USGA announces 2005 championships schedule

For four months, beginning in June, USGA championships will be played in 13 states.

Far Hills, N.J. – Three historic venues will be hosting USGA championships: Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort for the U.S. Open, Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colo., for the U.S. Women’s Open and Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., for the U.S. Amateur. It will be a record 17th USGA event for Merion. The Amateur is scheduled for Aug. 22 through 28. The Women’s Open will be contested a week after the U.S. Open (June 23 through 26).

For four months, beginning in June, USGA championships will be played in 13 states. That schedule includes the biennial Walker Cup Match in August at historic Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Ill., and the men’s and women’s state team competitions in late September at Berkeley Hall in Bluffton, S.C.

Five other venues also are return visits for the USGA. Longmeadow (Mass.) Country Club will host the U.S. Junior Amateur in July. NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio, will host the U.S. Senior Open in July. The Honors Course in Chattanooga, Tenn., will host the U.S. Mid-Amateur. And the Apawamis Club in Rye, N.Y., will host the USGA Senior Women’s Amateur.

The U.S. Women’s Amateur is scheduled for August at Ansley Golf Club’s Settindown Creek Course in Roswell, Ga.

Swope Memorial Golf Course will host the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship in July. That same week, Shaker Run Golf Club in Lebanon, Ohio, will host the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship.

Idaho will host its first USGA event when BanBury Golf Club in Eagle welcomes the U.S. Girls’ Junior in July.

Shadow Hawk Golf Club in Richmond, Texas, will host the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur in September.