USGA Breaks Ground At Pinehurst

PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA | Mike Whan, the CEO of the USGA and an irrepressible force of nature, bounded onto the small stage situated under a white tent Monday and did what he does so well.

He made himself at home in what will be the USGA’s second home.

USGA CEO Mike Whan speaks during the association's groundbreaking at Pinehurst. Photo: John Mummert, USGA

“Hello, neighbors,” Whan said to the group congregated to celebrate the groundbreaking for the two buildings that the USGA will construct along the entryway to the Pinehurst Resort clubhouse. “You’d better like me, because you’re going to be seeing a lot of me.”

There were politicians and local officials, Pinehurst owner Bob Dedman and resort president Tom Pashley and many others gathered on tennis courts that soon will give way to one of the most significant advancements in the long histories of the resort and the USGA.

Wrapped in green fencing advertising Golf House Pinehurst, the site will be transformed over the coming months, becoming home to the USGA’s new...