Trinity, TX
Whispering Pines Golf Club
Barbara and Corby Robertson Jr. acquired the Whispering Pines property in 1970 for neighbouring Camp Olympia. Robertson staked a golf routing in 1992, and campers initially played without completed greens.
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Courses
Course design
Whispering Pines Golf Club history
Chet Williams of Nicklaus Design was then engaged to develop the course. Whispering Pines opened in March 2000, turning the camp’s evolving golf grounds into a dedicated Club beside Lake Livingston.
The Club’s championship course also hosts the Spirit International, first played in 2001. National teams bring two men and two women together for an overall country title, alongside separate team and individual medals. In 2009, the United States’ overall winning four included Jordan Spieth and Lexi Thompson.
Championships
- 2024 The Spirit International Amateur Golf ChampionshipWhispering Pines Golf Club
- 2021 The Spirit International Amateur Golf ChampionshipWhispering Pines Golf Club
- 2019 The Spirit International Amateur Golf ChampionshipWhispering Pines Golf Club
- 2015 The Spirit International Amateur Golf ChampionshipWhispering Pines Golf Club
View all 11 past editions
- 2013 The Spirit International Amateur Golf ChampionshipWhispering Pines Golf Club
- 2011 The Spirit International Amateur Golf ChampionshipWhispering Pines Golf Club
- 2009 The Spirit International Amateur Golf ChampionshipWhispering Pines Golf Club
- 2007 The Spirit International Amateur Golf ChampionshipWhispering Pines Golf Club
- 2005 The Spirit International Amateur Golf ChampionshipWhispering Pines Golf Club
- 2003 The Spirit International Amateur Golf ChampionshipWhispering Pines Golf Club
- 2001 The Spirit International Amateur Golf ChampionshipWhispering Pines Golf Club
Results and dates 11 editions
The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship
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Mexico (2001 Spirit International)
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United States (2003 Spirit International)
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England (2005 Spirit International)
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England (2007 Spirit International)
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United States (2009 Spirit International)
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United States (2011 Spirit International)
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United States (2013 Spirit International)
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United States (2015 Spirit International)
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France (2019 Spirit International)
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United States (2021 Spirit International)
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England (2024 Spirit International)
In the archive
Sources and editorial notes9 references
Sources for this story
- Whispering Pines | Championship Course History Whispering Pines Golf Club
Institutional history and course description.
Consulted 2026-09-21 - Championship Alumni: Spirit Champions Spirit Golf Association
Spirit Champions, International Team rows, 2001–2024. Other medal divisions are separately labelled.
Consulted 2026-11-14 - 2026 Sponsorship Opportunities Spirit Golf Association
PDF page 4 lists eleven past overall International Team champions and four-player rosters; PDF page 10 distinguishes the championship course from The Needler.
Consulted 2026-11-14 - Championship Archives Spirit Golf Association
Eleven completed years from 2001 through 2024; 2017 explicitly No Tournament Held.
Consulted 2026-11-14 - France Wins the 2019 Spirit International Spirit Golf Association
November 9, 2019 report: first round Thursday, final Saturday; France 395 (-37); Julien Sale spelling; As always, venue is the 7,480-yard Chet Williams course opened in 2000.
Consulted 2026-11-14
Record sources
- golfcoursegurus
- The Needler
- 2026 Sponsorship Opportunities Overall International/Combined Team gold: England. These are the four-player country-team results, not the separate men’s, women’s or individual medals. The organizer report dateline and Saturday final establish Nov 16 as end date. The Nov 17 blog publication is not substituted; start date is not inferred from a three-day description.
- Spirit Golf Association final report and Golf Australia venue register The organizer identifies its 7,480-yard Chet Williams course opened in 2000 as the venue, stating As always in the 2019 report. Golf Australia lists Whispering Pines for the historical editions; the 2024 organizer report names the same Club. This is the championship eighteen, not the separate nine-hole Needler or its practice-week challenge. No unchanged physical routing or round-specific usage is asserted.