Agility Chambers Bay alluring to USGA

The days of confrontation has come to Chambers Bay Golf Club. The famous Robert Trent Jones Jr. course on the shores of Puget Sound near Tacoma, Wash., will host the one hundred and tenth U.S. Amateur August 23 to 29. The amateur is undoubtedly an important event for the USGA. As a municipal course run by the county, Chambers Bay was an economic burden on society tax money, which cost $ 20,000,000 to build and operate a budget in the red.



After visiting Chambersburg Bay last month - my third visit in the past - I share almost none of these concerns. Greens, never designed to run faster than a 11 on the stimpmeter rolled nicely. The new driving range is expansive and will be a good place to hang out at the Open week. It has been open to the public only three days a week, so that extra-grow in time.

It's built Wed an old, Abandoned Quarry sand, with all of its features like dunes, manufactured, and the whole thing Offering 100 feet of elevation change along with stunning views of the Lower Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountain range. Chambers Bay, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr.. and opened for play in 2007, is monumental in scale. The par-71 layouts Measures 7,742 yards long, making it the longest championship venue in the entire history of the U.S.