Riggs Vs Pinehurst No. 4, Holes 13-15

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9/28/2024

Riggs | Fore Play

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00:00Welcome to Pinehurst number four.

00:02This is my favorite golf course

00:03in the entire state of North Carolina.

00:06You just saw my first tee shot on the 13th hole,

00:08which is a beautiful par five.

00:10We're gonna get back to that.

00:11We filmed on three holes here,

00:12which is probably the most picturesque stretch

00:15of golf on Pinehurst number four.

00:17But that's tough company, man, to be my favorite.

00:19It's a little bit fluid.

00:20I change that occasionally

00:21because there's so much good golf,

00:22but it's currently my favorite golf course

00:23in North Carolina.

00:24And that area alone is difficult.

00:26You got Pinehurst number two, number 10, number eight.

00:27You got Mid-Pines, Pine Hills, Southern Pines,

00:29Paco Road, Dormey Club, Country Club of North Carolina,

00:31Forest Creek, all kinds of good stuff around there.

00:33This is an original 1919 Donald Ross.

00:36This bad boy was reopened after a redesign

00:39from Gil Hance in 2018.

00:41It's hosted the U.S. Amateur a few different times,

00:43along with number two.

00:44It's a fantastic golf course.

00:45We're gonna start on the 13th hole.

00:46We're playing from the white tees today, 64-28.

00:49Total yardage on the white tees, so not the longest.

00:51This is a par five, 504 yards.

00:53We got the mini driver.

00:54You gotta avoid a bunker down the right,

00:55and you gotta avoid water all down the left.

00:57That's why I'm hitting the mini driver.

00:58I don't wanna hit a good drive up the left

00:59that goes into the water.

01:00We hit a good one here, a nice tight draw down the right.

01:02Just drew inside of that bunker.

01:04Second shot, we find ourselves about 250 yards out.

01:06This is a round-defining move that you make here.

01:09If you just hit it out to the right,

01:11I've played here enough, it's actually beautiful.

01:13A beautiful little look in.

01:14It's a lot easier to clear.

01:15I would have to be bold with this club.

01:17I got the mini driver in to go right at the green.

01:19So I kinda hit it right where I was aiming,

01:21just out to the right.

01:22It leaves a pretty simple little pitch

01:24that should give you a nice little look for birdie.

01:26I had a 54-degree wedge here.

01:28Hit a decent one, you know, 10, 12 feet past the hole,

01:30but putting back uphill at it

01:32and hit just a delightful putt here.

01:34I was kind of in the zone feeling myself.

01:36Another great thing about Pioneer's number four,

01:37you kinda notice it.

01:38The pins, the scorecard, the ball markers, the benches.

01:42Sugarloaf did an excellent job with the branding,

01:45which adds to the entire experience.

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02:00I take it into the village to get coffee.

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02:24We're on to the 14th hole.

02:26This is a difficult one.

02:27Pin, luckily, is in kind of the back right,

02:29so it doesn't bring the water as into play.

02:31We're into the wind,

02:32and the wind is a little bit off the left.

02:34I've got a 5-iron here from 181.

02:36I think it was played a little closer to 190 or so.

02:38I made a nice swing, as you can tell.

02:40Beautiful balance, that's perfect.

02:42Pretty good swing, kind of a little Victor Hovland pull cut.

02:44Obviously not Victor Hovland, but he does pull cut it,

02:46and this was a good shot, so I'm gonna invoke him here.

02:49This one was excellent.

02:50Landed right near the pin, rolled just past it.

02:52Butterwall.

02:57Best thing in the world is an early Butterwall.

03:00Turtles.

03:01There are a bunch of turtles, dude.

03:03Hey, turtles.

03:06Hey, guys.

03:07You guys see that 5-iron?

03:10Don't you guys see that freak here?

03:13Got a nice little right-to-lefter here,

03:14and I was just kind of on when I was on a streak right here.

03:17Hit this putt, looking pretty good.

03:19Little stutter step there, little stutter step,

03:20but bang, 200 through two.

03:23That doesn't happen very often,

03:24so we're pretty fired up.

03:25And again, this little stretch right here,

03:26this is another reason that I love Pioneer's No. 4.

03:28It starts and finishes at the main Pioneer's clubhouse

03:30right at the main campus,

03:31so you get that same kind of experience

03:33that you get with a lot of the courses at Pioneer's,

03:34where you've got the energy, the heat map

03:36of the Fistle Dew putting course, the cradle,

03:38the 18th hole of Pioneer's No. 2,

03:40the 1st and 18th tees of Pioneer's No. 4.

03:43It's just an awesome spot.

03:44Pioneer's No. 4 has all of that, so it's excellent.

03:46It's got the bones of a Donald Ross course.

03:48It's got sort of that contemporary touches of Gil Hance.

03:50It's got all the characteristics of Pioneer's,

03:53and then it's probably even a little bit more picturesque

03:54than No. 2 as it goes around this pond, and it's awesome.

03:57The 15th hole is a little bit more nondescript.

03:59It's only 331.

04:01You do have this cool tee box down by the water,

04:03but you just kind of send driver.

04:04It's a wide fairway.

04:05I pulled this one.

04:06I actually missed the fairway.

04:07I was in the rough.

04:08If you hit it right at the flag

04:09and you hit a good, bold one,

04:10you can kind of catch a little bit of a down slope

04:11and get it up near the green,

04:13but I pulled this one in a left rough,

04:14so we got 78 yards in out of this kind of rough stuff.

04:17Front pin, I got a 54-degree wedge.

04:19Pretty decent swing.

04:20Wasn't sure how it was going to come out.

04:22Came out just a little bit dead, a little bit short,

04:24so we got a decent look from the fringe here

04:25from maybe 15, 20 feet.

04:27Thought this was going to move a little bit to the right.

04:29It kind of stayed out there to the left.

04:30Tap this one in, 200 through three on a video.

04:33That feels good.

04:34That feels excellent.

04:35I pretty much always play Pioneer's No. 4

04:37as the sun is setting, which is a delightful experience.

04:39We always get this picture, this look coming up,

04:41the 18th hole with the clubhouse in the background

04:43and the lights, dark, just an awesome experience.

04:46I live for Pioneer's No. 4.

04:48You got to play it if you go down to Pioneer's.

04:49Don't sleep on No. 4,

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05:03Fore!

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