Do you see similarities? Do you see patterns of repetiThe Art & Soul of the Sandhills
tion? Rhythms of good and bad decision making? Cycles of struggle and triumph?” It’s a tenuous thread upon which to base a novel. While the inheritance of epigenetic characteristics may occur in plants and even in lab mice, the extent to which it occurs in humans remains unclear, and readers are likely to harbor doubts as to the theory’s validity. Might not the transgenerational theory be an attempt to escape our problems in the present by blaming them on distant ancestors? What could be easier than attributing our personal troubles to the dead? And how far into the past might this psychological necrophilia extend? Nevertheless, Ford has crafted an intriguing novel that’s contingent on the reader’s acceptance of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, a term which surely sounds impressive and therefore has enough intellectual import to entice the curious. If the novel is a protracted exercise in illustrating by use of example, there are interesting stories to be told, and Ford does a workmanlike job of telling those stories. He explores the lives of six generations of the Moy family — Afong Moy, Lai King Moy, Fei-jin “Faye” Moy, Zoe Moy, “Greta” Moy and Dorothy MoyAnnabel — and although each character is adequately developed and the narratives interestingly interrelated, the two primary storylines involve Afong and her mid-21st century descendant Dorothy, Washington state’s former poet laureate, who is channeling dissociative episodes that are affecting her mental health. The novel opens with Faye Moy, a nurse working with the Flying Tigers in China in 1942, who unsuccessfully attempts to save the life of a wounded pilot. After his death, she examines his personal PineStraw
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belongings, which include a pocket watch with a newspaper article that features a photo of her — a photo she’s never seen and has no memory of having been taken. On the back of the newspaper article are written the words “FIND ME.” Moving forward from that intriguing clue, the narrative jumps to 2045 and Dorothy’s life in Seattle, where the city is besieged by the adverse consequences of climate change. The world of the future, for better or worse, manifests itself all around her, as when a computer-generated elevator voice chats with her: “Good morning, Ms. Moy. You’re up awfully early. Might I offer you direction to a nice coffee shop or patisserie? I could summon a car for you”; or when Dorothy recalls her doctor’s explanation of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, “How each generation is built upon the genetic ruins of the past. That our lives are merely biological waypoints. We’re not individual flowers, annuals that bloom and then die. We’re perennials.” And so it goes with Afong’s “daughters”: in 1927 Zoe Moy is a student in England at a school run as a pure democracy; Lai King Moy is quarantined in San Francisco in 1892 during a plague epidemic and a great fire; Greta Moy is a contemporary tech executive who creates a multi-million-dollar dating app, etc. These narrative transpositions culminate when Dorothy overcomes her psychological inheritance via a plot twist that borders on science fiction/fantasy. If this seems confusing, well, it is, and readers will be required to focus their full attention on a plotline that is crowded with characters and frustrating complexities. When the episodic storylines finally come together, readers who have bought into the transgenerational epigenetic inheritance theory will likely experience a sense of completion. Skeptical readers might well feel they’re the victims of a 350page shaggy dog story. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy will be in bookstores in June. PS Stephen E. Smith is a retired professor and the author of seven books of poetry and prose. He’s the recipient of the Poetry Northwest Young Poet’s Prize, the Zoe Kincaid Brockman Prize for poetry and four North Carolina Press Awards. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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FICTION Trust, by Hernan Diaz Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. But at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune? This is the mystery at the center of Bonds, a successful 1937 novel that all of New York read. Yet there are other versions of this tale of privilege and deceit. Diaz’s Trust is an unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy and perception that puts these competing narratives into conversation with one another. Bitter Orange Tree, by Jokha Alharthi Zuhour, an Omani student at a British university, attempts to form friendships and assimilate in Britain, but she can’t help ruminating on the relationships that have been central to her life. Most prominent is her strong emotional bond with Bint Amir, a woman she always thought of as her grandmother, who passed away just after Zuhour left the Arabian Peninsula. As the historical narrative of Bint Amir’s challenged circumstances unfurls in captivating fragments, so too does Zuhour’s isolated and unfulfilled present, one narrative segueing into another as time slips and dreams mingle with memories. Bitter Orange Tree is a profound exploration of social status, wealth, desire, and female agency by the Man Booker International prize-winning author. Metropolis, by B.A. Shapiro In this masterful novel of psychological suspense, the lives of a cast of unforgettable characters intersect when a harrowing accident occurs at the Metropolis Storage Warehouse in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We meet Serge, an unstable but brilliant street photographer who lives in his unit overflowing with thousands of The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
undeveloped pictures; Zach, the building’s owner, who develops Serge’s photos as he searches for clues to the accident; Marta, an undocumented immigrant who is finishing her dissertation and hiding from ICE; Liddy, an abused wife and mother, who recreates her children’s bedroom in her unit; Jason, who has left his corporate firm and now practices law from his storage unit; and Rose, the office manager, who takes kickbacks to let renters live in the building and has her own complicated family history. As they dip in and out of one another’s lives, Shapiro, the New York Times bestselling author, both dismantles the myth of the American dream and builds tension to an exciting climax. NONFICTION Phil: The Rip Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf’s Most Colorful Superstar, by Alan Shipnuck A juicy and freewheeling biography of legendary golf champion Phil Mickelson, who has led a big, controversial life. In this raw, uncensored and unauthorized biography, the longtime Sports Illustrated writer and bestselling author captures a singular life defined by thrilling victories, crushing defeats, and countless controversies. All of Mickelson’s warring impulses are on display in these pages: a smart-ass who built an empire on being the consummate professional; a loving husband dogged by salacious rumors; a high-stakes gambler who knows the house always wins but can’t tear himself away. While celebrating Mickelson’s random acts of kindness and generosity of spirit — to which friends and strangers alike can attest — Shipnuck writes about the true scale of Mickelson’s gambling losses; the inside story of the acrimonious breakup between Phil and his longtime caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay; and the secretive backstory of the Saudi golf league that Mickelson championed. PineStraw
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Passing of a Friend When news doesn’t travel as fast as it should
By Bill Fields
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY JUANITA BOROS
To be engrossed in all
into a top-level golfer despite my enthusiasm and effort. But he was kind — unless you hit things golf when I was a teenager a shank in his presence, which he couldn’t during the 1970s meant having abide — and helpful. He appreciated that I tried to do a good job and sensed I might your own category of “golf cool.” have a promising future. My dad once Johnny Miller was cool. A Wilson 8802 passed along a flattering comment that Jim putter was cool. The opening music for had made to him about me. ABC’s U.S. Open television broadcasts was It was a little, but confidence-inspiring cool. And in my book, so was Jim Boros. thing, an assessment that meant more It is a familiar golf name, of course, made than a golf tip, not that Jim wasn’t good at famous by Julius Boros, Jim’s uncle, who had those too. He was head pro at Mid Pines three major titles among his 18 PGA Tour for a decade prior to taking a similar post at victories. Julius represented the Mid Pines Whispering Pines. Arnold Palmer and Jim Boros Club, as it was then known, for a long time Jim loved a cold beer and a ripe tomato, the as its touring professional, and his brother, Ernie, was the head pro latter all the better if it came from his garden, which was a passion. during the 1960s. He was low-key, smart, smooth. When Ernie needed some help, Jim, who had gotten out of the Until recently I hadn’t known Jim died at age 77 in May 2020 of Air Force, came south from his native Bridgeport, Connecticut, in cancer that had been diagnosed five months earlier. He was survived 1966. After several years as a Mid Pines assistant, Jim took a job in by wife Juanita, daughter Lancey, son Scott and four grandchildren. Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. In 1973, after Quality Inns purchased the Jim and Juanita, an Aberdeen native, were married for 55 resort from the Cosgrove family, Jim returned as head professional. years, having met at the Capri in Southern Pines, not long after he Jim hired me to park golf carts and clean clubs on weekends and had moved south to work for Uncle Ernie. Juanita, visiting from in the summer. I made some money, had access to the wonderful Greensboro, and her brother Wilson had come in for a pizza after gocourse and got to buy stuff in the shop — All-Star gloves, DiFini ing to the movies. Jim came over to pay off a basketball bet to Wilson, slacks — at cost. We played games on the practice green, Jim often who had become a friend. It was the best five dollars Jim ever lost, for wearing the white loafers and white golf shirt he favored most of the it was only seven months from their chance meeting to marriage. year. The preferred competition was putting two balls at each of the Theirs was an enduring love story. After his wife was diagnosed green’s 18 holes trying to make the most aces. I had 14 once, but it with multiple sclerosis in 1990, Jim retired to support her. I had was never easy to get the better of Jim. He advertised and sold by seen Jim about a decade ago when we played golf at Whispering mail for a couple of bucks a little pamphlet that he called the secret Pines with his good friends and weekly golf partners Bob Drum to putting: Apply the most grip pressure with the pinkie and ring and Barry Matey, Barry having worked as an assistant pro under fingers of the top hand and the index and middle fingers of the botJim for years. tom hand. “We had the best times,” Barry said of his long friendship with He was a good player. As a 17-year-old he won the 1960 Jim when I called him after finding out that Jim had passed away. Connecticut State Junior, defeating an opponent named Bob Palmer “He was a classy guy.” in the final. That victory earned him a trophy and a “Boros Beats Yes, we did. Yes, he was. PS Palmer” headline over a small story in Golf World magazine that Southern Pines native Bill Fields, who writes about golf and other made Jim smile years later. things, moved north in 1986 but hasn’t lost his accent. Savvy about the game, Jim knew that I wasn’t going to develop The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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A Shared Life
Judy Goldman looks back on the Jim Crow South
By Wiley Cash Photographs by Mallory Cash
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Goldman in the summer of 2013 when we were seated beside one another at a dinner sponsored by a local bookstore in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Of that evening, I can remember Judy’s elegant Southern accent, her self-deprecating humor, and her teasing me that my calling her “ma’am” made her feel old. But Southerners like Judy know that the conventions you were raised under are hard to buck, regardless of whether they are based on something as benign as manners or as oppressive as prejudice. According to the late Pat Conroy, Judy Goldman is a writer of "great luminous beauty," and I happen to agree with him. She's published two previous memoirs, two novels, two collections of poetry, and she has won the Sir Walter Raleigh Prize for fiction and the Hobson Award for Distinguished Achievement in Arts and Letters. In her new memoir, Child, Judy con-
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fronts the horrible legacy of the Jim Crow South while coming to terms with the fact that the customs and laws born from Jim Crow delivered one of the most meaningful and long lasting relationships of Judy’s life. The memoir explores the life she shared with her family’s live-in domestic worker, a Black woman named Mattie Culp, who came to live with and work for the Kurtz family in Rock Hill, South Carolina, when she was 26 and Judy was 3. From the moment of Mattie’s arrival, she and Judy were close physically and emotionally. They shared a bedroom and a bed. (Mattie shared the single bathroom with Judy’s parents and two older siblings.) Judy and Mattie also shared one another’s love, and that love would cement their indescribably close bond up until Mattie’s death in 2007 at age 89. “Our love was unwavering,” Judy writes in the book’s prologue. “But it was, by definition, uneven.” There is an old saying that writers write because we have questions, and while Judy has no questions about the depth of her love for Mattie or the depth of Mattie’s love for her, she has spent much of her adult life pondering questions about the era and place in which she was raised. Judy came of age in the 1940s and ’50s, and although she has spent decades living and raising a family in Charlotte, Rock Hill is the defining landscape of her literature. “Rock Hill is in every book I’ve ever written,” she tells me one morning in early March. “It’s a love affair.” The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
But love, as Judy makes clear in writing about her relationship with Mattie, is a complicated emotion. While Judy’s childhood in Rock Hill was blissful on the surface, as an adult she looks back on her life with a discerning eye that is able to appraise the dichotomy of the Southern childhood. This act of remembering and then re-seeing brings a whiplash of honest realizations to the memoir’s pages. For example, as a child, Judy was proud of the beautiful school with the new playground that she and other white children attended. She did not know that Mattie, who regularly walked Judy to school, walked her home and took her to play on the playground, had attended a Rosenwald School built for Black children in 1925 in the countryside 10 miles outside of Rock Hill. Judy only learned this information while writing her memoir, and she was able to find old photographs of the school: a two-room wood frame building with an outhouse, a far cry from where Judy had spent her school days. As she grew older, Judy would wonder why Mattie and her boyfriend would sit in his car in the Kurtzes’ driveway and chat instead of going out on dates like regular couples did. “I wondered why they never went anywhere,” she writes. “I know now there was no place for those two Black people to go in Rock Hill.” Life was good in the Rock Hill of Judy’s youth, but it was not always good to everyone. In one reminiscence, she recalls the lush gardens in her neighborhood where blossoms and blooms abounded in manicured yards. But when she would least expect it, a snake PineStraw
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could slither free from the grass and cross her path on the sidewalk where she and Mattie walked together. “Camellias and snakes,” Judy writes. “The particulars of our lives. The irregular ground on which our life stories were built.” The irregular ground of Judy’s childhood was laid by her parents. Her father owned a clothing store and went against local custom in the 1950s by hiring a Black saleswoman named Thelma to serve the all-white customers. (In one of the memoir’s most harrowing scenes, a white saleswoman’s husband shows up in the middle of the night at the Kurtz home and drunkenly demands that Thelma not be allowed to use the one restroom available to the store’s staff. Her father refused the request and sent the man on his way.) Judy’s mother kept the books at the store, and while Judy claims that her mother “couldn’t boil water,” she never missed an opportunity to celebrate, meaning that the Jewish Kurtz family hid Easter eggs and put up a Christmas tree every year. These irregularities — going against local custom and religious practice — are somewhat easy to explain, considering that Judy describes her father as fair and her mother as someone who loved joy. But there were other, harder to explain inconsistencies. The Kurtzes were a progressive family, so how could they employ a live-in domestic worker who never shared meals with them? Judy, the youngest child in the family, was being raised by a Black woman who, when just a child herself, had given birth to a daughter of her own named Minnie. Why wasn’t Mattie raising her? Judy has spent much of her life pondering these questions, and she decided that taking them to the page was the best way to try to answer them, but the answers would not be easy to find, and even if Judy found them, could she trust how she had arrived there? “Can we trust anything inside the system we were brought up in?” she writes. Judy and I are standing at the dining room table in the third floor apartment she shares with her husband, Henry, near Queens University in Charlotte. Family photographs are scattered on the table in front of us. In the living room, my daughters Early and Juniper peck away at the piano while Mallory breaks down lighting equipment and talks to Henry. He stands with the cane he has used since recovering from what was supposed to be a routine back surgery that ended up briefly paralyzing him, resulting in years of physical therapy just to be able to stand and walk again. Judy’s last memoir, Together, which was published in 2018 and received lavish praise, including a starred review from Library Journal, is about Henry’s surgery and its aftermath, but it is also about their long and loving marriage. I look down at the photos of Mattie and recognize her from the photograph on the cover of Together. In that photo, a newly married Henry and Judy are coming down the steps of her parents’ home while smiling friends toss rice into the air. Mattie stands in the background, smiling as if her own youngest child has just gotten hitched. I ask Judy, after a lifetime of knowing Mattie, what made her want to publish a memoir about her now. “I think it felt right to publish it when I turned 80,” she says. “I thought, if I don’t do it now, I’m not going to do it, it won’t get done.” She pauses, looks down at the photographs. One of them, a black The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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and white portrait of Mattie taken around 1944, which was when she came to work for the Kurtz family, stares back at us. “I never thought I had the right to tell this story,” she says. “A privileged white child in the Jim Crow South talking about her Black live-in maid. The more details you hear, the worse it sounds.” But over the years Judy came to understand that her and Mattie’s story differed from the stories some of Judy’s friends and acquaintances would tell about the hired women who had raised them. Judy often came away from those conversations with the full understanding that many of those people had not truly examined the inequity of those childhood relationships, choosing instead to focus only on the love Black women had shown their white charges, not the full scope of what the price of that love might have been. “I don’t want to join them in that,” Judy says. “If my book did not really examine that situation with Mattie and me, then I wasn’t going to publish it.” Child is full of Judy asking tough questions of herself, her family, and the place she has always called home. “How do I cross-examine the way it was?” she asks in one scene. “Can we ever tell the whole truth to ourselves?” she asks in another. Child shows that truth — at least truth of a sort — can be found. When she was a teenager, Mattie’s daughter Minnie learned that the woman she had long assumed was her aunt was actually her mother, and Mattie eventually put Minnie through college. She would end up earning a master’s degree, as would Mattie’s three grandchildren. The irregular ground of life’s stories. Camellias and snakes. Jim Crow and a lifelong connection that endures beyond death. As Judy writes in her closing lines, “It is possible for love to co-exist with ugliness.” PS Wiley Cash is the Alumni Author-in-Residence at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. His new novel, When Ghosts Come Home, is available wherever books are sold. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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Super Juice It’s time to put on the cape
By Tony Cross
When I first started
tinkering around with carbonating cocktails, I knew right off the bat I’d have an issue with juice. Juice flooded my thoughts with doubt; juice gave me night sweats. I knew that I couldn’t just juice lemons and limes and add them to a keg with other ingredients. The citrus would oxidize, separate, and go bad too quickly. Luckily, a book by the name of Liquid Intelligence came out, and I learned the importance of acids and clarifying juices. I fell in love with citrates. It was my saving grace and got me started down the right path in kegged-cocktail land.
For making drinks to serve at home, the issue with juice is waste and cost: If you’re having friends over for drinks, it’s easier to juice ahead of time, but that juice (especially citrus other than lemons) will start to oxidize after four hours; any leftover juice won’t taste the same the next day. Enter Nickel Morris and super juice: a new concept that will save you time and money. Sometime last year, I saw the term “super juice” for the first time — probably on Instagram or Google (cocktails, workouts, models and music seem to be the main topics on my algorithm). I read an article at punch.com about a bartender named Nickel Morris who co-owns The Kentucky Corn Palace in Louisville, Kentucky. Then, I went down the YouTube rabbit hole and found a lengthy interview with him on the “Portland Cocktail Week” channel. Morris, it turns out, has been working on ways to better utilize food-grade acids and juice for the past decade. He used to work for a business named Road Soda, where he ran a kegged cocktail program (sound familiar?) and learned to use oleo citrates for serving thousands of people at once, e.g., the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. You may have heard of oleo saccharum, which is oil-sugar made from citrus peels (lemon, for example) placed in a container and covered with sugar. After a few hours, the sugar draws out the oil from the peel. Using acids with the oleo
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saccharum mimics the flavors of juice when kegging a cocktail. Nickel’s aha moment was when he discovered how to make a longer lasting, sustainable juice, without having to use fancy equipment. He put acids on lemon peels in a container, placed it in the fridge and forgot about it. Three days later he found it. “All of the acid had disappeared, and the peels were really thick. And I was like, ‘Huh, that is not what I thought was going to happen.’ So, I took out an immersion blender and a liter’s worth of water, and blended it up into a liter’s worth of oleo citrate, and that was the first batch. Because, as it turns out, and despite what we would tell ourselves, acid is a fantastic magnet and sponge for oil. It will rip it all right out.” By using the oils of the citrus, you create a flavor profile that remains constant. The flavors from juices like lemon, lime, orange and grapefruit slowly begin to change as soon as they’re juiced. As Morris explains in the video, “There’s no way for lime juice not to oxidize. Lime juice is so sensitive, it’ll oxidize in a zero-atmospheric pressure vacuum. It will do it all on its own because it’s a breakdown of the structure of the skin.” And when this happens, it’s no longer suitable for a cocktail. Oleo-citrates are great because they mimic the taste of citrus juice. When you make the oleo-citrate, you have a shelf-stable citrus juice substitute. Super juice involves adding the juice from the peeled citrus that you used to make the oleo-citrate into the citrate. Super juice is the finished product. In the lime example below, you’ll see that using the peels from eight limes (I yielded 100 grams of lime peels) will yield one liter of oleo-citrate. Adding the almost 8 ounces of juice from those limes into the citrate will be your super juice. You can use this juice for a few weeks with no huge difference in taste. That’s over 1 liter of “juice” with only eight limes. This will help bartenders with cost, waste and time. It also helps home bartenders, but at a much smaller scale. Below are a few different super juice recipes I like with lemons, limes and grapefruits. You will need to have the citrus on hand, as well as citric acid, malic acid and MSG (for the grapefruit). Don’t freak out about the MSG; it’s glutamic acid, and it’s found in grapefruit juice (there’s more glutamic acid in grapefruit than in any other citrus fruit). MSG is salt plus umami, basically. You can find citric acid in grocery stores, and home brewing shops. You can also find these online — I recommend Modernist Pantry. Since you’ll be extracting oils from your citrus, make sure that it’s organic, and make sure (goes without saying?) that you wash it. Very important. PineStraw
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Lime Super Juice
For every 100g of lime peel add: 40g citric acid 30g malic acid 1.6 liters water If you use 45g of peel: 45g x 0.4 = 18g citric acid 45g x 0.3 = 13.5g malic acid 45g x 16 = 720g/mL water (Thank you to Glen and Friends Cooking on YouTube for the lime recipe.)
Lemon Super Juice
— weigh lemon peels on scale — use the same amount of citric acid by weight (if you have 50g lemon peels, use 50g citric acid) — multiply the weight of the lemon peels by 16.66 to determine the amount of water
Grapefruit Super Juice
— weigh grapefruit peels on scale — multiply weight of grapefruit peels by 0.8 to get amount of citric acid — multiply weight of grapefruit peels by 0.2 to get amount of malic acid — multiply weight of grapefruit peels by 0.033 to get amount of MSG — multiply weight of grapefruit peels by 16.66 to get amount of water Regardless of the citrus used, combine all acids with peels in a container. Seal, shake to coat peels with acids, and let sit for 2-3 hours. You’ll notice a sludgy/oily substance fill the bottom of container. Add everything in the container to a blender and use the water to get out the rest of the oils into the blender. If you have an immersion blender, you can use it if you like. Blend water, oils, and peels. Strain through a nut-milk bag, or cheesecloth. Juice the peeled citrus, strain it, and add to oleo-citrate. Stir, and refrigerate. Lemon will last the longest before noticing any subtleties with the flavor profile. The juice will start to taste a bit metallic and bitter as the weeks go on, but all juices will be great for the first week. Make sure to taste before using/serving. PS Tony Cross is a bartender (well, ex-bartender) who runs cocktail catering company Reverie Cocktails in Southern Pines. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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North Carolina is
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Hiking with young children generally begins with some crying. Whether it was overshoes that are too tight, naptimes that are too close, or just emotions that are too big, I’m not sure. A single mom with three kids, ages 5, 4, and 2, in tow, I wondered what I had been thinking as we all climbed out of the car at Weymouth Woods. This was supposed to be a relaxing morning on one of my favorite local trails. A tranquil time for us all to connect to the Earth just as it had been for me, by myself, so many mornings before. We had all been cooped up in the house with positive COVID tests, and now that we were cleared to rejoin the world, I wanted to get some real dirt on the soles of my boots. Instead, someone stepped on the instep of my foot in the parking lot, and I had to fight back the four-letter word that popped into my head, knowing that my kids would take it up as a rallying cry if given the chance. As soon as we settled on a direction — no small feat given the strong opinions held by each young hiker — the spirit of the hike started to weave its magic through our little group. Our lungs felt a little bit fuller. Our faces, turned up to the late morning sun, felt a little bit warmer. Our nerves, at least mine, started to uncoil. A few leaves crunched under our feet, and sand kicked up behind my kids as they ran, laughing, down the trail. I was laughing with them, not even thinking about the cubic feet of sand we would all bring back into the car in our shoes, when the The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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OUT OF THE BLUE
Angel at the Gate When the paper trail goes cold
By Deborah Salomon
Let me relate an experience — every detail
accurate — that touches on COVID, technology, luck and the basic goodness of mankind. Or, as it happens, womankind. After months, if not years, of tribulations we must treasure every crumb.
My grandsons live in Montreal, where I lived for 26 years. They are now 23 and 25. The older one is an attorney, the younger, a certified auto mechanic/service department manager. They are tall, wickedly handsome, happy, affectionate and self-supporting. Their father, my son Danny, died when they were 6 and 7. I was a presence in their lives from birth until I moved to North Carolina in 2007. Until recently I flew back to see them every six weeks. Now, I go three or four times a year, a joyous reunion with many hugs. Due to COVID I’ve only seen them twice in the past two years. Flying, especially internationally, is a hassle; fewer and more expensive flights, lots of paperwork. I prefer to depart from Greensboro — PTI is a fantastic airport, not crowded, with convenient parking and plenty of flight options. My most recent trip began March 15, the infamous Ides. I knew the ropes from a trip in November: passport, vaccine card, results from a specific COVID test within a specific time period. Other information (like quarantine location at destination, if required) was loaded onto an Arrive/CAN QR code. I’m good at details. Everything was in order. I presented the vaccine card and paperwork to the American Airlines agent in Greensboro. He separated the pages, took a quick look and handed them back. I put the bundle in my purse. The flight to Charlotte was quick, followed by a long layover before connecting to Montreal. At the departure gate I was asked for passport and vaccination card. Without them I could not board. My vaccination card was not among the papers the agent had handed back. I emptied my purse, pockets, wallet. No luck. I felt panic rising. Not only would I be denied boarding, I’d be stuck in the airport overnight before returning home. An off-duty AA agent in the gate area observed the developing catastrophe. She was a larger-than-life, friendly woman with a loud, happy voice. She was about to become my angel. “Don’t you have (the card) on your phone, hon?” she asked, in disbelief. No, I’m not cell-centric. Hard copies remain my style. “How about on your laptop?”
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Don’t own one, but there’s an image on my desktop, at home. Problem: Nobody at home. However, I did have my IT guy’s phone number. And I had hidden a key outside in case the cat sitter forgot hers. But would Bill, my trusty techie for 13 years, even be home? He was — a miracle. He heard my desperation, dropped everything and drove to my apartment, found the key, booted up my computer, accessed the file with the vaccination card. Now what? I was afraid to have him send it to my phone. “Email it to mine,” angel lady suggested. He did. It came through. Sigh of relief. She photographed the image on her phone with my phone so I would have it for the return trip. Passengers witnessing this drama (including my mini-meltdown) applauded. When I returned to Greensboro three days later I told the American Airlines manager what had happened. He was borderline rude, said it was my responsibility to keep tabs on documents, snapped, “Check the lost and found.” Remember the 1990s TV series Touched by an Angel, where an angel in disguise played by the late Della Reese helps someone out of a crisis? Once home I Googled the show. My jaw dropped at the resemblance between Della and my American Airlines guardian. I don’t believe in spooky stuff. My favorite angels were painted by Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli. However, this was the third event in my lifetime with paranormal implications. One happened at the dedication of Danny’s gravestone, in 2005. This one enabled me to hug his little boys, now grown men, and prepare their favorites for dinner. They laughed at my story, teased Nanny for not being more tech-savvy and hugged me back. In a world plagued by death and destruction, once in a while an angel flaps her wings over a disbeliever. My turn came at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on the Ides of March. PS Deborah Salomon is a writer for PineStraw and The Pilot. She may be reached at debsalomon@ nc.rr.com. PineStraw
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A Rare Bird
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Endemic to pine forests of the southeastern United States, Bachman’s sparrows are only found in the frequently burned, open understory of the Sandhills and inner coastal plain. The best time to locate one is to visit in the spring, when males spend much of their time singing from low perches. Otherwise, the birds are down low, foraging in the groundcover and virtually invisible. A local species, Bachman’s sparrows do not migrate in the fall but rather become even harder to find. As insects become scarce, they subsist on a variety of seeds during the colder months. Bachman’s sparrows are bland-looking brown and white with just a splash of yellow at the bend of the wing (which you will miss unless you are looking carefully with binoculars). Their song is a
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beautiful trill preceded by a single note. It carries a long way and is hard to pinpoint, in spite of the volume. And the nest, which is carefully constructed by the female, is an intricate cup of grasses at ground level. Often they will incorporate vegetation over the nest, creating a dome to protect the eggs and young from predation. These birds are also unique in that they run, not fly, to evade potential threats. They will disappear into thick vegetation and have also been known to evade predators by diving into burrows dug by gopher tortoises — another species restricted to the sandy pine forests a bit farther south. More than anything, they are closely associated with longleaf pine and wiregrass, a plant community type that has become very rare over the last century. Habitat conversion and fire suppression have reduced the forests that they commonly inhabited by over 90 percent. The individuals of the species were first noticed by one of the country’s most famous early ornithologists, John James Audubon. He chose to give them the name Bachman’s sparrow after his local host for the expedition, South Carolina clergyman John Bachman (pronounced BACK-man). Indeed, many birders have followed in Audubon’s footsteps, searching for this unique, secretive little survivor. Should you do the same, you just might be rewarded with a brief look at one of our state’s most prized inhabitants. PS Susan Campbell would love to receive your wildlife photos and reports. She can be reached at susan@ncaves.com. PineStraw
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SPORTING LIFE
Turkey Trail In pursuit of the wily gobbler
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Maybe I should rephrase that statement because it’s kinda inclusive and covers a lot of territory. I’m not a very successful turkey hunter. It doesn’t mean I don’t hunt the wily, bearded gobbler. I do. As a matter of fact, I should say I’m a bird hunter specializing in ducks, doves, geese, quail (when I can find ’em) and even a pheasant every now and then when the coffers are full enough for a trip out west. But turkeys? They are last on the list. When I was a young fellow, I was lucky to have an extended family of outdoorsmen who took me under their wings and taught me the right way to enjoy, responsibly, nature in all its wonder. At the age of 9, my grandfather gave me a .22 rifle, and more importantly, he instructed me how to use it safely. At the age of 12, my dad gave me a J.C. Higgins, 12-gauge pump shotgun and repeated the instructions from my granddad. In those days, weapons in the rural South were treated as tools to help furnish game for the table. Those tools went a long way in the effort to become self-sufficient, a valuable lesson learned after the Civil War and later, during the Great Depression. I can remember asking my grandad how the family made it during those lean times. “Son, in the South we’ve been in some kind of depression or recession since the late 1800s,” he said. “The bad spell that came along in the 1930s was hardly even noticed. No, I take that back. It was hardly noticed by those who were raised and still lived on farms and had access to the fields and streams where the good Lord placed his game for us to harvest and we had room to farm and garden. I’m afraid those days are going away, but I don’t want you to forget them.” I haven’t. Even today when I’m hunting or fishing, I’m thinking about what’s good to eat. So, that’s how I got started. When I was afield with a shotgun, I wasn’t hunting any particular species, I was hunting any game that was in season, from squirrel and rabbits to doves and quail. If it was legal, it could end up in my hunting coat. Everything, that is, except turkeys. I remember the first time I thought I saw a turkey track. I was walking the railroad tracks from Aberdeen to Pinebluff, hunting along the way. I had developed a routine with my dad. He would carry my shotgun along with my dog Smut, a curly coated retriever, to
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the ice plant in Aberdeen where he was the superintendent. I would walk from school to the plant, a little over a mile, do my homework in his office, then round up Smut, grab my shotgun and walk the tracks home to Pinebluff, hunting along the way. I remember the day I thought I saw the turkey track because it was toward the end of duck season, and there was a little creek that ran from Aberdeen almost parallel to the railroad. It was a good place for ducks — wood ducks, that is. Smut and I eased in through the heavy growth as quietly as we could, hoping to jump an unwary duck, but to no avail. I was getting ready to go back to the tracks and hunt the other side when I saw bird prints in a small sandbar that traversed the water. They were as clear as if they were etched in concrete. Now, at the time, I was working on my Boy Scout merit badge for wildlife track identification, and I was constantly trying to identify every sign I could. I had identified most of the ones I found in the woods but had never seen anything like the big footprints almost in the creek. I made a quick sketch in my mind and went on with the hunt. When I got home, just at sundown, I cleaned the game I’d gotten, gave it to Mom to put in the freezer, and went upstairs to check the book I had on the spoor of wild game. I was wrong. The track I had thought was from a turkey turned out to be made by a great blue heron. Well, I said to myself, I should have known. Finding a turkey in Moore County is as rare as catching an 8-pound bass in Pinebluff Lake. I put turkeys on the back burner and didn’t move them to the front until way later in my hunting career. In the past few years, what appealed to me about the sport of pursuing the crafty gobbler was that now they are plentiful and the season is early spring when all other game seasons are closed. It also gave me an excuse to venture forth at a beautiful time of year. Early on, was I successful? I would have had better luck catching that 8-pound bass in Pinebluff Lake. But I did learn. I had good teachers, and I read a lot about how turkeys were successfully reintroduced to all areas of the state, a phenomenal triumph for the Wildlife Resources Commission. So I kept trying. It was a lot like duck hunting: be in the woods before day — no reason not to stop on the way, pick up a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit and a good cup of hot coffee. Then get to the spot that had been scouted the day before, put out all the gear, including a couple of decoys, hunker down in a makeshift blind, and watch a beautiful sunrise. That’s what I would do off and on during the April and May PineStraw
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36-day season. I heard turkeys — I even saw turkeys — but without any luck getting one to come close enough for a shot. I was determined, though, and not about ready to hang up the old turkey call. Then came that special day. The guest room alarm clock went off just as programmed, 4:30 a.m. The night before, I had moved across the hall in deference to my bride, Linda, so I wouldn’t disturb her. I rolled over on the side of the bed, looked bleary-eyed at the clock and was just about ready to crawl back under the covers when I recalled an old saying Mom had given me years before, “Those who hoot with the owls at night have a hard time soaring with the eagles at dawn.” She had even given me a small statue of an owl to go with the quote. The night before, we had a few guests over for dinner and, during the revelry, I had one glass of wine too many and was paying the piper for my indulgence. So I bit the proverbial bullet, pulled on the camouflage clothes I had laid out the night before, and silently made my departure for the fields. I had made a large cup of coffee, and the caffeine revived me as I slowly drove south. I had decided the week before to hunt a small field, about 10 or 15 acres, planted in rye that was now about 2-feet tall. I placed my dove stool in between two pines that bordered the field, pulled the camouflage head net over my face, sat down, loaded my gun with #5s, and grabbed the box turkey call from my gunning bag. As I was pulling the turkey call out of the bag, the striker accidentally scraped out a hen turkey sound. I said, “Shhh,” to myself, set the call on the ground and immediately heard a big gobbler holler back. I was so shocked, I almost fell off my stool. From then on, it was exactly like you might picture a turkey hunting scene on television. The great bearded gobbler strutted and gobbled his way across the rye field heading straight to the decoys and right into the sight of my shotgun. It was a great day for me, but honestly, I can’t take all the credit. I had help calling the big gobbler to his demise. My gunning bag did it. PS Tom Bryant, a Southern Pines resident, is a lifelong outdoorsman and PineStraw’s Sporting Life columnist. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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falling in 2008 when Pinehurst Resort President Don Padgett II and USGA Executive Director Mike Davis were both of the opinion that Pinehurst No. 2 had evolved over time into a course that was too green, too smooth, too organized and too tidy. That led to the decision in 2009 to hire architects Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw to recast the fairways, the rough and the bunkers into a presentation more consistent with what architect Donald Ross knew from his days as a young golfer and greenkeeper at Royal Dornoch Golf Club and the St. Andrews Links. Jim Hyler, the incoming president of the USGA, threw down the gauntlet in February 2010 at the association’s annual meeting, held coincidentally at Pinehurst and just days before Coore and Crenshaw would begin surgery on No. 2.
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“We must reset the way that we look at golf courses,” Hyler said. “As we have for the U.S. Open, I believe that our definition of playability should include concepts of firm, fast, and yes, even brown, and allow the running game to flourish. We need to understand how brown can become the new green.” One of the shapers on the Coore and Crenshaw team was a young Oregonian named Kyle Franz, who had worked on bulldozers the world over, not only for Coore and Crenshaw but Tom Doak, Gil Hanse and other architects. Given a dollop of ambition and entrepreneurial spirit, Franz approached Kelly Miller, head of the ownership family of the Pine Needles and Mid Pines resorts in Southern Pines, and suggested similar overhauls to those classic Ross courses — like No. 2, layouts sculpted from the sandy soils in the early 1900s that over time had become too suffocated in long Bermuda grass. Miller accepted, and away Franz went to Mid Pines, engineering a remarkable face-lift that was finished in 2013 to rave reviews. Mid Pines was now exquisitely framed with sand, wiregrass, ragged borders and an array of textures, and Franz began tinkering across Midland Road in 2016 on Pine Needles. The result will be on display in late May and early June, when the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open is held at Pine Needles for the fourth time. Its previous champions include Annika Sorenstam in 1996, Karrie Webb in 2001 and Cristie Kerr in 2007. PineStraw
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The banner headline: There will be essentially no rough on the golf course. No rough at a U.S. Open? Egad. The starched shirts and rep ties are rolling over in their graves. “I was looking at some photos from 2007, shots showing Cristie coming down the 18th fairway,” Miller says. “You had thick Bermuda everywhere you looked, all green grass. It’s quite a contrast now.” The last time the Women’s Open was held at Pine Needles, a golfer could stand on the tee of the par-4 fourth hole, for example, and look to the left and see a round bunker with 10 yards of lush grass between the hazard and the fairway. What was the point of the bunker given the ball would rarely run though all the vegetation into it? Now the bunker is amoeba shaped and juts into the fairway. The right side of the bunker is bordered by tight Bermuda fairway, the left by hardpan sand and pine needles. On the top of the bunker is a profusion of scraggly wiregrass. The fairway on both sides rolls straight into sandy waste areas. Gazing up toward the green, there is nothing that speaks of structure or organization. “We’ve cleared out all the rough and now have sandscapes, hollows and hardpan,” Franz says. “There are some Pine Valley looks out there.” Mid Pines opened in 1921 and Pine Needles followed in 1928, the former a lynchpin of a hotel and private club, the latter the drawing card for a hotel and new residential development. Franz marvels at how Ross built disparate layouts within the same footprint of what was known at the beginning as the Knollwood development. “I love the contrasts between Mid Pines and Pine Needles,” Franz says. “Mid Pines is built more in a bowl, and a lot of balls get kicked back toward the center of the fairway. At Pine Needles, most of the strategic elements of the course are derived from the fact that you’re constantly trying to hit on top of a hill on the tee shot. That’s Ross’ genius with the routing.” One-third of the holes at Pine Needles have crests running perpendicularly across the fairway. Hit into the slope on one, two, six, seven and 12, and you lose distance. Carry the high point and you get a slingshot boost toward the green. The 18th doesn’t The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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have that ridge, but there’s definitely a speed slot you can catch with a tee ball curved right-to-left. And by expanding the fairway widths, the golfer has more latitude to aim tee shots one way or the other to afford a better angle to the pin on a particular day. “The course will play firm and fast, the way it should play,” Miller says. “I think it will be fun for the golfers. Last year at the Olympic Club, if you missed the fairway, you were in the hay. There’s virtually no rough here. Kyle has revealed the genius of Ross’ routing — you have to hit to the proper side of the fairway. You can have a tough approach if you hit to the improper side.” The final significant change to the course from previous Women’s Opens is the speed, firmness and articulations in the putting surfaces. The greens were converted in 2016 to MiniVerde Bermuda, following the trend throughout the Mid-Atlantic of the last dozen years to ride the wave of more heat-tolerant Bermuda grasses that don’t need the water and maintenance demands of summertime. Franz took the opportunity during the conversion to integrate what he calls “horse-and-blade caliber microcontours” in the greens to add interest and challenge to the putting element. “There aren’t any elephants buried in these greens, but Kyle put far more movement in them,” Miller says. “There are cool locations on all of them. I think the Bermuda greens and wider fairways will work well. In Ross’ era, golf was played more along the ground. Now it’s more in the air. But the Bermuda greens are firmer and offer a more challenging surface.” USGA officials expect weekend crowds upward of 15,000 spectators, similar to the draw from 2007, but the corporate hospitality footprint will be more modest given that two years of COVID suffocation left the USGA and potential clients with no clarity of what late May and early June 2022 might allow. But the vision for the golf course is razor sharp, a remarkable thing indeed for a layout now 94 years young. PS Lee Pace has written about the Pinehurst-area golf scene for more than 30 years, including authoring Sandhills Classics — The Stories of Mid Pines & Pine Needles. Write him at leepace7@gmail. com and follow him @LeePaceTweet. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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May ���� Forgetting Age Has the age of forgetting just begun? I'm glad to forget some things but others I want to hold on to as if they’ve begun, as if they’re new, yet familiar, like dawn. Here comes the age of where-has-it-all-gone, when I wonder what may have been before: the color of someone’s eyes, someone who lived nearby, someone whose name I once knew, the certain way a dark cloud haunts the sky. But like the cloud, they’re wisps and mist and last only long enough to become heavy, to fall into unknowing. Sweet and small. I grasp at them. I know they will be missed, as memory, like soft rain, starts to fall.
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Annika Sorenstam during the 1996 U.S. Women’s Open Championship at Pine Needles The Art & Soul of the Sandhills Lodge and Golf Club, Sunday, June 2, 1996
PHOTOGRAPHS CLOCKWISE FROM LFT BOTTOM: USGA/ROBERT WALKER; JOHN GESSNER; COURTESY OF THE BELL FAMILY; JOHN GESSNER
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rom its earliest days, the road for women’s professional golf has wound its way across the Sandhills of North Carolina, not as a regular stop but rather as a special place where special people commanded center stage. This year, for the fourth time, the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines will be the site of the U.S. Women’s Open. And if the past is truly prelude, the Donald Ross masterpiece will have something special in store for 2022. The first three times the women’s championship of the USGA was at Pine Needles the winners were Annika Sorenstam, Karrie Webb and Cristie Kerr, a trio of LPGA royalty. Sorenstam, with 72 wins, including 10 majors and three U.S. Women’s Open titles, and Webb, with 42 victories, seven majors including the U.S Women’s Open twice, are both in the World Golf Hall of Fame. They are also the last two who successfully defended the U.S. Women’s Open title, both sealing the double at Pine Needles. Kerr, with 20 victories and two majors, likely will join them in the Hall of Fame when she becomes age eligible. Who will be part of that rich tradition this year? Nelly Korda or Jin Young Ko, whose battle for the 2021 LPGA Player of the Year went down to the last tournament? Lydia Ko, who won 14 times before her 20th birthday and after a lull of several years seems to have rediscovered that form at the age of 25? Americans Danielle Kang or Lexi Thompson? Seven-time major winner Inbee Park from South Korea? Or Nasa Hataoka of Japan, who might be the best in the women’s game without a major? Will Yuka Saso of the Philippines join Sorenstam and Webb and successfully defend the title she won last year at The Olympic Club? While the special place the Sandhills holds in the game of golf was dug out in large part by the shovel of the architectural genius Donald Ross, the bold vision and sheer determination of the Bell family contributed greatly in solidifying that legacy. Also enshrined in the World Golf Hall of Fame is Peggy Kirk Bell, regarded by many as the 14th founder of the LPGA Tour.
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Peggy Kirk Bell and Warren “Bullet” Bell
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Sandra Palmer, flanked by Peggy and Warren Bell
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pioneer as a player, an instructor and a businesswoman, Peggy and her husband, Warren “Bullet” Bell, purchased Pine Needles in 1954 and restored it to its former glory. She is as much a part of the history of Pine Needles as Ross and those who have won championships there. Bell, who died in Southern Pines in 2016 at the age of 95, was not one of the 13 women to sign the original LPGA charter, but she was there from the beginning, finishing runner-up in the eighth LPGA Tour event ever played, losing in the finals of the 1950 Women’s Western Open 5 and 3 to Babe Zaharias at Cherry Hills Country Club in Colorado. Born in Findlay, Ohio, Bell started playing golf at age 17 and quickly won a number of titles. She played college golf at Rollins College and won the Ohio Women’s Amateur three times, and in 1949 took the Titleholders Championship and the North and South Women’s Amateur. She was also a member of the 1950 U.S. Curtis Cup team. When the U.S. Senior Women’s Open was played at Pine Needles in 2019, one of those in the field was Sally Austin, a former women’s golf coach at the University of North Carolina and an instructor at
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Pine Needles who was uniquely positioned to assess the impact of Bell on the women’s game. “It is so special and I’ll get emotional thinking about this and how much she would’ve loved being here for this and seeing her friends playing and some of her students, of which I was one,” Austin said. “When they brought the first Open here, she was super excited. I know she’s looking down and smiling, so glad that it’s here. This is her legacy, and this golf course and all that her family has done to keep this alive.” Bell’s early presence in the women’s professional game previewed the role Southern Pines was to play in women’s golf. The first time the LPGA Tour visited here was the 1951 Sandhills Women’s Open at Southern Pines Country Club. Patty Berg won and Zaharias was second. In 1959, Joyce Ziske won the Howard Johnson Invitational at Mid Pines Golf Club. The first women’s major in Southern Pines was at Pine Needles in 1972, when Sandra Palmer won the last Titleholders Championship by 10 strokes over Mickey Wright and Judy Rankin. Palmer, who’s now 79, won 19 times on the LPGA, adding the 1975 U.S. Women’s Open to the Titleholders as her major championships. “Pine Needles will certainly go down as one of my finest feats,” says Palmer, whose oneunder-par 283 was the only score in red numbers that week. “No one really knows what remarkable golf I played that week except the Bells. Bullet had the course set up from the back tees. It was hard.” Dick Taylor, writing in Golf World magazine, gushed about both Palmer and Pine Needles, calling Palmer’s performance “one of the greatest showings seen on a genuine test of golf under valid conditions.” He likened the challenge of the Pine Needles set-up that week to that faced in a U.S. Open. “If it is to be a major championship, a title bestowed by the thinking players and fans alike, then the course must be as dominant in the proceedings as the players,” Taylor wrote. “The 6,500-yard (and up) Donald Ross-designed Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C., superbly fit the bill to such a point you would have thought by the complaints it was the men’s U.S. Open.” The LPGA returned to the Sandhills in 1995 when Rosie Jones edged Dottie Pepper in a playoff to win the Pinewild Women’s Championship at Pinewild Country Club of Pinehurst. Since then, major championship women’s professional golf has visited the area five times — and it has never disappointed. In 1996, Sorenstam backed up her breakthrough triumph a year earlier at the Broadmoor Golf Club by successfully defending her The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
U.S. Women’s Open title with a magnificent display of shotmaking, hitting 51 of 56 fairways at Pine Needles as she topped Kris Tschetter by six strokes. Sorenstam was on a mission that week to prove she was not a one-hit wonder. “Majors are always full of pressure,” says Sorenstam, looking back more than a quarter-century. “Being the defending champion adds to the pressure. I wanted to make sure that winning at the Broadmoor was not a fluke and that I belonged in the major champion circle.” Sorenstam not only proved she belonged, she established the foundation for her Hall of Fame career, attacking Pine Needles with the relentless consistency that became the Swede’s trademark. Her worst effort that week was an opening evenpar 70, which she followed with rounds of 67, 69 and 66 to finish at eight-under-par 272. “I was totally in the zone that week,” she says. “I was on autopilot. I had prepared very well, and I loved the course. Also, being a friend of Peggy Kirk Bell made it even more special. She has done so much for the game, especially for women. Peggy shouted ‘Heineken’ after my last putt dropped. That was her nickname for me since my amateur days.”
at Pine Needles,” Webb says. “I loved the course then and knew coming into ’01 that it fit my game. That was possibly the only time in my major career that I came in playing well, and I went to the first tee on Thursday knowing and expecting to be there on Sunday with a chance to win. I’m not sure I’ve played a major from start to finish as well.”
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he next time the U.S. Women’s Open came to Pine Needles is the last time anyone has taken home the trophy in back-to-back years as Webb romped to an eight-stroke victory over another future Hall of Famer — Se Ri Pak. That 2001 U.S. Women’s Open was contested in the midst of an incredible run of dominance in the four major championships by four future Hall of Fame players. From 1998 through 2003, 18 of the 24 majors were won by Sorenstam, Pak and Juli Inkster, who captured four majors each during that stretch, and Webb, who took a half-dozen of the grand slam titles in that six-year period. In 2001 Sorenstam, Pak and Webb — who also won the LPGA Championship (now the KPMG Women’s PGA) — swept the four majors and the next year, those three plus Inkster each took home a major trophy. Webb, however, was simply overwhelming at Pine Needles in 2001, carving out rounds of 70, 65, 69 and 69 to finish at seven-under-par 273, eight strokes ahead of Pak. “My first U.S. Women’s Open had been in ’96 The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
Karrie Webb during the 2001 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles
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ended Sunday morning because of a rain delay. She took the lead for good with a birdie on No. 14 in the final round, then closed with four consecutive pars to better Ochoa and Angela Park by two strokes. “I had won a bunch of tournaments but I had never won a major championship,” Kerr says about her mindset coming into Pine Needles in 2007. “My intention was to play myself into contention, and that’s exactly what I did. I got a lot of chances (in the third round) and my putter was hot. I was a freight train and nothing was going to stop me that week. I made a lot of 30-foot par saves.” History was made in the Sandhills in 2014 when, for the first time, the U.S. Women’s Open and U.S. Open were held at the same venue in back-to-back weeks as Michelle Wie edged Stacy Lewis by two strokes at Pinehurst No. 2 for her only major championship a week after Martin Kaymer mastered No. 2 for an eight-stroke victory. “One week changed my life,” Wie says. “That’s what the U.S. Women’s Open does. It creates opportunities for us to create lifechanging moments. It’s not just one tournament. It’s a major that we look forward to, watching it when we were kids and playing on venues like we do. It means so much to me. That elevated visibility for our tour so much, and us being able to play on these top venues.” In 2029, the USGA will reprise the men’s and women’s back-to-back championships in Pinehurst. And in 2019, the second-ever U.S. Senior Women’s Open was played at Pine Needles, following the event’s debut a year earlier at historic Chicago Golf Club, one of the five founding clubs of the USGA in 1894. Helen Alfredsson, who had her heart broken in the U.S. Women’s Open several times, won the U.S. Senior Women’s by two strokes over Inkster — yet another Hall of Fame member — and Trish Johnson. “I get goosebumps,” Alfredsson says about looking back on that victory. “The USGA events (are) the toughest events. It took everything and then some to win it. You had to have everything, all the ducks in a row, and you have to have putting, playing, ballstriking, and mentally because you know you’re going to make bogeys or even double bogeys, but you just have to keep going. I was very thrilled to also get it on a golf course like Pine Needles, which I thought was an amazing test.” Just as the legacy of Donald Ross is burnished by the brilliance of Pine Needles, the enormous contributions of Peggy Kirk Bell and the Bell family to the game of golf are remembered each time a major championship returns to one of Cristie Kerr (right) with their properties. During the more than 60 years Peggy Kirk Bell at the 2007 Peggy was the owner and head instructor at Pine U. S. Women’s Open Needles, she pioneered methods of teaching —
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Webb, who is among the most gifted ballstrikers in the history of the women’s game, loved the challenge presented by the course, which demands not only precise physical execution but also a disciplined and well thought out mental approach. “Pine Needles is very much a second shot golf course,” Webb says. “It’s a true Donald Ross test in that way. Understanding where to hit in on the greens and where the slopes are that could feed the ball away from the hole or off the green completely is a big key. Being able to hit irons with the precision and distance control to certain spots on the greens is the key to playing well around there.” Cristie Kerr tied for fourth place in that 2001 U.S. Women’s Open, and when she returned to Pine Needles in 2007 it was with the burden of being known as the best player on the LPGA Tour without a major championship title. She had nine career victories and had won eight of them over the three previous seasons, emerging as a contender to challenge Lorena Ochoa to succeed Sorenstam as the best player in the women’s game. Kerr began slowly, opening with rounds of 71 and 72 on a layout that now played to a par-71. Then she put the hammer down in the third round, taking the lead with a 66 that began on Saturday and
especially to women — and infused students with her passion for the game. Today, Pine Needles remains in the Bell family. Her daughters, Peggy Bell Miller and Bonnie Bell McGowan, are instructors, and her two sons-in-law, Kelly Miller and Pat McGowan, serve as Pine Needles’ president and director of instruction, respectively. Peggy has passed the torch to them. When the 77th U.S. Women’s Open tees off on June 2, the quest will commence to see who takes the torch passed from Sorenstam to Webb to Kerr. The Sandhills of North Carolina serve as a cradle for golf in the United States. It is a place where the courses, as Dick Taylor said, are “as dominant as the players in the proceedings.” Time and again, Pine Needles has shown that dominance. Now we find out which player is up to the challenge. Now we find out who will live up to the legacy of Ross and Bell as well as the standard of excellence established by Sorenstam, Webb and Kerr. Now it’s time to write the next page in the storied history of Sandhills golf. PS
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Michelle Wie 2014 U.S. Women’s Open champion on Pinehurst's No. 2 course
Ron Sirak worked for The Associated Press for 18 years, followed by 18 years with Golf World and Golf Digest magazines. He is past president of the Golf Writers Association of America and recipient of the PGA of America Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award; the LPGA Media Excellence Award; and the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association Lincoln Werden Award.
Helen Alfredsson wins the 2019 U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Pine Needles
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Se Ri Pak celebrates during the 1998 U.S. Women’s Open Championship.
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e Ri Pak, who retired from a Hall of Fame career in 2016, didn’t compete in the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open, but as sure as there was drama during a topsy-turvy final round at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, her enduring influence on golf was clear. By winning the U.S. Women’s Open in 1998 — along with the LPGA Championship that same season — Pak ignited a golf revolution in the Republic of Korea. Many girls in Pak’s home nation were brought into the sport through the groundbreaking achievements of the 20-year-old major champion, with South Koreans soon becoming a force on the LPGA Tour. Nearly a quarter-century since Pak motivated her countrywomen to excel, women golfers from across Asia have made an astonishing impact in majors and beyond. Chako Higuchi of Japan (1977 LPGA Championship) was the only Asian, female or male, to win a major title prior to Pak’s breakthrough. Starting in 1998, 25 women representing six Asian countries have won 45 of the 104 majors that have been played. Trophies have been lifted by athletes from South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, China and the Philippines. (Two major victories by
and tied Nasa Hataoka of Japan at 280. On the third playoff hole, Saso made a birdie to win the Harton S. Semple Trophy and the $1 million first prize. The daughter of a Filipina mother (Fritzie) and Japanese father (Masakazu), Saso matched Inbee Park of South Korea (2008, Interlachen Country Club) as youngest U.S. Women’s Open champion. Uncannily, Park, who has gone on to win seven major titles, and Saso were each 19 years, 11 months, 17 days old at the time of their victories. “I was just looking at all the great players on (the trophy),” Saso said after winning. “I can’t believe my name is going to be here.” Five other golfers from the Far East finished in the top 10 behind Saso and Hataoka at The Olympic Club, further proof of the region’s strength in the women’s game. A milestone was reached last fall when Jin Young Ko won the BMW Ladies Championship in her homeland. It was the 200th LPGA victory by South Koreans. “This is a tremendous honor,” said Ko, No. 1 in the Rolex Rankings, the ninth Asian golfer to sit atop the list since its formation in 2006. “And I think it’s very fortunate that I am the player, the 200th-win player, and I actually think that it’s really fortunate
OF THE PACIFIC Korean-born Lydia Ko, who plays for New Zealand, where she grew up, aren’t counted in the total.) Their success has been particularly striking at the U.S. Women’s Open, where Asian players have captured 11 of the last 14 editions of the oldest major in women’s golf — a championship that was won by only three international players in its first four decades: Faye Crocker, Uruguay, 1955; Catherine Lacoste, France, 1967; Jan Stephenson, Australia, 1983. Yuka Saso wasn’t a familiar name to American golf fans until early last June. That changed when the 19-year-old representing the Philippines steadied herself from a rough start on Sunday at The Olympic Club. Saso capitalized when Lexi Thompson lost a large lead over the final eight holes, coming home in 41 strokes on a course notorious for being the place where Arnold Palmer blew a seven-shot advantage after 63 holes at the 1966 U.S. Open to fall into a tie with Billy Casper, who defeated him the following day in a playoff. With Thompson throwing away her hold on the championship, Saso, who trailed by six strokes through No. 10, closed with a 73 The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
that it was an event held in Korea as well. Obviously, being the player of the 200th win by Koreans was not a goal that I was working toward. It just happens that I was really focused, and I did my best and this came along.” The trail of success for South Koreans that culminated with Ko’s landmark victory began with little fanfare in 1988. Ok-Hee Ku broke through that spring at the Standard Register Turquoise Classic in Arizona, defeating standouts Dottie Pepper and Ayako Okamoto, of Japan, a 17-time winner on the LPGA Tour. Because the 1988 Summer Olympics were being held in Seoul, the country’s attention was focused on that, and Ku’s victory got little attention — certainly compared to the fanfare that greeted Pak’s doublemajor success a decade later. It was a start, though, and brought to mind a Korean proverb: “If you collect pieces of dust, eventually you will have a mountain.” Ku, who won 23 tournaments on the LPGA of Japan, never added to her lone LPGA victory. She died at age 56 in 2013, by which time Koreans had become a dominant force on the LPGA Tour. PineStraw
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Yuka Saso poses with fans and the trophy after winning the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open at The Olympic Club
“I can’t imagine that so many Korean women are playing and succeeding on the LPGA, even in my dreams,” Ku told Golf World two years before her death. The timing for golf to bloom was better when Pak, a golfer who interspersed smiles between powerful and accurate shots, came along. When Pak returned to her native soil in late 1998 after triumphing in America, her hero’s welcome was complicated by the fact that she was worn out, hounded by paparazzi even as she was treated for exhaustion and a viral infection in a hospital. Pak knew she would be a beacon for women golfers coming up behind her, but that so many talented players emerged surprised her. “To be the best, you have to put everything into it,” Pak said a decade ago. “But they shouldn’t have too much pressure, extra pressure. But I think they feel it. There is only one No. 1 spot.” The battle in 2021 for first place at The Olympic Club’s Lake Course — hosting the women for the first time after being a fivetime U.S. Open site for the men — was intriguing. Megha Ganne, a 17-year-old amateur from New Jersey, shared the first-round lead and remained in contention at three under par, tied for third place, through 54 holes. Ganne’s performance put her in the final grouping on Sunday with Thompson, whose Saturday 66 put her at 7 under, one stroke ahead of Saso.
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It was just Saso’s third appearance in the U.S. Women’s Open. Although Thompson was only 26 years old, she was competing in her 15th national championship, having debuted at Pine Needles in 2007 when she was 12. The talented and popular Floridian arrived in San Francisco with 11 career LPGA victories, the most recent two years earlier. Despite her skills, Thompson had only one major title, the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship. When Thompson played a steady front nine at Olympic and Saso carded double bogeys at the second and third holes, it looked as if her major drought would be coming to an end and Saso would be left with a learning experience. “I was actually a little upset,” Saso said of her shaky start. “But my caddie talked to me and said, ‘Just keep on going. There are many more holes to go.’ That’s what I did.” Strange things tend to happen at the famed Bay Area club — in addition to Palmer’s 1966 collapse, favored Ben Hogan (1955) and Tom Watson (1987) suffered U.S. Open disappointments there — and Thompson played a poor back nine, unable to close. A bogey on the final hole meant Thompson wasn’t even going to make the playoff and give herself a chance for redemption the way Ariya Jutanugarn did in the 2018 championship at Shoal Creek, where the Thai star lost a 7-shot lead with nine to play but won a playoff against Hyo-Joo Kim. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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Nasa Hataoka lost in last year’s suddendeath playoff
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Ariya Jutanugarn won the 2018 U.S. Women’s Open in a playoff with Korea’s Kim Hyo-joo
In contrast to Thompson’s back-nine slide, Saso birdied Nos. 16 and 17 to tie Hataoka, whose 68 was one of only four closing scores under 70. After both players parred the two holes of an aggregate playoff, Saso’s birdie in sudden death made the difference as she became the 11th consecutive major champion from outside the United States, the longest American drought in women’s golf history, that Nelly Korda soon ended at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. To see Saso swing — taut, complete turn going back, hips quickly and fully clearing on the way through — is to think of another world-class golfer. Saso modeled her action after that of four-time major winner Rory McIlroy, watching his swing for many hours on YouTube. The similarity of their movements is striking when viewed side-by-side on video. Two weeks after winning the Women’s Open, Saso got to meet her idol as he played a practice round at Torrey Pines Golf Course for the U.S. Open. His advice to Saso: Keep a swing journal. “Everyone’s got a blueprint of what their swing is,” McIlroy told reporters. “If they keep on top of it and they do the same things, do the same drills over time, you fast forward 20 years you’re probably going to have a really good career.” The first major winner from the Philippines, a country of more than 100 million with just 100 or so golf courses, Saso isn’t the first talented Filipina to earn golf headlines. More than 80 years ago, Dominga Capati, a laundress on a Manila sugar estate that bordered a golf course, picked up the game and defeated visiting foreign women players in the Philippine Women’s Open. A couple of decades later, in 1964, Capati played for the Philippines in the inaugural Espírito Santo Trophy, an international women’s competiThe Art & Soul of the Sandhills
tion. The Dominga Capati Memorial Tournament is still played to honor her contributions to golf. Saso had plenty of support as she made history at the Olympic Club. Nearby Daly City is known as “Little Manila” for its large number of Filipinos. “I don’t know what's happening in the Philippines right now, but I'm just thankful that there’s so many people in the Philippines cheering for me,” Saso said. “I don’t know how to thank them. They gave me so much energy. I want to say thank you to everyone.” When the defending champion tees off at Pine Needles, she will be playing under a different flag. Saso, who competed for the Philippines in the Tokyo Olympics last summer, is now representing Japan. Under Japan’s Nationality Law, a person must choose one nationality before turning 22 years old. Saso cited business reasons, particularly the ease of global travel with a Japanese passport, for making the switch. “We are obviously saddened to see her go, but she will always be Japanese and Filipino to us,” Bones Floro, an executive with the National Golf Association of the Philippines, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer. “We hope that our countrymen understand and respect her decision. It’s sad that we lost her in terms of representation. But Yuka will always have a special place in our hearts as a Filipino, and we are happy for her.” A golfer representing Japan has never won the U.S. Women’s Open. If Saso successfully defends her title — Australian Karrie Webb is the last to do so, at Pine Needles in 2001 — she would make history two years running. Given the Asian success of the last couple of decades, it wouldn’t be wise to bet against her. PS PineStraw
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Great Scot Dorothy Campbell Hurd — first international star of the women’s game
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n March 1912, Miss Dorothy Campbell arrived in Pinehurst for a month-long stay at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Fownes. The 28-year-old Scot was no ordinary houseguest. Acclaimed as the greatest female golfer in the world, she had already won 10 national titles in an astounding run from 1905 to 1912. It began modestly. To her genuine surprise, in 1903 at age 20, Campbell reached the semifinals of her native country’s most important title, the Scottish Ladies Championship. “I only possessed four clubs at the time, and I had no experience at match play,” she later wrote. But she was just getting started. In 1905, she reached the semis of the British Ladies Amateur. Two weeks later, her breakthrough victory came in the Scottish Ladies, contested on her home course, North Berwick’s West Links. A throng of 4,000 cheered the hometown lass to a hard-won, 19-hole victory over Molly Graham in the final match. Miss Campbell would repeat as Scottish champion in 1906 and win the title a third time in 1908. Campbell seemed poised to win her first British Ladies Championship in 1908 when she made the finals at St. Andrews’ Old Course. A massive crowd of 9,000 spectators, including Old Tom Morris, attended. Battling abysmal weather marked by hail and gale force winds, the drenched Campbell heartbreakingly lost the match to Maud Titterton on the 19th hole. Her disappointment would be assuaged in 1909 when she finally won the British Ladies at Royal Birkdale. After the final match, an overbearing official blocked Campbell’s path to the awards ceremony. “Are you a golfer?” the official demanded. Campbell replied, “I don’t think so, but I believe they will want me inside to receive the championship cup!” The victory resulted in an invitation from the United States Golf Association — itself only 15 years old — to play in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship that summer at Philadelphia’s Merion Cricket Club, now Merion Golf Club. Campbell accepted and made her first Atlantic crossing. She adapted quickly to Merion’s parkland layout and sailed through preliminary matches to the final, where she faced a tough challenge. Her opponent, Mrs. Nonna Barlow, was a Merion member. Barlow had Campbell one down after nine holes, but the unflappable Scot took control down the stretch, winning
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the match 3 and 2, making her the first foreign-born player to win the U.S. title and the first to take the British and U.S. championships in the same year. She successfully defended her U.S. Women’s Championship in 1910 at Homewood Country Club in Illinois, the first to win back-to-back. Although it was match play, her “medal” score of 78 in the second round was the lowest ever posted by a woman on a course longer than 6,000 yards. Campbell crossed the border into Canada, too, to capture the first of three consecutive Canadian Ladies Championships, and even established a permanent residence in Hamilton, Ontario. She returned to Great Britain in 1911 to compete in the British Ladies at Portrush and won that title for the second time, rebounding from a 3-down deficit to win 3 and 2. During her 1912 sojourn in Pinehurst with the Fownes family, Campbell set her sights on winning the prestigious United North and South Amateur Championship. She posted the best score in the qualifying round by four shots and was a heavy favorite to add the championship trophy to her burgeoning collection. She reached the final match but was upset by Kate Van Ostrand, who clinched victory when her pitch on the final hole hit the pin. The Fowneses, Campbell’s Pinehurst hosts, were kindred spirits and golf royalty. W.C. (Bill) Fownes won the 1910 U.S. Amateur. Bill and his father, Henry Fownes, founded and ran Oakmont Country Club, considered America’s most exacting test of championship golf. Bill and his wife, Sarah, saw to it that Campbell’s Pinehurst golf calendar was filled with matches and club competitions. As esteemed members of the “Cottage Colony,” the Fowneses knew everybody in the village’s upper crust. Among their many friends was 35-year-old bachelor Jack Vandevort Hurd, who, like Bill and Henry Fownes, worked in the steel business in Pittsburgh and was a member at Oakmont. The Fowneses introduced Jack and Dorothy, and a year later, on Feb. 11, 1913, they were married in Hamilton, Ontario, in front of relatives and a few close friends. Following the ceremony, handsome and dapper Jack whisked his bride back across the border to his home in the Steel City. For a champion golfer like Dorothy, with a husband who was a member at Oakmont, Pittsburgh was an ideal place to begin married life. Better yet, she and her husband would be making extended winter visits to Pinehurst. Dorothy would become an American citizen, though forever retaining “her delightful Scotch burr as well as the poise and graciousness of her kind,” according to another champion, Glenna Collett. Before the end of 1912, Dorothy gave birth to a son, Sigourney Hurd, and golf began to play second fiddle. She supervised the building of a second home in Pinehurst that fronted on the town’s village green. The turreted house at 10 Village Green East, fashioned after an English hunting lodge, was part of a Hurd family compound since Jack’s parents and brother, Nat, owned homes just a niblick shot away. A woman of many talents, Dorothy authored frequent and lengthy instructional articles for Golf Illustrated and Golf Monthly, played the piano and composed songs. She even knitted socks for Allied soldiers during World War I. While her collection of national championships slowed after her marriage, Hurd still dominated club play in both Pittsburgh and
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Pinehurst, where she played regularly during the winter as a member of the club’s female golfing society, the Silver Foils. “The Pinehurst courses are proverbial,” she remarked in an article, “for the way they can become dry in a few hours and the next day see play go gaily on.” During her 10 seasons in Pinehurst, Hurd won the prestigious North and South Women’s championships held in 1918, ’20, and ’21. The number of trophies collected by “Mrs. J.V. Hurd” in other Pinehurst tournaments is incalculable, but the Pinehurst Outlook provided a glimpse of her dominance in winning the St. Valentine’s Day tournament of 1918: “Mrs. Hurd was going (on) in her famous and invincible fashion — not long, but straight and inevitable.” By 1922 the Hurds’ marriage was unraveling. One telltale sign was the terse paragraph in a March edition of the Outlook reporting that Mrs. J.V. Hurd would not be around to defend the North and South title she had won the previous two years. The couple divorced a year later and Dorothy steered clear of the Hurd family haunts in Pinehurst and Pittsburgh thereafter. Since the couple’s new Pinehurst winter home was completed not long before their separation, it seems Dorothy and Jack Hurd
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unlikely that she spent much time there. She moved her primary residence to Philadelphia and joined the Merion Cricket Club, site of her first U.S. triumph. With the divorce in the rearview mirror, Hurd dedicated herself to climbing back into golf’s top ranks. Never a long hitter, she’d managed to overcome that deficiency during her championship run with the deadly use of her vaunted goose-necked mashie — an adored weapon that eliminated a previous tendency to shank. She used the club, christened “Thomas,” for run-up shots near the green. It proved especially effective from around 40 yards. In the 1921 North and South, Hurd holed two such shots in the final match to clinch the championship. In emphasizing the importance of the mashie in a Golf Illustrated article, she flashed her dry wit, writing, “Bernard Shaw’s axiom that we should exercise great care in the selection of our parents can be applied with equal force to the choosing of a mashie.” But several women in the newest wave of fine amateurs — most notably Marion Hollins, tennis star Mary K. Browne, and the powerful Glenna Collett — were driving the ball 50-70 yards past Hurd’s. It was too great an advantage for Dorothy and or “Thomas” to overcome. At 40, could any pro help an aging champion find enough driving distance to enable her to compete against the new wave? The Merion pro who stepped forward to assist was a man Dorothy Campbell had known in North Berwick: George Sayers. “George was born and brought up in my hometown, and I have known him since he was a boy,” she later recalled. “He told me he could help me change my swing but it would entail inordinate practice.” She had nothing to lose by trying. Sayers wasn’t the first member of his family to teach golf to Hurd. Thirty years previously, his father, Ben Sayers, taught young Dorothy Campbell back in North Berwick. Dorothy’s home, Inchgarry House, was located hard by the 18th tee of the West Links, and she absorbed the game almost from birth, taking her first swing with a “six-penny” club at 18 months. It became common for golfers mounting the West Links’ 18th tee to encounter the toddler swinging a miniature club outside Inchgarry’s garden gate. In a piece for Golf Illustrated, Hurd wrote “that the fates decreed that I should be fairly impregnated with a golfing atmosphere from the very beginning, even if the family fable that I cut my teeth on the head of a cleek be not true.” George Sayers switched Hurd’s unorthodox grip (the right thumb under the shaft) to the more conventional Vardon grip. He convinced her to jettison her stiff-wristed sweeping style in favor of a more fluid and athletic move to the ball. A grip change is one of golf’s most daunting projects, and Hurd worked on her new swing and grip for eight months with the sort of single-mindedness that would later mark Ben Hogan’s unceasing practice. She hit balls until the joint on her index finger became a raw wound, but once the changes began taking hold, she unlocked more power. Encouraged, she set her sights on entering the 1924 U.S. Women’s Amateur, held that year at Rhode Island Country Club, the stomping grounds of pre-tournament favorite, Glenna Collett, then in the midst of the greatest year of her Hall of Fame career. With her best days more than a decade behind her, it was going to be a steep climb for Hurd. The mental aspect of the game was a subject she frequently wrote about in Golf Illustrated. She stressed The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
“absolute concentration on the matter at hand, determination not to let bad luck discourage us and the resolve never to give up hope until the match is over . . . If it can be instilled into a player’s mind he can do a thing, he will generally be able to do it.” Hurd cautioned against fits of pique with her customary drollness. “A certain theologian whom I have met has more than once told me that he considers the game of golf to be a most dangerous and harmful one, confiding that it’s bad for a man’s character for the same reason that a Presbyterian sergeant in the Boer War objected to bayonet charges — because it makes the men swear so.” But whether her mental strength would be enough to give Hurd a meaningful chance against the likes of Collett, Browne and Hollins was open for debate. Even with her newfound distance, she would still be hitting second shots from 30 yards or more behind the long knockers. Having cut her teeth in North Berwick, Hurd was quite comfortable coping with the stiff breezes off Narragansett Bay at the championship site. Her drives were traveling respectable distances, and chips by her ever-reliable mashie were resulting in “gimme” putts. Hurd breezed through to the final, where the smart money had her facing Glenna Collett — once Collett took care of two-sport star Browne in the other semifinal, that is. Collett hadn’t lost a match all year, but Browne scored an upset when her off-line putt at the 19th hole caromed off Collett’s ball and into the cup for victory. In the final, Hurd was slow getting off the mark and trailed early. Then her putter — nicknamed Stella — caught fire. After 27 holes, Hurd had a 7-up lead. Three holes later, the match was closed out 7 and 6. Hurd’s victory set two U.S. Women’s Amateur records that remain unequaled — oldest winner (41), and most years between titles in the championship (14). Hurd continued to play well throughout the 1920s and ’30s, winning five Philadelphia district titles. Stella, her deadeye putter, brought her another record in 1926. Playing Augusta Country Club, she used just 19 putts in 18 holes, finishing that amazing round with a chip-in by Thomas on the 18th. In 1937 Hurd married banker and non-golfer Edward Howe, but the marriage only lasted six years. At age 55, Hurd — then Howe — won the U.S. Women’s Senior Championship. By her own estimation, during her lifetime she won over 700 first prizes. Tragedy befell Jack Hurd and his second wife, Caroline, when they both perished in an automobile accident in Wilmington, North Carolina, in May 1930. An accident would also end Dorothy’s life. In 1945, after visiting friends in Beaufort, South Carolina, she was traveling by train to Pleasantville, New York, to visit her son’s wife, Ruth, while he was serving in the Army in the Philippines. As she was changing trains in Yemassee, South Carolina, Dorothy inexplicably lost her footing and fell into the path of an oncoming locomotive. She was 61 at the time of her death. Dorothy Campbell Hurd Howe — with her mashie Thomas and her putter Stella — was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1978. She wrote that the great shots she played so often with her favorite clubs were “almost second nature to me.” So was winning. PS Pinehurst resident Bill Case is PineStraw’s history man. He can be reached at Bill.Case@thompsonhine.com. PineStraw
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Fit for a Queen Historic Pinehurst home gets the royal treatment By Deborah Salomon Photographs by John Gessner
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In any event, Swoope died in 1927. His estate sold the property to A.C. Judd in 1929, who sold it to Sprigg Cameron in 1930, causing much confusion among family ghosts searching for their proper haunt.
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he Phillips family, originally from New Jersey, discovered Pinehurst while attending their children’s equestrian banquet at the Carolina Hotel. During subsequent visits they walked the village, liked what they saw. “This is a place where I thought I could live,” Glenn recalls. In addition, businesswoman Pat and daughter Veronica wanted to acquire a boutique. Monkee’s in Southern Pines was available. How better could the stars align? But real estate fulfilling the Phillips’ requirements (size, quality, proximity to shops and restaurants) is always scarce. Connections count. They learned of Red Brick Cottage from Cathy Maready, an interior designer who had done their beach house on Figure Eight Island. Maready knew of its upcoming availability through the owner. The transaction was completed without the house ever hitting the market. It needed only minor upgrades, including a larger bathroom for the master bedroom, which Glenn and Pat moved to the main floor study adjoining the living room — unusual but practical as homeowners age. Luckily the new stall shower fit into an empty elevator shaft. Since they would bring nothing from Durham, what the Phillips needed was an interior designer familiar with their tastes to interpret, locate, select and deliver. “A dream client,” says Maready, who was given a budget and free rein. The only mandate: Create décor that fit the pre-Depression era, as if rescued along with the house from a time capsule. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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Furnishings that fit the description do exist but require legwork. Maready had a better idea: a package. None was more suitable than reproductions licensed by Princess Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, the ninth Earl Spencer. Known as the Althorp Collection, these pieces duplicate chairs, tables, sofas, chests and accessories found at the 90-room ancestral manor the Spencers have occupied for 500 years in Northamptonshire. Diana is buried at Althorp. Maready met the Earl when he launched the collection at the High Point furniture mart. From this finely crafted array she created a portfolio for the main floor living room, master bedroom, hallway, dining room and wherever appropriate. “I look at (my clients’) faces,” Maready says. “I want them to feel pretty in that space.” Almost all her selections were approved, some country English, others to the castle born, allowing for inlaid woods, a crushed blue velvet sofa, case pieces, a butterfly table, a needlepoint box on legs, imaginative prints against which guests might imagine Lady Di and her little brother playing hide-and-seek. Maready invested in vibrant jewel tones of blue, green and red merged in the carpets. The game room and sun porch are done in sunny shades and less formal designs. Glenn, a details person, points out the game room fireplace, converted to gas but with fake coal that glows instead of logs. Formality satisfied, he wanted a “fun” place to live, as expressed in a Chinese hunt motif fabric on game room chairs. Original floors throughout are an unusual combination of narrow and wide boards in both clear and knotty pine, probably sourced locally. The kitchen — already remodeled when the Phillips purchased Red Brick Cottage — defies period
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or classification. Long and narrow, it has full-sized sinks, one farmer and one oval, on each side. Down the middle, instead of an island stands a table big enough to seat eight on three-legged stools, and tall enough to double as a work surface. This European kitchen staple is joined by cupboards that are freehung rather than built-in, two ovens set into a column, a backsplash in black, and antique red ceramic tiles. The effect is vaguely Scandinavian. A few family heirlooms, including a writing desk belonging to Glenn’s aunt, supplement the Althorp manor ensemble. Wall-mounted TV screens with hidden wires and picture frames display fine art when the game is over.
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ut the blue ribbon is the oversized dining room papered in a blue avian print so dense that diners seated at a table for 12 can almost hear the birds chirping, feel their wings fluttering. A brick veranda across the back opens out onto a lawn big enough for croquet, should they wish. The house, the garden, the location, the furnishings and paintings, it has fulfilled the new residents’ desire for authenticity, bringing back a period seldom honored — when conversation was among friends, not with Siri; when books were printed on paper and music spun on black vinyl discs. “Everything here is so much more relaxed versus our horse farm,” Glenn says. “We are a very close family,” Pat adds. “Now we have a house where we can all be together, a house where all the dots have been connected.” After a deep breath: “I feel like a queen.” PS
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ay is the daughter of dandelions, queen of the daisies, the giggling maiden of spring. In a sunny meadow, where the soft grass glitters with morning dew, she is gathering wild violets, singing the blue into each petal. One handful for candy. Two handfuls for syrup. A heaping third for tea. She moves like water, stirring swallowtails and skippers as she drifts from flower to quivering flower. Constellations of buttercups manifest before her. A choir of bluebirds twitters in her wake. Her gaze is tender. Her presence full. Everything she touches seems to blush. The Southern magnolia offers its first fragrant blossom. The tulip poplar blooms in boundless rapture. An oxeye daisy sings out: She loves me. She loves me lots. She loves me. She loves me lots. No flower is forsaken. A sweep of dandelion brightens beneath her feet, yellow blossoms plump as field mice. There is nothing to do but bask in the playful light of spring. As the maiden lowers herself onto the lush and golden earth, one hundred songbirds pipe her name. The mockingbird repeats it. May is here! May is here! All hail the giggling maiden of spring.
Flowers for Mama
Mother’s Day is celebrated on Sunday, May 8. Not that the garden would let you forget. (Read: Bring her flowers.) Sometimes simple is best. A sprig of dogwood. A vase of bearded iris. A single magnolia blossom. Or get creative. Wildflower bouquets. Pressed flower notecards. Wild violet jelly. If she’s the “roses only” type, you know what to do. But if your mama’s busy scratching and clawing around in her own garden, perhaps you can glove up and join her. Prune the hedges if she’ll let you. Since May is the month to plant summer annuals, plant them together. In July, when her prismatic zinnias are the crowning glory of the block, she’ll surely be a happy mama still.
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According to Smithsonian magazine, two of this year’s most “dazzling celestial events” happen this month: a meteor shower and a lunar eclipse. If you haven’t yet downloaded an astronomy app, consider doing so before the Eta Aquariids peak on May 5. Why? So you can locate Aquarius, the faint yet richly fabled constellation on the Eastern horizon. If conditions are favorable, and you are, in fact, gazing toward that water-like configuration of stars, then you may catch up to 20 meteors per hour beginning around 4 a.m. What you’re actually seeing? Debris from Halley’s Comet, of course. A total lunar eclipse will paint the moon blood-red in the wee hours of Monday, May 16. The moon begins entering Earth’s shadow on Sunday, May 15, around 9:30 p.m. Totality occurs around midnight when, for 84 glorious minutes, the moon will appear to glow like a sunset. Dazzling indeed. PS
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Sunday, May 1
POP UP. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Join Marie & Marcele Boutique for their Pop Up in the Pines. This is a large-scale pop up shopping event with over 50 vendors, food trucks, live music and more. Southern Pines Brewing Company, 565 Air Tool Dr., Southern Pines. Info: www.marieandmarcele.com. THEATER SHOW. 1 - 2:45 p.m. Imagine Youth
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Theater presents The Diviners. There will be another performance at 5 p.m. Malcolm Blue Farm, 1177 Bethesda Road, Aberdeen. Info and tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. MEDITATION WALK. 2 - 3:15 p.m. Join us for this monthly meditation walk, with your guide, Eve Gaskell. The group will meet on the outside patio area of the visitor’s center. If it is raining, the event will be cancelled. Sandhills Horticultural Gardens, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: harmonylifebalance@gmail.com. WRITING GROUP. 3 p.m. Interested in creating fiction, nonfiction, poetry or comics? Connect with other writers and artists, chat about your craft and get feedback on your work. All levels are welcome. The session will meet at the library. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: lholden@sppl.net.
Southern Pines. Info and tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. LIBRARY PROGRAM. 3:30 p.m. At The Library After School (ATLAS) is a new after-school program for children ages kindergarten through second grade who enjoy activities, crafts, stories, and learning. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www. sppl.net. LADIES WINE OUT. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. The Women of Weymouth present their annual happy hour outside on the beautiful Weymouth grounds. The event features wine, hors d’oeuvres by Scott’s Table, raffles, silent auctions and great music by the Stone Dolls Trio. Cost is $35 for members and $45 general admission. Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info and tickets: www.weymouthcenter.org.
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BRAIN FITNESS. 10 - 11 a.m. Adults 55 and older are invited to a new Brain Fitness Class. Eve Gaskell will be the instructor. Free. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. BRUNCH. 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. For adults 55 and older. Join us for a Mother’s Day Brunch as we honor moms for all they do. Enjoy fun games, fellowship and tasty snacks. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. ORCHESTRA CONCERT. 7 p.m. Come out for the annual Pinecrest Symphony Orchestra Concert. Pinecrest High School, 250 Voit Gilmore Lane, Southern Pines.
Wednesday, May 4
BOOK EVENT. 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. R. Cathey Daniels will be talking about her novel, Live Caught. Free event. The Pilot, 145 W. Pennsylvania Ave.,
TACO BAR. 4 - 9 p.m. Enjoy a Cinco de Mayo taco bar and margarita flights. The Sly Fox, 795 S.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 725-1621 or www.theslyfoxpub.com.
Friday, May 6
CARRIAGE CLASSIC. 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. The Carriage Classic is a combined test for all levels of drivers. Continues through May 8. Big Sky Farm, 390 Tremont Place, Southern Pines. Info: www.moorecountydrivingclub.net. ANTIQUES FAIR. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Cameron Antiques Street Fair will have 150 vendors, in addition to the antique shops in Historic Downtown Cameron. This is a free event with shopping, food and fun. Downtown Cameron, Carthage St., Cameron. ART EXHIBIT. 5 - 7 p.m. The Artists League will host an opening reception for the exhibit “Art Together — Inside Out,” highlighting the fun and The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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Saturday, May 7
DOG SHOW. 8 a.m. The Moore County Kennel Club Dog Show will host competitions for Best In Show. There will be vendor tents, food trucks and fun. The proceeds will benefit local animal causes. Pinehurst Harness Track, 200 Beulah Hill Road, Pinehurst. Info: www.mckcnc.com. BUGGY FESTIVAL. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enjoy arts and crafts, beer, wine and food at the annual Carthage Buggy Festival. There will be a kids zone, classic car and truck show, and buggy and tractor show. Downtown Carthage, 1 Courthouse Square, Carthage. ANTIQUES FAIR. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Cameron Antiques Street Fair will have 150 vendors, in addition to the antique shops in Historic Downtown Cameron. This is a free event with shopping, food and fun. Downtown Cameron, Carthage St., Cameron. LEARN AND PLAY. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Come in for an open play date with your toddler or preschooler. There will be developmental toys and puzzles as well as early literacy tips on display for parents and caregivers to incorporate into their daily activities. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. MET OPERA. 12:55 p.m. Turandot. Sunrise Theater, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www.sunrisetheater.com. BOOK EVENT. 2 - 3 p.m. Mary Kay Andrews will be chatting about her book, The Homewreckers. The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info and tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. FUNDRAISER. 5 - 8 p.m. Join us for a Derby Day fundraising event to benefit the launch of Weymouth’s new free program, Weymouth Equestrians, providing young people the opportunity to learn to ride and care for horses. Enjoy bluegrass, bourbon and BBQ while competing in contests and a prize raffle. Mint julep toast and Derby watch party in the Boyd House. Cost is $90 for members and $100 general admission. Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info and tickets: www.weymouthcenter.org.
Sunday, May 8
BUFFET. 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. The Sly Fox will be having a special Mother’s Day Buffet. The Sly Fox, 795 S.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 725-1621 or www.theslyfoxpub.com. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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PHOTO CLUB. 7 p.m. The Sandhills Photography Club monthly meeting features Kate Silvia, a nature photographer and photo educator located in Charleston, South Carolina. She will be discussing long exposure photography. Bradshaw Activities Center, The O’Neal School, 3300 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: www.sandhillsphotoclub.org.
Wednesday, May 11
BOOK EVENT. 12 - 1 p.m. Michelle Huneven will be chatting online about her book, Search. Free but registration is required. The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info and tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. BOOK EVENT. 4 - 6:30 p.m. Taylor Brown will be discussing his book, Wingwalkers, at The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info and tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com.
Friday, May 13
PAGES OF THE PINES. 5 - 6:30 p.m. Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities is partnering with the Southern Pines Public Library and The Country Bookshop for “Pages of the Pines, A Festival of Books Celebrating Local Authors.” Weymouth is hosting a meet-and-greet networking event sponsored by The Country Bookshop in the Boyd House, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. The festival continues May 14-15 at the Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: lholden@sppl.net or www.weymouthcenter.org. CONCERT. 5:15 - 9 p.m. Come out to the Live After 5 Concert Series with Night Years performing. There will be live music, kids’ activities, food trucks and beverages available for purchase. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. Tufts Memorial Park, 1 Village Green Road, Pinehurst. Info: www.vopnc.org. OUTDOOR MOVIE. 8:30 p.m. Bring yourself or the entire family for “Movies in the Pines.” Concessions will be available for purchase. Don’t forget to bring your blanket or chair. This month’s movie is The Croods: A New Age. Rain date will be May 20. Free event. Downtown Park, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. FAMILY CAMP-OUT. Join us for a camp-out under the stars at Downtown Park. Tent setup will occur after the Friday night movie. Enjoy family games, snacks, fun and a story by the campfire. Must provide your own tent. Space is limited to the first 10 families. Check-in begins at 7:30 p.m. and your campsite must be cleaned up by 7:30 a.m. Cost is $10 for resident families and $20 for non-resident families. Downtown Park, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376.
Saturday, May 14
CRAFT DAYS. Children and their families can come by the library for Drop-in Craft Days and work on crafts at their own pace. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. COMMUNITY YARD SALE. 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Enjoy shopping 30 - 40 individual outdoor booths offering handmade crafts, modern tools and electronics, vintage and antique collectibles, and an assortment
of everyday household items and clothes. A food truck will be on site. The Bee’s Knees, 125 N.C. 73, Pinehurst. RACE OF THE PINES. 1 - 6 p.m. Enjoy the annual Race of the Pines fundraiser to support veterans. There will be golf cart races, a pageant, BBQ festival and concert from On The Border. Guest judge is Richard Petty. Pinehurst Harness Track, 200 Beulah Hill Road, Pinehurst. Info: www.raceofthepines.com. CONCERT. 7 - 8 p.m. The Raleigh Ringers, a handbell choir, will perform their unique interpretations of music. The Village Chapel, 10 Azalea Road, Pinehurst. Info and tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com.
Monday, May 16
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL. 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Feed your passion for sweets and fashion at the Women of Weymouth’s final meeting of the season. Wear your most fashionable fascinators and win some sweet prizes. The meeting will conclude with a lovely outdoor luncheon, featuring strawberry shortcake, music and a Talbot’s fashion show. Reserve your tickets by May 6. Cost is $20 for supporters and $25 for guests. Weymouth Center, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: www.weymouthcenter.org. CRAFT N’ CREATIONS. 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. For adults 55 and older. We have a plethora of craft supplies and we want to create. Join us for fun DIY crafts. Cost is $6 for residents and $12 for non-residents. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376.
Tuesday, May 17
CHIEF’S CUP. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Chief’s Cup is a Ryder Cup-style tournament featuring two teams and engages law enforcement worldwide, championing acceptance and inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities, starting first with their own communities. Entry fee is $200. Longleaf Golf and Family Club, 10 Knoll Road, Southern Pines. Info and tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. BRAIN FITNESS. 10 - 11 a.m. Adults 55 and older are invited to a new Brain Fitness Class. Eve Gaskell will be the instructor. Free. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. BINGO. 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Adults 55 and older are invited to come play 10 games of bingo. Prizes given to the winners. Cost is $3 for Southern Pines residents and $6 for non-residents. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info and registration: (910) 692-7376. TEEN WRITING CLUB. 5 p.m. Are you interested in creative writing and storytelling, connecting with other writers, and getting feedback on your work? Join us for the Teen Creative Writing Club. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or email: kbroughey@sppl.net. BOOK EVENT. 5:30 p.m. The Country Bookshop is partnering with The Weymouth Center to host Courtney Maum to celebrate her memoir, The Year of the Horses. Free event but registration is required. Weymouth Center for PineStraw
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Wednesday, May 18
LIBRARY PROGRAM. 3:30 p.m. At The Library After School (ATLAS) is a new after-school program for children ages kindergarten through second grade who enjoy activities, crafts, stories, and learning. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www. sppl.net.
Thursday, May 19
READ BETWEEN THE PINES. 5 p.m. SPPL’s book club for adults meets to discuss this month’s book. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. To join email: mhoward@sppl.net. DINNER DANCE. 6:30 - 10 p.m. The Sandhills Woman’s Exchange Centennial Dinner Dance celebrates 100 years of “Helping Others Help Themselves.” There will be music by Carolina Moon Dogs, a White Rabbit-catered dinner and BYOB. Cost is $100 per person. Festive attire. RSVP by May 5. Fair Barn, 200 Beulah Hill Road S., Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-4677.
CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE. 6:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Craig Swain, author and historian. Meeting starts at 7 p.m. Open to the public. Civic Club, corner of Pennsylvania and Ashe St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 246-0452 or mafarina@aol.com.
Friday, May 20
TRIVIA NIGHT. 6 - 8 p.m. Are you smarter than a fifth-grader? Come and compete or watch the show. There will be food and entertainment. The Country Club of Whispering Pines, 2 Club House Blvd., Whispering Pines. Info and tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com.
Saturday, May 21
TAG SALE. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. The CARE Group is having a tag sale. First Baptist Church, 200 E. New York Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-5954. LEARN AND PLAY. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Come in for an open play date with your toddler or preschooler. There will be developmental toys and puzzles as well as early literacy tips on display for parents and caregivers to incorporate into their daily activities. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. UNITYFEST. 12 - 10 p.m. Experience a free music festival featuring a diverse group of talented Christian/Gospel artists and speakers. Gates open at 10 a.m. Food trucks will be on site. Bring your own lawn chairs or sit in the stands. Union Pines High
School football field, 1981 Union Church Road, Cameron. Info: www.unityfestusa.com. MET OPERA. 12:55 p.m. Lucia di Lammermoor. Sunrise Theater, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: www.sunrisetheater.com. BOCCE BASH. The 15th Annual Backyard Bocce Bash benefits children who have special developmental needs at Sandhills Children’s Center. Pack a tailgate and join the fun as teams of four compete in this round robin tournament. Entry fee starts at $25 per player. Pinehurst Harness Track, 200 Beulah Hill Road S., Pinehurst. Info: (910) 692-3323 or www. SandhillsChildrensCenter.org. BABE BASH. 5 - 10 p.m. The 2nd Annual Babe Bash will be a community event focused on empowering and supporting all the amazing babes in the community, while raising money for a great nonprofit organization, Tambra Place. There will be shopping, adult beverages, appetizers and a DJ. Soirée on South, 111 W. South St., Aberdeen. DANCING. 6 p.m. Carolina Pines Dance Club invites you for a fun evening of social dancing — swing, line, ballroom, shag and Latin. Doors open at 6 p.m. Dance lessons at 6:30 p.m. Dancing until 9:30 p.m. Beginners and experienced dancers, couples and singles all welcome. Cost is $15 per person; cash at door. National Athletic Village, 201 Air Tool Dr., Southern Pines. Info: (724) 816-1170. CONCERT. 7 p.m. The Moore Philharmonic Orchestra presents the Land of Hope and Glory
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Sunday, May 22
JAZZ BRUNCH. 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Join us outdoors on the Weymouth Center’s beautiful grounds for live jazz from Peter Lamb and the Wolves. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info and tickets: www.weymouthcenter.org. STEAM. 2:30 p.m. Learn about topics in science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Elementary aged children and caregivers are invited to participate in STEAM projects and activities. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. CONCERT. 8 p.m. The Carolina Philharmonic presents Pops on the Green at Sandhills Community College, BPAC McNeill-Woodward Green, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: www. sandhillsbpac.com.
Thursday, May 26
DOUGLASS CENTER BOOK CLUB. 10:30 a.m. Multiple copies of the selected book for the month are available for checkout at the library. Douglass Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or email: mmiller@sppl.net. GOLD STAR MURPH. 5 p.m. Southern Pines CrossFit is honored to be able to have our annual
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Memorial weekend tribute to the brave fallen while supporting the amazing Gold Star Teens. Cost is $50 and includes Murph WOD, a T-shirt, and makes a donation to the Gold Star Teens. Corner of New York and Bennett Streets, Southern Pines. Info and tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com.
Saturday, May 28
POLOCROSSE TOURNAMENT. Carolina Polocrosse Club presents the annual Polocrosse in the Pines Tournament. This is a fun, fast-paced sport. There will be food trucks and silent auction baskets. Free to attend. Pinehurst Harness Track, 200 Beulah Hill Road S., Pinehurst. CRAFT DAYS. Children and their families can come by the library for Drop-in Craft Days and work on crafts at their own pace. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net.
Monday, May 30
WOMEN’S OPEN. 8 a.m. The U.S. Women’s Open Championship returns to Pinehurst. Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club, 1005 Midland Road, Southern Pines. Play begins Thursday, June 2. Info: www.usga.org. FAMILY FEST. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The village of Pinehurst Family Fest includes a full day of live music by three female acts, a skydiving jump by the Black Daggers, a kids zone, North Carolina’s premier video game truck, activation games and challenges from the First Tee of the Sandhills, a photo booth with the U.S. Women’s Open trophy on hand, and various
food and beverage vendors. Pinehurst Harness Track, Beulah Hill Road S., Pinehurst. Info and tickets: www.ticketmesandhills.com. PIG ROAST. There will be a Memorial Day pig roast dinner and special menu all day. Cost is $12 for active duty and veterans and $24 general public. The Sly Fox, 795 S.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 725-1621 or www.theslyfoxpub.com.
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MUSICIANS’ JAM SESSION. 6 - 9 p.m. Bring your own instrument and beverage or just come and enjoy the music. Attendees must have the COVID vaccination. Free admission. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: www.weymouthcenter.org.
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TASTE OF N.C. June 2, 6 - 8 p.m. A Taste of North Carolina: Whiskey and Wine will feature North Carolina-based bourbon and whiskey along with wine offerings from the Surry County Wine Trail. Food samples will be provided as well as a dessert sample. Agora Bakery, 15 Chinquapin Road, Pinehurst. Info and tickets: www.ticketmesandhills. com.
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BABY RHYMES. 10:30 a.m. Baby Rhymes is specially designed for the youngest learners (birth-2) and their caregivers. Repetition and comforting movements make this story time perfect for early development and brain growth. There will be a duplicate session outside the library at 11 a.m. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net GAME DAY. 12 p.m. Enjoy bid whist and other cool games all in the company of great friends. For adults 55 and older. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. TAI CHI. 1 p.m. Come learn tai chi. There is no age limit and the classes are open to the public. Aberdeen Parks and Recreation Station, 301 Lake Park Crossing, Aberdeen . Info: (910) 944-7275. SPARK STORYTIME. 2:30 p.m. This Spark Storytime at Fire Station 82 is for ages birth through 2 and kids will have a chance to see fire trucks. Fire Station 82, 500 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. TABLE TENNIS. 7 - 9 p.m. Enjoy playing this exciting game every Tuesday. Cost for six months is $15 for residents of Southern Pines and $30 for non-residents. For adults 55 and older. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376.
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MOORE COUNTY FARMERS MARKET. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. The year-round market features “producer only” vendors within a 50-mile radius providing fresh, local and seasonal produce, fruits, pasture meats, eggs, potting plants, cut flowers and local honey. Market is located at the Armory Sports Complex, 604 W. Morganton Road, Southern Pines. GIVEN STORY TIME. 10 a.m. Wonderful volunteers share their love of reading. Stop by and join the fun. Given Memorial Library, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info and tickets: (910)295-3642. CHESS AND MAJONG. 1 p.m. For adults 55 and older. All levels welcome. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info and registration: (910) 692-7376. CABIN TOURS. 1 - 4 p.m. The Moore County Historical Associations’ Shaw House grounds,
cabins and gift shop are open for tours and visits. The cabins will be open Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays with docents ready to host tours. Visit the restored tobacco barn featuring the history of children’s roles in the industry. Shaw House, 3361 Mt. Carmel Road, Carthage. Info: (910) 692-2051 or www.moorehistory.com. MUSIC AND MOTION. 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Does your toddler like to move and groove? Join us for outdoor Music and Motion to get those wiggles out and work on gross and fine motor skills. For children ages 3 - 5. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net
BRIDGE. 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. For adults 55 and older. Enjoy games of bridge with friends. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info and registration: (910) 692-7376. LINE DANCING. 3 - 4 p.m. For adults 55 and older. If you’re interested in learning dance moves and building confidence on the dance floor, this class is for you. Leave your inhibitions at the door and join in. Cost is: $30 for residents and $60 for non-residents. Cost is for a monthly membership. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info and registration: (910) 692-7376.
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FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Pinehurst Surgical Clinic and Pinehurst Medical Clinic have combined forces to form the new Metabolic & Weight Management Center which offers both surgical and non-surgical options under one roof. Unique to the area, the Center brings a comprehensive approach to weight loss that is tailored to each patient’s specific goals. The Center’s areas of expertise include bariatric surgery and a variety of medical weight management services, and utilizes a multidisciplinary approach with staff including a program manager, program specialist, licensed clinical social worker, registered nurse, bariatric certified nurse, trained patient navigators, and registered dietitians. The name may be new, but the providers are well-known and established in the Pinehurst medical community. Pinehurst Surgical Clinic bariatric surgeon David Grantham, M.D. earned his medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, before completing his general surgery internship and residency, as well as a fellowship in advanced laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgery, at Wake Forest University. Bariatric surgeon Raymond Washington, M.D., also with Pinehurst Surgical Clinic, earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia, and then completed his residency at Christiana Care Health Systems in Delaware. Together, Dr. Washington and Dr. Grantham use a dual-surgeon DR. RAYMOND approach and have performed nearly WASHINGTON 1,500 bariatric procedures. The addition of Pinehurst Medical Clinic’s endocrinologist and obesity medicine physician, Alex Bonnecaze, M.D., and the nonsurgical weight management services he provides particularly serve the whole-patient concept. Dr. Bonnecaze earned his medical
degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine, then completed his residency and fellowship at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He is a certified diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. Located in Pinehurst Surgical Clinic’s new Morganton Park complex, the building boasts unique facilities, including a new full-service kitchen for nutrition classes. They’re now accepting new patients.
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Tracy Perry lives by the motto “Life is great.” When she became a mortgage consultant she let this mantra lead her into the new venture with a clear and meaningful purpose to provide knowledgable lending services and expertise to local homebuyers. No stress. Just Success. A Colorado native, Tracy graduated from Colorado State University with a business and marketing degree. She moved to Pinehurst in 2008. Tracy was a pharmaceutical sales representative for over a decade before leaving the workforce to raise her young children, which included nine years of homeschooling. In 2017 Tracy started a career in real estate. What she found was a lot of mystery around the funding process and mortgage lenders who weren’t willing to provide the home buyers with the necessary guidance to navigate that process. The teacher in Tracy kicked in and she decided to fill that void. She earned her mortgage originator license and has been walking buyers through the funding process ever since. Lately, the home buying process has been a wild ride. Tracy is the ‘Calm in the storm’ for her homebuyers. She is committed to answering all their questions to provide true understanding when things get confusing or stressful. She loves helping buyers succeed at getting into the home of their dreams and saving them money. Tracy feels blessed to work in a career that is meaningful and improves peoples’ lives. She is passionate about helping buyers secure the funding needed to make their homebuying dreams a reality, staying true to her “Life is great” motto! Tracy is a member of the Moore County Chamber of Commerce and loves to teach New Homebuyer Seminars in the community.
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The team at Allison & Associates has a deep passion for excellence in dental care. They know they are one of the best dental teams in North Carolina and proudly utilize their skills daily with patient care. The office culture and mission are perfectly synced: to provide comprehensive dental care to their patients, which means thinking about more than “just teeth.” For Allison & Associates, it is about total body health and living your best life. Dr. Craig Allison started the dental practice in 1977 with these values in mind. After graduating from UNC Chapel Hill School of Dentistry in 1971 and practicing in Raleigh, he decided to move his growing family to Pinehurst. Moore County was a lot smaller back then – though there were still plenty of accidents at the traffic circle! Following in her father’s footsteps, Dr. Shannon Allison joined the practice after graduating from UNC School of Dentistry in 2001. Here, she learned so much from him and his staff, and grew ever more grateful for his help and leadership along the way. Eventually, Shannon bought the practice from him. Through the years, she has developed a passion for being able to give her patients the best treatment possible, aided by technology and a dedication to continuing education.
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Nikki Bowman’s new boutique is more than a store – it’s a family affair aimed at supporting Moore County – mind, body and *shopping* soul. Her family was born and raised in Southern Pines, and their new business Manifest Boutique is the fulfillment of a lifelong family dream. Although they loved the different stores across town, nothing quite spoke to their own eclectic styles – so in February of 2021 they manifested one. The whole family pitched in, from picking the name to designing the clothing racks and up-fitting the space. The aim was to create a store in which everyone could feel beautiful and confident in their individuality, where shoppers can step out of their comfort zone and discover a new style, and a place to feel connected to the universe and the energy they manifest. Nikki’s daughter Rylee brings her on-trend style perfect for teenagers and young adults, and her son Tyler his crystal expertise and (soon-to-be) reiki certification. Nikki ties it all together with her business-mind and a unique personal style that blends sexy and professional. Nikki has owned a local real estate firm for 15 years, and embarking on this boutique experience has been simultaneously challenging and empowering. Manifest continues to grow and expand its offerings to the community, from breath-work classes, reiki sessions, tarot card readings, personal styling and more coming in the near future. A mix between on-trend and classic styles of clothes while incorporating crystals, aromatherapy, and mind/body/spirit elements, Manifest Boutique offers an intimate setting for you to love in many ways.
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Tim Bowman is a full-time aerospace engineer, working with a team of engineers across the country designing aircrafts, satellites and such. But he wanted to better connect himself to the Moore County Community he holds dear. So when the Aberdeen gym, Workout Anytime was up for sale last summer, Tim seized the opportunity to add gym-owner to his already impressive resume. He has always been fitness-minded and values the importance of a healthy lifestyle, but with his new business venture has found passion in helping people invest in themselves. He’s a very hands-on owner. Any given day- or nightyou can find Tim helping a new member learn to use equipment or giving them a tour- his favorite part is the Hydromassage chair! And he prides himself on operating a clean and tidy facility so he chips in on the workload. The equipment at Workout Anytime is the highest quality but even so Tim continues to make small tweaks here and there to make his gym better. He just invested in a sauna to go alongside the tanning beds and massage bed. Personal trainers are available to help you meet your fitness goals and a Styku, which uses state-of-the-art technology to take a full scan of your body, can help you customize a workout program. Workout Anytime gyms are known for the convenience they offer their members to be able to come and go as they please. Add to that a supportive environment that makes all members feel welcomed regardless of their individual skill set and an affordable monthly fee, and you’ve got a gym that checks all the boxes. Having a positive impact on the health of our community and helping people find confidence in themselves was Tim’s ultimate goal. Along with his friendly and experienced staff which includes members of his own family (his daughter Rylee is a trainer) he’s doing just that. Not bad for an aerospace engineer.
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The culinary team at Pinehurst Brewing Company loves coming to work every day. Head chef Winston Brown (right) and his PitMaster side-kick Benjamin “Benjy” Ayala (left) have perfected the art of cooking from the heart for diners who come hungry for mouthwatering ribs, pulled pork, beef brisket, smoked chicken, wood-fired pizzas and fried cheese curds. In 2018, Pinehurst Resort transformed the historic steam plant that a century ago provided power to the Village of Pinehurst into a modern brewery and restaurant. Overgrown and long abandoned, they saw a chance to bring the steam plant back to life to provide a place where neighbors, friends and resort guests can gather to share a beer and some great food. Chef Winston Brown has been sending out scrumptious cuisine from the kitchen of PBC for two years. He’s worked for country clubs up and down the east coast, most recently as a resort banquet chef with Pinehurst. He was eager to join the PBC team that’s known for being fun and enthusiastic. Benjy Ayala is the epitome of both of those things. He’s practically a Moore County native, having moved here from Puerto Rico over 20 years ago. He built a strong resume working as a sous chef at different restaurants across the region, but PBC brought new experiences for him- the opportunity to serve as Pit Boss. He spends his time in the smokehouse smoking all the meats using high quality local oak and hickory wood. It’s clear after four years he’s got the position dialed-in like a finely smoked brisket. The two chefs collaborate closely. “ If he doesn’t love it, it’s not on the menu,” says the Pit Boss of his head chef. But the one thing they most agree onChef Brown places a hand on his chest. “We cook from our heart; Every meal here is done from the heart”. 300 Magnolia Road Village of Pinehurst, NC 28374 (910) 235-8218 www.pinehurstbrewing.com
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Pines Sotheby’s International Realty offers a commitment to excellence in the marketing and sale of fine homes, farms and estates utilizing the highest standards of professionalism. They’re locally owned and globally connected, and they are dedicated to serving this community. Led by Broker-Owners Keith Harris and Melody McClelland, Pines Sotheby’s offers home sellers and buyers access to the most accomplished real estate professionals in Moore County, helping to make this area home to more wonderful families. Melody has deep roots in Southern Pines; her family has owned and operated Pine Needles Golf Club, Mid Pines Inn and now Southern Pines Golf Club for over 60 years, and she’s proud to create her own little slice of history for the next generation. Most evenings you can find her out on the golf course with her family, teaching her two young children the art of the game. They have no clue how blessed they are to be living in such a vibrant town, but this vision of creating lifelong memories is one she wants to help others achieve as they join this thriving community. Melody’s husband, Jack McClelland, owns and operates Pines Insurance Group.
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Keith Harris was born in Burlington, North Carolina and went to school at UNC Wilmington, but he’s loved the Sandhills since his college golf days. He was drawn to real estate by the attractive nature of self-employment, as well as wearying of extensive air travel. As a local, he’s proud to help build this community in which he and his wife Ali have chosen to raise their two children, sharing their love of anything Pines with each home sold. Melody and Keith work hard to ensure that this firm specializes in the markets in which they live. Their ability to artfully present distinctive properties through a network of exceptional people is unmatched in this community. At Pines Sotheby’s, Melody and Keith believe luxury is not a price point – it’s a lifestyle.
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MARKETING CONSULTANT Since 2014, Kevin Drum has been known as the Owner of the awardwinning Drum & Quill, an authentic American tavern dedicated to Pinehurst’s past. That venture evolved from a desire to invest in the community he loved after the 2008 recession, bringing a special corner of the Village back to life. While Drum & Quill has flourished, it is secondary to Kevin’s main enterprise, Drum Media . Drum began his career with Tenneco, Inc in the sports marketing department at the ‘84 Olympics. In 1987, Kevin wanted to escape the Michigan winters so he moved back to Pinehurst to start his own business delivering strategic consulting directly to golf industry clients, founding Drum Media. Since then, Drum Media has earned over 27 advertising, public relations and tourism awards. He has worked for some of the top golf companies and golf destinations. Career highlights include being hired by the local golf association to create its first website, working on the Yonex team that signed Phil Mickelson to a ten-year deal, and being the marketing arm for the ‘91 World Cup at Kiawah Island. But Kevin is more than a businessman – he’s an avid music buff with a passion for the blues which he has chased in juke joints across the Delta. He’s an enthusiastic outdoorsman, with plans to hike the Camino de Santiago in a self-awareness pilgrimage through France and Spain. He’s a family man inspired by his father’s legacy and dedicated to his “rock-star” wife and his three step-children. But maybe most notably Kevin is passionate about this community, specifically how it can be a better partner to its world-class golf resort. He has visions of Pinehurst pioneering excellence in what he calls “Après Golf” and is working on a project to this effect now. While his consulting services with Drum Media may have global reach, Kevin’s most comfortable behind his office desk in the Village of Pinehurst. From here he can peek out his third-floor window down to the patio of his “side-hustle” restaurant, hear the laughter and chatter and watch Pinehurst’s future unfold. Drum Media Harvard Building 97 Market Square - Suite 306 Pinehurst, NC 28374 www.DrumMediaGroup.com
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SOUTHWORDS
By Jim Moriarty
In ���� I didn’t know what
the hell I was doing. This is not to say the affliction has improved greatly in the intervening 41 years but, back then, as a cordially lubricated Miller Barber once told his Jamaican hosts during a banquet I attended honoring Mr. X and Nancy Lopez, “When it comes to golf, y’all couldn’t hit a bull in the ass with a bass fiddle.” Neither could I.
Nonetheless, as the lowliest member of Golf World magazine’s three-person editorial staff (the magazine was housed then in what is now a Southern Pines municipal building on U.S. 1), I was dispatched to both write about and photograph the 1981 U.S. Women’s Open at La Grange Country Club outside Chicago. I was from northern Indiana, so it was almost like a home game. That’s about all I had going for me. That and the fact that then — and I suspect still — covering professional women golfers was the easiest assignment a writer could get. They actually wanted to talk to you. There was no waving of a golf glove over the shoulder as someone stalked off, their metal spikes sparking on the concrete cart path, saying, “Not now. Not now.” In the time I spent covering the women’s game my experience was, if a player couldn’t give you five minutes then, she’d give you half an hour later. But, back to La Grange. The great Kathy Whitworth, then 41, was tied for the lead after 18 and 36 holes and led by a single shot over Bonnie Lauer going into the final round. It would prove to be Whitworth’s best chance to win the national championship that, like Sam Snead, would elude the 88-time winner and Hall of Famer. The world of women’s professional golf has designated its “majors” over the years, but there is no doubt that the crown jewel was, and is, the U.S. Open. All the others are playing for second. That year it rained biblically on Saturday night, softening the course. The next day Pat Bradley and Beth Daniel made the best of the relatively benign (for an Open) scoring conditions while
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Whitworth and Lauer, playing in the twosome right behind them, faded. Through 14 holes Daniel, a lanky 24-year-old from Charleston, was tied for the lead with Bradley, who had already won one of those other majors. Daniel hit a marvelous bunker shot to about a foot to save a certain par on the 15th before Bradley rolled in a putt from the front of the green that was about as long as the commute from La Grange to Chicago’s downtown Loop. It was 70 feet if it was an inch, and Bradley, her face hidden most of the day beneath a low-slung visor, threw her arms up in the air in exaltation. I remember this well because I blew the photo, something of a cottage industry for me in those days. The 18th was a par-5, and the long-hitting Daniel, a shot behind since Bradley’s bomb, went for the green in two, missing left. Bradley hit a wonderful sand wedge shot for her third that was inside three feet. Daniel pitched it to eight inches. Bradley had to make to win, and she did, reprising her celebration from the 15th. Photographically speaking, I was grateful for the do-over. Daniel shot 68 and lost by one. Bradley’s 66 that day remained the lowest final round in a U.S. Women’s Open for 23 years. Reporters and photographers are supposed to know where they’re going, but when I exited the green, I got all twisted around and, somehow or other, wound up inside the clubhouse in what seemed like a basement room. Anyway, I remember a cold, cement floor. While I’m standing there trying to figure out where the hell I was, in walks Pat Bradley — all by herself. After all, Whitworth and Lauer still had to finish. I didn’t know Pat then, though I like to think of her as a friend all these years later. In those days she played with her left thumb taped. As she was unwinding the tape, she bent over at the waist and hyperventilated like she’d just set an Olympic record in the 400 meters. I doubt she even knew I was there. When she finished unraveling the athletic tape and crushing it into a little ball, she straightened up and, with a wild, satisfied look in her eyes, threw her arms around my neck and gave me an ecstatic, and memorable, kiss. I believe, in that moment, if Sasquatch had been standing there, she would have kissed him, too. So, I guess there’s this, Pat — we’ll always have La Grange. PS Jim Moriarty is the Editor of PineStraw and can be reached at jjmpinestraw@gmail.com. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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