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Storied Michigan venue awarded two U.S. 2029 U.S. Women’s Amateur, 2038 U.S. Girls’ Junior and
Opens and four top amateur championships 2047 U.S. Amateur. The club is set to host a total of eight
USGA championships between 2024 and 2051. It will
become the fifth club to have hosted a U.S. Open, U.S.
IBERTY CORNER, N.J. (March 22, 2022) – Historic
Women’s Open, U.S. Amateur and U.S. Women’s Amateur,
LOakland Hills Country Club, in Bloomfield Hills,
with Pebble Beach set to join those ranks when it hosts
Mich., has been selected as the host site for the 2034 and
the U.S. Women’s Open in 2023.
2051 U.S. Open Championships as well as four additional
“This is a significant and meaningful day for all of us
prestigious USGA amateur championships, starting in
at Oakland Hills,” said Rick Palmer, club president.
2024.
“The commitment of two U.S. Opens as well as four top
“We could not be happier to bring six additional
amateur championships is a testament to the fabulous
championships to such an iconic venue as Oakland Hills,”
work of everyone at Oakland Hills. With a total of eight
said John Bodenhamer, USGA chief championships
USGA championships coming to our club starting in
officer. “Since its first U.S. Open in 1924, Oakland Hills
2024, we can’t wait to add to our storied history. We look
has provided a supreme test for the game’s very best, and
forward to continuing our championship golf tradition
it will continue to do so for professionals and amateurs
at Oakland Hills and our long-standing relationship with
alike in the coming years.”
the USGA.”
Adding to the two U.S. Opens and the two U.S. Women’s
The South Course at Oakland Hills, also known as “The
Opens in 2031 and 2042 announced in January, Oakland
Monster,” was designed by Donald Ross and opened in
Hills’ South Course will host the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur,
1918. It was renovated by Robert Trent Jones Sr. (1950),
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