[soft upbeat music] - [Dwayne] The US Open and Pinehurst now are wedded with the course designated as an anchor site for the Championship.

And with the return of the Hall of Fame and the USGA headquarters to the resort, these have truly become hallowed grounds of the game.

Question, Why here?

Why is this the cradle of American golf?

- Yes, so Pinehurst Resort, it was established in 1895, of course, by the Tufts family and Donald Ross was hired to become the course architect for Pinehurst.

And then the World Golf Hall of Fame opened down here in 1974.

And we're just so happy to be back in Pinehurst after some time down in St. Augustine.

[Roy laughing] - I know why he's laughing.

- Yeah I'm so old I remember when it was at the back of the fourth green, fifth tee back there.

- Yeah.

- So, I'm old enough to know both places now.

- Absolutely, well, it's so nice to have it returned and be back here again, within walking distance of the cradle, in Pinehurst Number Two.

- Look it, President's Cup right here.

- Yeah, we have all of golf's greatest championship trophies on display here in the Hall of Fame.

So visitors can come and explore all of the history of the great game that we love.

- Now you've hoisted a trophy or two but nothing like any of this stuff.

- No, I've hoisted trophies that other guys made it possible for me to hoist.

[all laughing] I just stood over on the sideline and yelled, "Run, run, run."

But this is golf.

Walking off the first tee on Number Two and you start walking down through there and all of a sudden you start thinking about this is where Jack Nicholas, Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan and all those guys.

And so it gives you a little more spring in your step as you walk down through there and playing Number Two the first time.

And it was very difficult, but I played pretty doggone well.

And so every time you come down here you think about golf and what it means to so many people.

And you know, if I hadn't been a basketball coach, I would've mowed greens all week long, so I coulda play free on Thursday or something like that.

[Dwayne laughing] - You remember the best round you had here?

The best shot?

- Oh yeah.

On Number Two, I shot 72.

It just wasn't the same day I shot 36.

[Dwayne laughing] No, I'm serious.

- Obviously Tiger Woods' locker's gonna be one everyone's gonna visit here, but before they visit his, I think they should always stop and see this guy, Charlie Sifford.

- What Charlie Sifford did, came to the tour and did such a great job.

He set the stage for people like Tiger Woods.

- I've met him.

The one time I met him, I was at The Golf Channel as an anchor.

I had a brief moment in a commercial break.

I jumped up, ran over, shook his hand, and he had his cigar in his mouth.

- [Roy] Stogie.

- And I just shook his hand and said, "Mr. Sifford it is so nice to meet you, sir.

"My name is Dwayne Ballen."

and he didn't say anything for what seemed like five hours, but it was just a couple of seconds.

And he just looked at me and he looked at the anchor desk.

He said, "Young man, it's nice to see you at that desk."

- I was probably the luckiest guy in the world.

I probably played 15 with Tom Watson.

And we used to play before the senior event in Kansas City.

Tom and I would play George Brett, who had won the senior event the year before, in a nine hole skins game.

And we won all of 'em and just to get that in so George knows.

- So you carried it, right?

- Oh no, no.

I didn't carry it, but we won all of 'em.

- [Dwayne] You gave Jack Nicholas a tip on his swing?

- Oh, he asked a question and I answered it.

- Oh, okay.

[laughing] There's hope for you.

You see that?

- Future inductees?

In my dreams at least.

In my dreams every night.

- Hey, look over here.

- Oh and Freddy.

I love Freddy too.

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