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IT’S BEEN NAMED one of the best par-3 golf courses in America.

So why make it better ?

Because they can, and the demand from golfers to play and stay, for hours out on the Cradle at Pinehurst is creating a need for even better options on the golf course.

Credit the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst North Carolina, the home of American golf, for taking the concept of par-3 golf to the next level.

A look at the new Cradle bar

Designer Gil Hanse made the most of the land he had to work with, which really wasn’t much.

So what Hanse accomplished in just over 3 acres is amazing. Because the Cradle has become one of the hot spots of Pinehurst.

The Cradle has become a home for golfers of ages, and skill levels. But since Pinehurst has offered an all-day rate to play the Cradle. Golfers have spent hours on the course just having fun.

The famed Pinecone-Pinehurst’s unique beverage cart.

But while the ‘Pinecone’ one of the most unique beverage carts in golf, was keeping golfers hydrated, and offered some munchies. Pinehurst has decided to expand those options.

Because the new ‘Cradle Bar’ will offer not just food and drink, but restrooms that were lacking on the course.

So the good news is that, while the Cradle Bar that will open this fall (official date TBD) the Pinecone will not go away, but it will get strategically moved around the resort where needed.

So learn more about a Pinehurst Resort stay and play at Pinehurst.com.