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Pine Needles Lodge, a Marine & Lawn Hotel
Southern Pines, North Carolina, United States · Marine & Lawn · Accessible Luxury
Opened in January 1928 alongside a Donald Ross golf course debuting the same year, this lodge has hosted the U.S. Women's Open four times, in 1996, 2001, 2007, and 2022, making it the first course anywhere to host the championship that many times. Warren and Peggy Kirk Bell began running the property in 1953 and bought it in 1959; her family still owns it today, now under the Marine & Lawn collection.
- 70 rooms
- Opened 1928
About Pine Needles Lodge, a Marine & Lawn Hotel
- Pine Needles has hosted the U.S. Women's Open four times, in 1996, 2001, 2007, and 2022, the first course in the championship's history to do so.
- The lodge opened on January 28, 1928, alongside a Donald Ross golf course that debuted the same year.
- The property survived the Depression by selling to Pinehurst Resort in 1929 before Warren and Peggy Kirk Bell took over operations in 1953 and purchased it outright in 1959.
- Peggy Kirk Bell, a pioneering female golf professional, kept the lodge in family hands for decades before it joined the Marine & Lawn collection in 2025.
History
Pine Needles Lodge in Southern Pines, North Carolina, was built beginning in January 1927, with Pine Needles Inc. formed on March 18, 1927; the hotel opened on January 28, 1928, alongside a Donald Ross golf course that also debuted in 1928. The property struggled during the Depression and was sold to Pinehurst Resort in 1929.
Warren and Peggy Kirk Bell operated the lodge from 1953 and purchased it in 1959, and it has remained family-run ever since. Pine Needles has hosted the U.S. Women's Open in 1996, 2001, 2007, and 2022 - the first venue to host it four times. In 2025 it joined the Marine & Lawn joint venture.
Experiences
- Golf on Donald Ross courses — Access to Pine Needles, Mid Pines and Southern Pines Golf Club, three Donald Ross-designed courses beside the hotel.
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