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Welcome to the official website of the Pinehurst Knights, a group of U.S. golfers who participate in the yearly Pinehurst Knights Golf Invitational consisting of 7 days of unfettered golf. The Pinehurst Knights Invitational has been a long standing annual fall event conceived by an original foursome of golfing buddies residing in the Trenton New Jersey area of the United States. Our event is deeply rooted in a multi-year history of over 12+ consecutive years. Steeped in tradition and folklore, official record keeping did not start until 2004. This website was created in 2011 to create an archive and photo gallery of our events each year. The current  membership has been capped to 12 members strong at the end of the official Fall 2014 Season!

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Special thanks to Talamore Golf Resort where this group has stayed for as long as I can remember. — John DeBlase / Website Manager

 

 

We always enjoy the experience at Talamore and the hospitality of the Southern Pines area along with all the amazing golf the Pinehurst area has to offer. That’s why we keep coming back for more…!

2018 Pinehurst Invitational

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This year’s 2018 Pinehurst Invitational was filled with change!  For instance… For the first time in many years we did not spend our week at the Talamore (“Beam me up Scotty”) Golf Resort. This year we made camp at the very wet Little River Resort that suffered damage due to Hurricane Florence. Here are some of the other changes… First, and foremost….

We have a new champ!  This year’s winner was Joe “Gotz” Gigliotti. Joe and Billy were locked in an exciting back and forth battle on the last day’s final round at Pinewild.  Joe was the winner in a putting duel on the 18th hole and won the cup by just two points. 

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BEST SHOT OF THE WEEK!

The best shot of the week has to go to Paul Slachta for his tee shot on #3 (174 yard) Par 3 on our last day at Pinewild (Magnolia).  Aces just doesn’t get any closer than this boys!

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His fellow Knights reminded him… “if it’s for a point you must PUTT IT OUT” … and so yes he made the birdie 🙂

You can check out some of the other “special moments” during the week in our 2018 Photo Gallery.

One other change this year was playing some of the rounds from combo tees and gold tees on select courses.

The change was well received where played during the week which led to a majority vote, passed by the group during our awards dinner, to change the tee boxes for the event on all courses in the future from the white tees to the gold (or next closer to the hole). This should make the tournament length more enjoyable and also generate higher Stableford scoring opportunities and more scoring fun for all!  

The White Knights Reclaim The Cup!

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Johnny D successfully executed his conservative “target golf” strategy this week to win back the Pinehurst Knights trophy for his White Knight “condo… condo… condo…” team mates!

The second and third place finishers, Dave W. and Denny M., both players representing the Black Knights, kept the pressure on John during the final round, especially Denny who shot an awesome 76 (31 points +11). However sadly for the Black Knights that valiant come from behind effort was to no avail.

Our once longstanding tradition of the Champion’s Breakfast will be re-instated next year at the 2018 Pinehurst Knights Invitational.

More articles and images will soon follow on what turned out to be another great week of 126 holes of golf in the beautiful Pinehurst North Carolina area.  See The Home Page

A Shared Victory in 2016!

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Great weather, tight race, and an exciting finish! What more can you ask for?  The 2016 Pinehurst Invitational proved to be one of our more exceptional weeks for a whole host of reasons.

Congratulations to Denny Meyers and John Galvin.  I believe this is first time we have had a dead tie at the end of the week for overall point performance. By the way, this was done on a very challenging lineup of courses this year. A tip of the hat goes to Joe G. who did a valiant job in trying to defend the cup for the White Knights condo all week but alas, it was not to be this year!

The trophy presentation below from Billy McDougal (standing) to our dual winners – Denny and John is a first as far as I know!   Be sure to stop by the Photo Gallery page to see some of the highlights of the week. More photos to follow…

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CONDO ASSIGNMENTS AS OF 10/23/16

Bldg # 8 unit 1815. Paul, John D., Al, Steve, Joe G., Bill

Bldg # 8 unit 1835. Dave, Joe W., Ed, John G.

Bldg #3 unit 1333.  Mike, Gregg, Glenn, Den

Point quotas to start the week from 2015 final avg:
 Denny  20  Bill  13
 Paul  19  Ed  13
 Al  17  John G  13
 Glenn  15  Joe G  11
 Dave  14  Steve  9
 Mike  13  John D  9
Quotas from 2014:
 Joe W  16  Gregg  13
 As always we will start adjusting after Sunday’s round!

COURSE INFORMATION:

Saturday   05-Nov-2016
  • Tee Time: 9:08-9:32

Hyland Golf Club

Golf rounds including shared cart at Hyland Golf Club (18 Holes w / Cart)
Sunday     06-Nov-2016
  • Tee Time: 9:00-9:30

Longleaf Golf & Country Club

Golf rounds including shared cart at Longleaf Golf & Country Club (18 Holes w / Cart)
Monday    07-Nov-2016
  • Tee Time: 9:07-9:33

Talamore Golf Club

Golf rounds including shared cart at Talamore Golf Club (Silver Llama)
Tuesday    08-Nov-2016
  • Tee Time: 9:20-9:50

Tobacco Road

Golf rounds including shared cart at Tobacco Road (18 Holes w / Cart)
Wednesday     09-Nov-2016
  • Tee Time: 8:53-9:19

Pinewild GC

Golf rounds including shared cart at Pinewild (18 Holes w / Cart)
Thursday     10-Nov-2016
  • Tee Time: 8:57-9:33

Dormie Club

Golf rounds including shared cart at Dormie Club (18 Holes w / Cart)
Friday     11-Nov-2016
  • Tee Time: 9:03-9:29

Mid South GC

Golf rounds including shared cart at MID SOUTH CLUB ( Silver Llama)

 

To The Victor…

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2015-11-13 21.33.55And so it was that during the fall of 2015, a champion emerged from the depths of despair in 2014.  The most humble Billy McDougal is seen here displaying his 2015 Pinehurst Knights Invitational Trophy alongside the scoring for the week.  Quite an accomplishment to be proud of… well at least for another 11 months 🙂

Paul took home the booty $$$ for the week as you can see from the earnings record!

Nice job Billy!!!  Sorry I didn’t try to help you with a Heimlich manuver while you were choking on your french fries during our ride back in Paul’s truck.  After all… the second place finisher for the week would have then had to take the trophy home while you were recovering!  Call me an opportunist I guess…  Next year…. look out!  John D.

Get Ready for the Pinehurst Knights 2015 Invitational

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Hello Fellow Knights…

Just a few more weeks before our 2015 adventure at Pinehurst begins…!

Just to keep you all a bit inspired… here’s Al Gallo last year cooking up one helluva meat sauce in our condo last year!  Hopefully he’ll play even better than he cooks this year and snatch that trophy back from his Father in Law, Steve!  Most of us of course have other ideas about where that trophy needs to reside next year. (See the results of  2013 + 2014)

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Photo courtesy of Paul Slachta – Headmaster of the Yellow Bus School of Golf…

Both the Pinehurst Black Knights and White Knights will be at it again searching for the glory of “The Cup” at some of the best golfing venues on the East Coast…  Best be sure to check your ending Stableford Handicap Points from 2014.

Here is the line up for the week:

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2014 – Keeping it “All In The Family”

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Congratulations to Steve Phillips our 2014 Pinehurst Knights Invitational Champion!

 

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Last year’s winner, Al Gallo, presenting our esteemed trophy to his father-in-law, Steve Phillips, once again underscoring the old adage… “age before beauty”.

The 2014 Pinehurst Knights Invitational Trophy is kept “All in the Family”, as Al passes the trophy over to his father-in-law, Steve during closing ceremonies.

That’s not the full story about this year’s closing theme.., because when we say “all” well, we really mean ALL awards this year.  Stay tuned for more on our “All in the Family” story.

For the full day by day results of this year’s tournament stop by the 2014 Archive Page.