| | Four Finalists Chosen For
2009 Golf Digest U.S. Open Challenge
March 19, 2009
New York -
Golf Digest
, in association with the USGA and NBC Sports, has announced
the names of the four finalists for the 2009
Golf Digest
U.S. Open Challenge. The four contestants - all amateur
golfers with a USGA Handicap Index between 4.0 and 8.0 - will
compete through online voting for the chance to try to break
a score of 100 at the Black Course at Bethpage State Park,
site of the 2009 U.S. Open Championship.
The winner will play an 18-hole round on the Black Course
from the U.S. Open tees. Joining the winner will be Michael
Jordan, with Fred Couples as his caddie, along with two other
celebrities who will be announced at a later date. The round
will be taped and will air on NBC Sports from noon - 1:30
p.m. EDT on June 21, immediately prior to the final-round
broadcast of the U.S. Open.
Running through April 30, golf fans can go to
www.gdopenchallenge.com
to vote for who they think should win. Voters can make one
selection each day and are automatically entered for the
chance to win daily prizes and multiple grand prizes,
including two trips to the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach
Golf Links.
In the December 2008 issue,
Golf Digest
asked readers to submit a six-word statement on why they
thought they could break 100 at Bethpage Black. The four
finalists were narrowed down from 73,581 entries.
The four finalists and their six-word statements are:
"As
we saw last summer
, breaking 100 on a U.S. Open course is extremely difficult
for the average golfer, yet this year we received almost
20,000 more entries," said Jerry Tarde, Chairman and
Editor-In-Chief of
Golf Digest
. "We couldn't be more proud of this contest, and we're
looking forward to making one of our finalists' dream come
true."
Profiles of the four finalists and additional information
about the
Golf Digest
U.S. Open Challenge can be found in the May issue of
Golf Digest
(on newsstands April 7) and at
www.golfdigest.com
,
www.usga.org
and
www.nbcsports.com
.
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