Far Hills, N.J. (June 25) – Rhode Island Country Club in Barrington, R.I., will host the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship and The Country Club in Cleveland, Ohio, will host the 2012 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, the United States Golf Association announced today.
Designed by Donald Ross and opened in 1911, Rhode Island C.C. will be hosting its fourth U.S. Women’s Amateur (1924, 1953, 1987) and its fifth USGA championship overall (1975 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur).
“Rhode Island Country Club is very excited to be hosting the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur in the same year that we will be celebrating our 100th anniversary,” said David Piccerelli, club president. “To be able to conduct a national championship on our fine golf course is a fitting way to make our centennial year very special.” The 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship will be held Aug. 8-14.
The Country Club was founded in 1889 and moved to its current location in 1930. The golf course was designed by William Flynn and underwent a restoration by Brit Stenson of IMG Design in 2002. The club was the site of the 1935 U.S. Amateur Championship, when Lawson Little completed his famed “Little Slam” by winning both the U.S. and British Amateur titles in two consecutive years. The Country Club has since hosted numerous local and state amateur championships. The 2012 U.S. Women’s Amateur will be held August 6-12.
“We are honored to be selected as the site of the 2012 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship,” said Dr. Bill Ruschhaupt, club president. “This is a great opportunity to bring a premier sporting event to the Cleveland community and to show our support for amateur golf.”
The 2009 U.S. Women’s Amateur will be played at Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 3-9, and the 2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur will be played at Charlotte (N.C.) Country Club, Aug. 9-15.
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 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, celebrates the history of the game, 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.
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Dave Fanucchi (dfanucchi@usga.org)
Web Address: www.usga.org
USGA Phone: (908) 234-2300
