Born and Bred in North Carolina
No. 5 was designed in 1961 by Ellis Maples, a protégé of Donald Ross, and part of North Carolina’s first family of golf course design and construction.
Like Ross, Maples believed that it was the designer’s job to find the golf course that resided in the land’s structure, and his fealty to the land is evident in No. 5’s variety. One of Pinehurst’s most picturesque holes, the par-3 14th, is here. Known as the Cathedral Hole, it’s fronted by a pond and encircled by a stand of ancient pines, the tops of which resemble the pipes of an organ.

Course History
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Course Designers
1961: Ellis Maples
Course Overview
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Hole Par Gold Blue White Green Red 1 4 412 403 375 337 310 2 5 484 480 450 443 414 3 4 393 352 327 315 289 4 4 428 420 392 351 323 5 3 168 168 160 141 128 6 4 407 403 391 368 319 7 4 374 353 327 317 288 8 4 434 425 389 338 290 9 4 381 372 363 353 315 10 4 369 363 334 300 292 11 4 386 381 324 311 287 12 3 185 180 158 138 110 13 5 523 511 479 439 415 14 3 188 180 161 121 106 15 4 437 397 370 350 322 16 5 504 497 471 420 407 17 4 384 370 360 329 303 18 4 371 362 343 314 305 Total 72 6828 6617 6174 5685 5223
Hole-by-Hole
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