Far Hills, N.J. (Oct. 21) – Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club has been selected by the United States Golf Association as the site of the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship, to be played Aug. 24-30.
The U.S. Amateur will be contested over the North and South Courses at Olympia Fields. The North Course, which was designed by Willie Park and opened in 1923, was the site of three previous USGA championships: the 1928 U.S. Open (won by Johnny Farrell), the 1997 U.S. Senior Open (won by Graham Marsh) and the 2003 U.S. Open (won by Jim Furyk). It also hosted the 1925 and 1961 PGA Championships.
The South Course, a 1915 Tom Bendelow design that recently underwent a major restoration by Steve Smyers Golf Course Architects, will host the 2011 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship from July 18-23.
“Everyone at Olympia Fields is thrilled by the club’s selection as the host site for the 2015 U.S. Amateur,” said Club President Jeff Goldman. “It is a true honor to welcome the country’s oldest and most prestigious amateur championship.”
The club was established in 1915 as a center for amateur sports and family activities. Its first president, Amos Alonzo Stagg, was an icon of amateur athletics who served on the U.S. Olympic Committee and is a member of both the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
First contested in 1895, the U.S. Amateur is the oldest golf championship in the country – one day older than the U.S. Open – and is for amateurs who have USGA Handicap Indexes not exceeding 2.4.
Prior to 2015, the championship will be contested at Erin Hills in Erin, Wis., from Aug. 22-28, 2011; at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colo., from Aug. 20-26, 2012; at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., from Aug. 19-25, 2013; and at Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Ga., from Aug. 18-24, 2014.
About the USGA
The USGA is the national governing body of golf in the USA and Mexico. The USGA annually conducts the U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open, U.S. Senior Open and 10 national amateur championships. It also conducts two state team championships and helps conduct the Walker Cup Match, Curtis Cup Match and World Amateur Team Championships.
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 celebrates the history of the game. Since 1983, the USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Program has awarded more than $31 million to more than 400 research projects for better turf and a better environment at universities across the country. The USGA also funds an ongoing “For the Good of the Game” grants program, which has allocated more than $65 million over 13 years to 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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