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Sahalee Country Club To Host 2010
U.S. Senior Open
February 8, 2007
Far Hills, N.J. — Sahalee Country Club in the Seattle suburb
of Sammamish, Wash., will host the 2010 U.S. Senior Open, the
United States Golf Association has announced. The championship
is scheduled from July 29-Aug. 1. It will be the second time one
of the USGA's three Open championships will be conducted in Washington.
Ted Robinson designed the original 18-hole course which opened
in 1969. Rees Jones oversaw a redesign and renovations in 1996
in preparation for Sahalee's role as host site for the 1998 PGA
Championship.
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| Sahalee C.C. previously hosted the 1998
PGA Championship. The club gets its first USGA event in 2010.
(Photo courtesy of Sahalee C.C.) |
Vijay Singh won that 1998 PGA Championship, the first of golf's
"majors" to be played in the Northwest since 1944, by
two strokes over Steve Stricker. Four years later, Sahalee hosted
the 2002 NEC World Golf Championship, won by Craig Parry.
The club has hosted the Sahalee Players Championship for top
men's amateurs annually since 1992. Some recognizable winners
who have become professional golfers include Casey Martin (1993),
Jason Gore (1996), Arron Oberholser (1997) and three-time USGA
champion Ryan Moore (2004). In conjunction with the University
of Washington, Sahalee also conducts an annual women's team tournament
- the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational.
Prior to 2010, the Senior Open will be played from July 5-8,
2007, at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis.; from July 31-Aug.
3, 2008, at Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colo.; and
from July 30-Aug. 2, 2009, at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel,
Ind.
The Senior Open was introduced by the USGA in 1980. Notable winners
of the championship include Arnold Palmer (1981), Gary Player
(1987 and 1988), Lee Trevino (1990), Jack Nicklaus (1991 and 1993),
Hale Irwin (1998 and 2000) and Peter Jacobsen (2004). Allen Doyle
became the fifth multiple winner when he successfully defended
his title in 2006 at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson,
Kan.
The USGA is the national governing body of golf in this country
and Mexico. The Association's most visible role is played out
each season in conducting 13 national championships, including
the U.S. Senior Open, U.S. Open and U.S. Women's Open. Ten additional
USGA national championships are exclusively for amateurs, and
include the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Women's Amateur.
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