2013 – 2021 Kyle Franz Golf Course Restorations

Kyle Franz came to the Sandhills in 2010 to work on the construction crew for Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw on Pinehurst No. 2 and parlayed his talents and new connections into supervising restorations of three Donald Ross designs in the area—Mid Pines in 2013, Pine Needles in 2017 and Southern Pines Golf Club in 2021. Along the way, the Pine Needles and Mid Pines ownership group expanded in 2017 with the addition of a new investment partner alongside the Bell family, further strengthening the long-term stewardship of these historic properties. In each case, Franz restored Ross’s original design intentions to match modern equipment, refurbished original design features and updated the courses with state-of-the-art agronomy.