Additional 2006 U.S. Open Practice Round Tickets Available


October 28, 2005

Far Hills, N.J. - Weekly tickets for the 2006 U.S. Open golf championship, to be held June 15-18 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y., are sold out.  However, due to increased demand, a limited number of additional daily practice round tickets for Monday through Wednesday (June 12-14) have been made available at $35 each.

Practice round tickets can be purchased online at www.usga.org/championships .  All questions regarding tickets should be directed to the Ticket Office at (800) 698-0661 or e-mailed to www.ticketquestions.usga.org .

The general public was able to submit ticket applications until August 2005, and the computerized random drawing was completed at the end of that month.

This is the 20th consecutive year the U.S. Open has been a sellout, beginning with the 1987 Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.  The U.S. Open is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the United States Golf Association.

Winged Foot will be hosting the U.S. Open for the fifth time. In all, Winged Foot has hosted 10 previous championships, with the most recent being the 2004 U.S. Amateur.

is the defending Open champion, having won the 2005 title at Pinehurst Resort in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C., by two strokes over Tiger Woods.