Pinehurst Brewing Co. has gone all in on the U.S. Amateur by creating its own ‘Hefemeyer’ beer

John Patota/Pinehurst ResortPINEHURST, N.C. — The Village of Pinehurst probably won’t ever become known as a brewing town that has a nice little golf resort in it, but Eric Mitchell can dream.
As Tom Pashley, president of Pinehurst Resort, tells it, when Mitchell was looking at taking the job as head brewer at the Pinehurst Brewing Company, he wanted an assurance that the new operation—built inside an old steam plant and opened last October—wasn’t just being looked at as a novelty before he was going to move from his job at Heist Brewery in Charlotte.
Mind you, Mitchell, 31, has an 8.6 handicap index, so swaying him to come to the golf haven wasn’t going to be that hard a sell. But he did have an objective in mind.
“For me personally, it means a lot for this place to be taken seriously as a brewery,” Mitchell said. “My goal is that you could pick this [brewery] up and place it anywhere and it would be successful.”
Nearly a year into operation, PBC has been considered a winner by most a..

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LeBron James Jr.’s high school squad might be basketball’s most entertaining team

Admittedly, I'm a huge LeBron James fan, and in the twilight of his career (maybe not, the dude's a freak of nature) I've started following the development of his two “Young Kings,” hoping they can be the heir to his NBA throne someday. LeBron James Jr., AKA Bronny, is coming first. And as you can imagine, considering his dad recently started a silly media storm by losing his shoe running onto the court during one of Bronny's AAU games, we will hear about his every move.
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Bronny's exposure (the 14-year-old already has more than three million Instagram followers—sheesh) will be ramped up even more for his freshman year in high school after deciding to take his talents to Sierra Canyon. Seriously, look at this kid!
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Anyway, the Chatsworth, Calif., high school is a basketball powerhouse, and the roster this season is looking more and..

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Tin Cup’s most famous hole should be on every golfer’s bucket list

As one of golf's most beloved movies turns 23 years old today (“Tin Cup” was released on this date in 1996), we'd like to wax some nostalgia on the cinderella story of Roy McAvoy, played gloriously by Kevin Costner, but also remind golfers that they must make a pilgrimage at some point in their lives.
Yes, the famous par 5 that is used as the 72nd hole of the U.S. Open during “Tin Cup” still exists, and it's almost unchanged from what it looked like when McAvoy played it back then. Deerwood Country Club is a ClubCorp-operated private club in the quiet woods of Northeast Houston (Kingwood, Texas), and its 13th hole is in fact the site of the famous “Tin Cup” scene.
FacebookPinterestDeerwood Country Club's 13th hole, as photographed last week by a Golf Digest course-ranking panelist.

FacebookPinterestRoy McAvoy played the same hole, the 72nd hole of the fictional U.S. Open, in “Tin Cup.”

Pretty cool—the producers didn't change the hole at all. There's even..

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