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GOLF CLUB OF NEW ENGLAND TO HOST 2012 U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR
March 30, 2010
Far Hills, N.J. (March 30) – The Golf Club of New England in Stratham, N.H., has been selected by the United States Golf Association as the site of the 2012 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. It will be the first USGA championship conducted in the state of New Hampshire. The dates of the championship are July 16-21.
“The opportunity to host the U.S. Junior Amateur is a major triumph for the state and the club,” said Craig Benson, former governor of New Hampshire and honorary chairman of the Golf Club of New England. “With the work we’ve done here at the Golf Club of New England, we finally have a venue worthy of joining the 47 other states that have shared the honor of hosting such an event. We look forward to hosting golf’s rising stars and hope to continue to be a part of the USGA’s rich heritage.”
Designed by Arnold Palmer and opened in 2003, the Golf Club of New England (www.golfclubne.com) is located in southeastern New Hampshire on 450 acres of former farmland. The Golf Club of New England has hosted USGA qualifying for the 2004 U.S. Amateur and USGA Senior Women’s Amateur, the 2005 U.S. Mid-Amateur and the 2006 and 2009 USGA Senior Amateur.
“The USGA is delighted to add New Hampshire to the list of states to serve as host for one of our championships,” said Jim Hyler, USGA president. “The U.S. Junior Amateur dates back to 1948 and its list of competitors is long and distinguished. The Association wishes the Golf Club of New England every success for the 2012 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.”
Only three states have yet to host a USGA championship – Alaska, New Hampshire and Utah. With Utah’s Soldier Hollow Golf Course in Midway, near Salt Lake City, selected as the site of the 2012 U.S. Amateur Public Links and the Golf Club of New England named to host the 65th U.S. Junior Amateur, only Alaska will not have served as a USGA championship host after 2012.
The 2010 U.S. Junior Amateur will be contested July 19-24 at Egypt Valley Country Club in Ada, Mich. The 2011 U.S. Junior Amateur is scheduled for July 18-23 at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash.
The U.S. Junior Amateur is open to male golfers who are under 18 years old and have a USGA Handicap Index that does not exceed 6.4.
About the USGA
The USGA is the national governing body of golf in the USA and Mexico. The USGA annually conducts the U.S. Open, U.S. Women's Open, U.S. Senior Open and 10 national amateur championships. It also conducts two state team championships and helps conduct the Walker Cup Match, Curtis Cup Match and World Amateur Team Championships.
The USGA also writes the Rules of Golf, conducts equipment testing, provides expert course maintenance consultations, maintains a Handicap System® and celebrates the history of the game. Since 1983, the USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Program has awarded more than $31 million to more than 400 research projects for better turf and a better environment at universities across the country. The USGA also funds an ongoing “For the Good of the Game” grants program, which has allocated more than $65 million over 13 years to programs that bring the game’s values to youths from disadvantaged backgrounds and people with disabilities. For more information about the USGA, visit www.usga.org.
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Web Address: www.usga.org
USGA Phone: 908-234-2300 ext.1322 (office)
Posted: March 30, 2010 04:49 PM
Four Seasons Resort Aviara Golf Club near San Diego: Augusta of the West Coast
March 26, 2010
By David R. Holland, Senior Writer - WorldGolf.com
CARLSBAD, Calif. – Welcome to Augusta of the West Coast. That's the beauty found at the Four Seasons Resort Aviara Golf Club, an Arnold Palmer design that measures 7,007 yards at par 72, just 30 miles from downtown San Diego.
No, Aviara is not a classic Alister MacKenzie design. And a round of April golf does not weave through the blooming hills of Augusta, with the whites and pinks of the dogwoods and the explosion of azalea reds.
Rather, Aviara features one botanical hole after another with trees, flowers and shrubs of yellows, reds and purples, a view of the Batiquitos Lagoon and a journey through three coastal canyons. Eucalyptus trees and Torrey pines line some fairways.
Read the full story at WorldGolf.com
Posted: March 26, 2010 01:18 PM
Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club and Lodge better than ever after reconstruction
March 25, 2010
By Erik Peterson, Staff Writer - OrlandoGolf.com ORLANDO, Fla. - One of Florida's best golf courses recently received a facelift, but if you ask the surgeon with the scalpel, it was about more than just cosmetics. "The opinion is that we make courses harder and harder," Arnold Palmer said of renovating Bay Hill Club & Lodge, the course he's owned and lived at for more than 40 years. "Our purpose has changed a little bit. We decided to rethink that." Some of the changes were made with the PGA Tour's Arnold Palmer Invitational in mind - most notably converting Nos. 4 and 16 to true par 5s - but a few significant changes to the golf course are meant to inject more versatility into how Bay Hill plays for you, the resort golfer. Read the full story on OrlandoGolf.comPosted: March 25, 2010 10:06 AM
Erik Larsen of Orlando, Fla. Elected President of American Society of Golf Course Architects
March 19, 2010
Erik Larsen, ASGCA was elected President of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) at the organization’s recent 64th Annual Meeting in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Larsen is Executive Vice President and Senior Golf Course Architect of Arnold Palmer Design Company, based in Orlando, Fla. He holds a BSLA from North Carolina State University and counts ASGCA Past President Ed Seay as a former colleague and mentor. He is a CLARB-certified Landscape Architect and is also a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and Urban Land Institute.
His list of courses numbers more than 100 and includes new layouts Deacon’s Lodge, Brainerd, Minn.; Running T Ranch, Klamath Falls, Ore.; Spencer T. Olin Community Golf Course, Alton, Ill; Links at Kuilima, Oahu, Hawaii and remodeled courses Boca West, Boca Raton, Fla. and Westwood Municipal, Newton, Iowa.
As President, Larsen plans to publicize the concept that golf courses have value which encompasses golf and its uniqueness as a game of integrity, competitiveness and fellowship that’s played on dynamic, beautiful playing grounds. Beyond the game that’s played on the land, the golf course serves as green space, wildlife and flora habitat and can be used for other activities that benefit the community, like trails for jogging and cross country skiing or as concert space.
Larsen lives in Orlando, Fla. with his wife and has three daughters. In addition to serving on the Executive and Public Relations Committees of ASGCA, he served as the group’s Supplier’s Directory Chairman.
ASGCA Background
Founded in 1946 by 14 leading architects, the American Society of Golf Course Architects is a non-profit organization comprised of experienced golf course designers located throughout the United States and Canada. Members have completed a rigorous two-year long application process that includes the peer review of four representative golf courses. ASGCA members are experienced golf course architects, able to counsel in all aspects of golf course design and remodeling and comprise many of the great talents throughout the golf industry.
For more information about ASGCA, including a current list of members, log on to the ASGCA website at http://www.asgca.org or call (262) 786-5960.
Posted: March 19, 2010 03:20 PM
