Olympia Fields, Illinois (August 5, 2014) – Tickets for the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship, conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA) at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club, are now on sale at www.2015usamateur.com.
There are three ticket options, which all include free parking. The ticket options are:
• Daily Ticket, $25: Daily access to both the North and South Course during stroke play rounds (August 17-18), or daily access to the North Course during match play rounds (19-23)
• Weekly Ticket, $80: Access to each round of the championship, including practice rounds (August 14-23)
• Upgraded Ticket Package, $200: Access to the grounds and the Olympia Fields Country Club Clubhouse for the entire event week (Aug. 17-23).
Throughout the week of the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship, children 17 and under will receive free admission when accompanied by a ticketed adult.
In addition, online registration for more than 700 volunteer positions on committees such as admissions, will call, scoreboards, marshals, practice range and standard bearers is also open at www.2015usamateur.com.
Each volunteer will be required to purchase a volunteer package that includes one shirt, a jacket, a piece of headwear and a credential for the entire week. The credential allows volunteers spectator access for the week of the championship when they are not working a volunteer shift. Food and beverage will also be available to spectators when they are working a volunteer shift.
For more information on tickets or volunteer opportunities, please call the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship Office at 708-679-6776.
The 115th playing of the U.S. Amateur Championship will contested on the North and South courses of Olympia Fields Country Club, August 17-23. This will be the first time the U.S. Amateur has been in the Chicago area since 1997 when current PGA TOUR star, Matt Kuchar, was victorious at Cog Hill Country Club in Lemont, Illinois.
The U.S. Amateur Championship is the oldest national championship in the United States and was first contested in 1895, one day before the U.S. Open. Past champions include Bob Jones, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.
About Olympia Fields Country Club
Founded in 1915, Olympia Fields Country Club is an enduring monument to the Golden Age of American Golf. By 1925, the club boasted four 18-hole courses and the largest private clubhouse in the world, featuring an 80-foot, four-faced clock tower visible to golfers from all four first tees. The grandeur of Olympia Fields was remarkable even to Herbert Warren Wind, America’s leading golf historian, who, in his landmark work, the Story of American Golf, marveled at this unparalleled expression of the spirit of the Golden Age:
“Bigger and better went up all over the country. But Olympia Fields was the daddy of them all.”
Today, the English Tudor clubhouse and its regal clock tower are daily reminders of the club’s Olympia beginnings even as the club’s acreage and membership – including the number of private cottages – have adjusted to more contemporary proportions. Although the men’s grill retains the name “73rd Hole,” golf is now played over two nationally-ranked masterpieces – the North Course, designed by Willie Park Jr. and the South Course, designed by Tom Bendelow. In 2011, Olympia Fields hosted the 63rd U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, won by Ariya Jutanugarn, and in 2015, the tradition will continue with the playing of the 115th U.S. Amateur Championship. Along with the U.S. Amateur, 2015 also brings the centennial anniversary of Olympia Fields Country Club.
About the USGA
The USGA conducts the U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open and U.S. Senior Open, as well as 10 national amateur championships, two state team championships and international matches, attracting players and fans from more than 160 countries. Together with The R&A, the USGA governs the game worldwide, jointly administering the Rules of Golf, Rules of Amateur Status, equipment standards and World Amateur Golf Rankings. The USGA’s reach is global with a working jurisdiction in the United States, its territories and Mexico, serving more than 25 million golfers and actively engaging 150 golf associations.
The USGA is one of the world’s foremost authorities on research, development and support of sustainable golf course management practices. It serves as a primary steward for the game’s history and invests in the development of the game through the delivery of its services and its ongoing “For the Good of the Game” grants program. Additionally, the USGA’s Course Rating and Handicap systems are used on six continents in more than 50 countries.
For more information about the USGA, visit www.usga.org.
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