Proving the adage that everything old is new again, Pinehurst Number Two has roared onto the Must-Play list of any passionate golfer and is now nothing less than the best inland public course in North America.
Yet continental Europe's model is being eroded, as privatisation and the need for outside capital pushes companies to list on stockmarkets that play by Anglo-Saxon rules.
To strengthen the field, the PGA tour rules stipulate that the group at the top of the money list at each event must play in the pro-am, while the least successful players do not.