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[GOLF NEWS]

USGA ANNOUNCES LOCAL QUALIFYING SITES

FOR 121ST U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

121회 U.S 오픈 챔피언십

USGA,지역 예선 장소를 발표

109 local qualifiers will be conducted

in 43 U.S. states and Canada between
April 26-May 18

121회 U.S 오픈 챔피언십
USGA,지역 예선 장소를 발표

IBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Jan. 27, 2021) – The United join a group of locally exempt players in final qualifying,
LStates Golf Association (USGA) today announced local which will be conducted over 36 holes. Dates and courses
qualifying sites for the 121st U.S. Open Championship. will be announced in February.
The U.S. Open will be contested at Torrey Pines Golf
Course (South Course), in San Diego, Calif., for the second Several courses have long histories as local qualifying
time from June 17-20, 2021. Local qualifying, conducted hosts. Illini Country Club, in Springfield, Ill., will
over 18 holes at 109 sites in 43 U.S. states and Canada, will conduct a U.S. Open qualifier for the 42nd consecutive
take place between April 26-May 18. year in which qualifying has been conducted. Maketewah
“Professional and amateur golfers worldwide have a Country Club, in Cincinnati, Ohio, will be a local site for
pathway to emerge from the thousands who will attempt the 44th time in the last 46 years. Additionally, Riverton
to earn a place in this year’s U.S. Open at Torrey Pines Golf (Wyo.) Country Club has hosted local qualifying since
Course by competing in this two-stage qualifying process 1998, while Collindale Golf Course, in Fort Collins, Colo.,
that was established in 1959,” said John Bodenhamer, has been a host site since 2003. Ironwood Country Club,
USGA senior managing director, Championships. “Allied in Palm Desert, Calif., will hold a local qualifier for the
Golf Associations and Golf Canada, with the cooperation 22nd time in the last 24 years.
of the USGA’s five regional offices, are joined in this
collaborative effort for both stages. We appreciate their Five clubs will extend their years of hosting U.S. Open
diligence in overcoming the challenging times we local qualifying well past a decade. They are: River
confront each day.” Landing Golf Club, in Wallace, N.C.; The Club at Ruby
Hill, in Pleasanton, Calif.; Indian Ridge Country Club, in
In 2020, U.S. Open qualifying was canceled due to the Palm Desert, Calif.; La Purisima Golf Course, in Lompoc,
COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an all-exempt field at Calif.; and Pinewild Country Club (Magnolia Course), in
Winged Foot Golf Club. The USGA accepted 9,125 entries Pinehurst, N.C.
for the 2019 championship at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf
Links. The record of 10,127 entries was established for Orange Tree Golf Club, in Orlando, Fla., has served as a
the 2014 championship on Pinehurst Resort & Country local site since 2012. In four of the last six years at least
Club’s Course No. 2, in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C. one player has advanced from Orange Tree through final
qualifying and to the U.S. Open, including Luis Gagne of
Those players who advance out of local qualifying will Costa Rica, who shared low-amateur honors in 2018 at

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