Pinehurst No. 2, the famed North Carolina layout designed by Donald Ross and most recently restored by the team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, will host its fourth U.S. Open on June 13-16.

Tom Doak’s new course at Pinehurst possesses all the elements that define golf in the Carolina sand hills, but it’s arranged in ways that make #10 seem fresh and explorative. The essential ...