Golf House Pinehurst groundbreaking gets NC one step closer to economic boost worth billions

Officials and area leaders were on hand to celebrate turning dirt on Golf House Pinehurst, slated to come in 2023. The new campus is expected to have a $2 billion economic impact for North Carolina.

The USGA made the initial announcement in September of 2020.

USGA to build second HQ in Pinehurst, five U.S. Open competitions to be held at Pinehurst through 2047

The announcement is a big deal, but not only for Pinehurst and Moore County. The economic impact will be felt from the mountains to the beaches of North Carolina.

Big golfing related businesses will have their eyes on this area for years to come.

"Everybody that's going to come to the US Opens for the next 30 years is going to land in RDU or either Wilmington or Charlotte," said Jordan Whichard, North Carolina’s Department of Commerce chief deputy secretary. "They're going to make their way across North Carolina. They're going to spend money in counties across the state and they're going to be invested in North Carolina where ever they're coming from."

The USGA is making Pinehurst its second headquarters. Golf House Pinehurst will include a facility for equipment testing, an innovation hub, USGA Experience along with a museum and visitor center.

"If you stand on that back patio of Pinehurst No. 2 and you see what's going in the cradle, the putting green, the driving range, going out on No. 1 or up on No. 18, it's all different ages, it's all different looks, it's all different skill levels, that's American golf, that's where we should be," said USGA CEO Mike Whan. "We didn't come here thinking we wouldn't make more steps, or wouldn't encourage more companies in the golf space to come with us. We like the waves we create when we hit the lake, the ripples that follow."