Far Hills, N.J. (Feb. 12) – The United States Golf Association announced today that Kinloch Golf Club in Manakin-Sabot, Va., has been selected as the site of the 2011 USGA Senior Amateur Championship. The dates of the championship will be Sept. 10-15, 2011.
“The membership, management and staff at Kinloch Golf Club are honored to have the USGA select our club to host the 2011 Senior Amateur Championship,” said Phil Owenby, director of operations. “We look forward to providing the competitors a challenging and memorable experience as they endeavor to capture this prestigious national championship. They will enjoy the Kinloch feature qualities of outstanding golf-course conditions and genuine, enthusiastic hospitality.”
Three founding members of the club, including 1972 U.S. Amateur champion Marvin M. “Vinny” Giles III, C.B. Robertson III and Charlie Staples, and architect Lester George share design credit of the golf course. Opened in 2001, Kinloch is traditional in design and set on a piece of land that features rolling terrain and a 70-acre lake that provides a number of hazard features.
The club has been the site of the 2002 and 2006 Virginia-Carolinas Amateur Team Matches, the 2003 Virginia State Amateur and the 2006 Middle Atlantic Section PGA Match Play Championship.
Prior to the 2011 championship, the USGA Senior Amateur will be played at The Beverly Country Club in Chicago, Ill., Sept. 12-17, 2009, and Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando, Fla., Oct. 2-7, 2010.
The USGA Senior Amateur is open to players who have reached their 55th birthday prior to the start of championship and who have a USGA Handicap Index ® not exceeding 7.4.
About the USGA
The USGA is the national governing body of golf in the USA and Mexico, a combined territory that includes more than half the world’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 U.S. Senior Open. Ten additional USGA national championships are exclusively for amateurs, and include the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Women’s Amateur.
The USGA also writes the Rules of Golf, conducts equipment testing, provides expert course maintenance consultations, funds research for better turf and a better environment, maintains a Handicap System and administers an ongoing “For the Good of the Game” grants program, which has allocated more than $63 million over 12 years to successful programs that bring the game’s values to youths from disadvantaged backgrounds and people with disabilities. For more information about the USGA, visit www.usga.org.
Contact:
Dave Fanucchi (dfanucchi@usga.org)
Web Address: www.usga.org
USGA Phone: (908) 234-2300
