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USGA SELECTS THE HOME COURSE AS THE ASSISTING COURSE FOR THE 2010 U.S. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
DUPONT, Washington – The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. has been selected by the United States Golf Association as the assisting course for the 2010 U.S. Amateur Championship. The Home Course will assist the primary course, Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Wash., in conducting America’s national amateur championship.
The Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) and Washington State Golf Association (WSGA) acquired The Home Course from the Weyerhaeuser Company on May 31, 2007, and opened it to the public on June 29. With the championship tees currently set at 7,437 yards, it will prove to be a stern test for the world’s top amateur golfers.
“The beautiful views, rolling fairways, contoured greens and a minimum of water and trees at The Home Course will give golfers a challenge somewhat similar to Chambers Bay,” said Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg. “We are very happy The Home Course will be our partner in this national event,” added Ladenburg.
The first two days of the U.S. Amateur Championship consists of 36 holes of stroke play qualifying, with 18 holes played at each host course, each day. The Home Course will assist Chambers Bay in hosting the field of 312 players who will be qualifying for the 64 spots in match play. Following the two days of stroke play qualifying, the field of 312 golfers will be reduced to the lowest 64 scorers, who will advance to match play to determine the U.S. Amateur champion. The entire match play portion of the championship will be played at Chambers Bay Golf Course.
The Home Course is a walkable layout with panoramic views of Puget Sound, the Olympic Mountains, and Mount Rainier, present throughout the golf course. It was designed by golf course architect Mike Asmundson of Scottsdale, Arizona. Asmundson, a graduate of the University of Washington, has constructed numerous courses in the desert southwest and in South America. He also owns Discovery Bay Golf Course in Port Townsend, Wash.
“The PNGA and WSGA are deeply grateful to the USGA for providing the opportunity to assist in hosting our nation’s most important amateur competition,” said PNGA and WSGA CEO/Executive Director, John Bodenhamer. “While an important part of our vision for The Home Course is hosting competitions of excellence, this particular championship has extra special meaning, considering our long-standing relationship with the USGA,” added Bodenhamer. “We also look forward to partnering with Pierce County and their new world class facility, Chambers Bay Golf Course,” said Bodenhamer.
The last time the U.S. Amateur was played in the state of Washington, was at Seattle Golf Club in 1952, when two of the Northwest’s greatest, Jack Westland of Everett, Wash. and Al Mengert of Spokane, Wash. met in the final match. Westland won the match 3 and 1.
The Home Course will eventually house the offices of the WSGA, PNGA, and USGA activities in the Northwest, as well as other allied golf associations. In following the association’s vision, The Home Course will also serve as a home for junior golf programs, caddie programs, environmental stewardship and turfgrass research. Each year, The Home Course will also serve as the venue for some WSGA and PNGA championships and USGA national championship sectional qualifiers.
The PNGA and WSGA are the state and regional representatives of the USGA and conduct 23 state and regional championships, provide USGA GHIN Handicap and USGA Course and Slope Rating services to WSGA members, interpret the USGA Rules of Golf and Amateur Status, administer the Evans Caddie Scholarship Program in the region, publish Pacific Northwest Golfer magazine, maintain the Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame, annually award Pacific Northwest Amateur Players of the Year, and much more. Each association is a separate organization, governed by separate boards of directors, each comprised of men and women from golf clubs throughout the region. The WSGA and PNGA are headquartered together and share a common staff of 12 individuals in offices located in Federal Way, Wash. For more information about each organization, please visit their respective web sites at www.thewsga.org or www.thepnga.org or telephone Northwest Golf House at 1-800-643-6410 or (206) 526-1238.
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