Far Hills, N.J. – Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, has been selected by the United States Golf Association to host the 2011 U.S. Senior Open. Dates of the championship will be July 28-31.
Inverness, a Donald Ross-designed golf course which opened in 1903, will be hosting its seventh USGA Championship and second Senior Open. Previously, the club hosted four U.S. Opens (1920 won by Ted Ray; 1931 won by Billy Burke in a playoff over George Von Elm.; 1957 won by Dick Mayer in a playoff over Cary Middlecoff; and 1979 won by Hale Irwin).
The club also hosted the 2003 Senior Open, won by Bruce Lietzke, and the 1973 U.S. Amateur, won by Craig Stadler.
Inverness was the site of the 1986 and 1993 PGA Championships. The late Byron Nelson was the club’s professional from 1940-1944.
"We are proud and excited to host another major USGA championship," said Jim Schwarzkopf, president of Inverness Club’s board of governors. "This allows our club to continue its rich tradition of hosting major golf championships in northwest Ohio. We believe these events are great for golf and the community."
The Senior Open will be making its fifth appearance in Ohio. Previously, the Senior Open was played at Scioto Country Club in Columbus in 1986; at Canterbury Golf Club in Beachwood in 1996; at Inverness in 2003; and at NCR Club in Kettering in 2005.
Prior to 2011, the Senior Open will be played at The Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colo., from July 31-Aug. 3, 2008; at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind., from July 30-Aug. 2, 2009; and at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish,Wash., from July 29-Aug. 1, 2010.
The USGA is the national governing body of golf in this country and Mexico, a combined territory that includes more than half the game’s golfers and golf courses.
The Association’s most visible role is played out each season in conducting 13 national championships, including the U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open and Senior Open. Ten additional USGA national championships are exclusively for amateurs, and include the Amateur and the U.S. Women’s Amateur.
The USGA also writes the Rules of Golf, conducts equipment testing, maintains an official Handicap System and administers an ongoing "For the Good of the Game" grants program, which has allocated more than $56 million over 10 years to programs that seek to grow the game. For more information about the USGA, visit www.usga.org.
Contact:
Pete Kowalski (pkowalski@usga.org)
Web address: www.usga.org
