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Extra transport from RDU, big crowds over the weekend, and preparation for hosting one of the country’s biggest golf tournament in the coming years.

Pinehurst No. 2 crowned its fourth U.S. Open champion on Sunday in North Carolina's Sandhills as Bryson DeChambeau sank a par putt on the 18th green to beat Rory McIlroy by one stroke.

Pinehurst No.2, one of the world’s top-rated courses, is also one of the most sustainable.

This week, The Pilot will publish Open Daily — a pop-up daily newspaper dedicated to coverage of the U.S. Open — for the eighth time. In an era where newspapers are declining and vanishing rapidly, Open Daily and The Pilot have persisted.

For the fourth time, Pinehurst No. 2 will host the U.S. Open, one of four major championships in men’s professional golf. The USGA committed to bringing the U.S. Open back four more times to North Carolina's Sandhills over the next 23 years.

The biggest names in golf are gathering in Pinehurst for the 2024 U.S. Open.

Student athletes from a dozen HBCUs were competed on the Fairways Course at the Prestonwood Country Club in Cary this weekend. It is the first time the SAS Championship included a HBCU Invitational.

It will be part of the USGA’s campus at Pinehurst and stage two induction ceremonies during the U.S. Open weeks in 2024 and 2029. The move will involve relocating some of the artifacts that have been on display at the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Florida.

Lee closed with an even-par 71 to finish at 13-under 271 after the Australian flirted with the tournament record of 16 under set by Juli Inkster in 1999 at Old Waverly.

It’s been 15 years since the championship was last played at the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club. Pine Needles previously hosted the Women’s Open in 1996, 2001, and 2007. Annika Sorenstam, the winner in 1996, is back this year.