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Bob Timberlake - Home Is Where The Heart Is
Painting came naturally to Bob Timberlake, a grasp of the written word, Bob invented his own language of hieroglyphics to express the workings of his lively imagination. When Bob’s older brother Tim would go off on a camping trip that he was yet too young for, Bob would "draw" himself there, listing out all of the camping items he would need in striking pictographs.

Looking at his work today, one can see the same devotion to his subject, the same effort to vividly bring to life his most cherished experiences.

If you’d like to read more of our interview with Bob Timberlake pick up the November/December issue of Pinehurst Magazine.

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Golf Feature

U.S. Women's Open
The sky appears to be the limit where major championship golf in the Sandhills is concerned. The 1996 Women’s Open set a record for attendance 108,200 spectators. Three years later, the 1999 Men’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 set a standard for corporate financial support and, though non-quantifiable, for smooth-running logistics.

Next up, the 2001 Women’s U.S. Open at Pine Needles. And organizers have established lofty goals some 20 months away from the event. "We want to have the most successful Women’s Open there has ever been," says Kelly Miller, general manager at Pine Needles. "We want to have the most in corporate sales ever, and we want to be the first site to sell out in advance."

If you would like to read more about 2001 Women’s U.S. Open pick up the November/December issue of Pinehurst Magazine.

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Horse Country

Polo Anyone?
First played by nomadic warriors in ancient Persia, the sport of polo began some 2,000 years ago. It was introduced to the United States in the late 19th century when James Gordon Burnett brought the game to New York. It caught on quickly, and by the 1930s’ was an Olympic sport. Leonard Tufts, son James Walker Tufts, founder of Pinehurst, formed this area’s first polo club in the early 1920’s. The mild climate and superior sand footing of the Sandhills region had already made it a natural for equestrian enthusiasts, and polo was readily embraced. The games was played at the historic Pinehurst Race Track , and guests at the Pinehurst resort were entertained by the weekly matches

If you would like to ready more about the Pinehurst Polo Team pick up the November / December issue of Pinehurst Magazine.

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Building Castles in the Sky...
Phyllis and Gary Clark have much to say about the process (custom home building), and I think their experience and insights could provide a blue print for your own house of dreams.

This handsome and imposing couple have developed a strategy for custom-home decision making (some estimates put the number of choices to make in a truly custom home at over 3,000); Gary has his list of must-haves: three-car garage, bar setup, big-screen TV, Jacuzzi, and a few more. And the rest he is happy to leave up to Phyllis. "I believe a house becomes a home because of what a woman does," says Gary emphatically. But he yields "veto power" over any of Phyllis' decisions.

If you would like to read more about the Clarks' custom home building pick up a copy of the September/October issue of Pinehurst Magazine.

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The Sandhills Quiet Course --The Country Club of Whispering Pines
In 1959 there were only four addresses where golf was being played in the Sandhills-- Pinehurst Country Club (with four courses), Pine Needles, Mid Pines and Southern Pines Country Club. Donald Ross had designed all seven courses, but he had been dead for 11 years. The Tufts family of Pinehurst was already wrestling with infusing its massive campus with new money and the specter of inheritance taxes, should its controlling generation of brothers pass on. Who would provide the new vision for he area, the new blood, the new capital?

One of the visionaries of the Sandhills that we know today as a golf Mecca was A.B. Hardee, a developer from Lexington, North Carolina, who was intrigued with he area northeast of Pinehurst between roads that are now 15-501 leading to Pinehurst and U.S. Highway 1 going to Southern Pines.... Thus was born The Country Club of Whispering Pines.

If you would like to read more about the Clarks' custom home building pick up a copy of the September/October issue of Pinehurst Magazine.

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The Horse Park is on the Move

Things are galloping right along at the Sandhills Five Points Horse Park. With plans to hold the Stoneybrook Steeplechase here April 7th now finalized, the Steeplechase track is complete, seeded and, according to Sandhills Equestrian Conservancy (sponsor of the Horse Park) vice-president, Lafreda Williams, "a brilliant green." The outside fence rail is complete, and the inside will follow shortly.

The Park's first official event is to be next Spring's Southern Pines Horse Trials, March 16-19. Galloping lanes for the Horse Trials are also seeded and green. All jumps for the Horse Trials that require ditching have been completed.

If you would like to read more about the Five Points Horse Park pick up a copy of the September/October 2000 issue.

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