Camp Creek Golf Club -- the award-winning Tom Fazio design developed by St. Joe and located along Northwest Florida's Gulf Coast - will host a United States Golf Association ("USGA") sectional qualifier Aug. 1-2 for the 2006 U.S. Amateur Championship.
The USGA's oldest championship, the U.S. Amateur was first played in 1895 at Newport Golf Club in Rhode Island. It is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the USGA. The top finishers will receive invitations to play in the 2006 U.S. Amateur Championship held Aug. 21-27 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn.
"We are extremely excited to host this prominent and important event for the USGA," says Will Hopkins, Camp Creek general manager. "We are ecstatic to have received such a positive response from the USGA and we believe Camp Creek serves as an excellent proving ground for players attempting to gain entry into the U.S Amateur Championship."
Qualified entrants will play from Camp Creek's championship tees, which measure 7,159 and feature one of Florida's highest slope ratings, at 145. The course's final three holes - a 215-yard par-3, a 559-yard par-5 and a 453-yard par-4 - present one of the most difficult finishing stretches in the state.
Only non-professional golfers with a USGA Handicap Index of 2.4 or below are eligible to enter any of the U.S Amateur Qualifiers. For more information, visit www.usga.org or www.usamateur.org.
For more information about Camp Creek Golf Club or to book tee times, visit www.stjoegolf.com or call 850-231-7600.
