2009 U.S. Open Championship Bethpage State Park (Black Course) Farmingdale, NY June 15-21, 2009 The 2009 U.S. Open will be held at Bethpage State Park Golf Course in Farmingdale, NY.

After the immensely successful and historical 2002 U.S. Open, the championship returns for an encore performance to Bethpage State Park’s Black Course in Farmingdale, N.Y. Previously the site of the 1936 U.S. Amateur Public Links (Blue Course), Bethpage State Park became, in 2002, the first publicly-owned facility to host the Open. This year’s championship marks the third time in nine years that a municipal golf course plays host to the national championship.

Regarded as the largest public golf facility in the world, Bethpage features five courses centered around one clubhouse. The challenging Black Course will converge with an energetic New York crowd to once again make the 2009 U.S.

Though only a public golf course, the Bethpage Black caters to the golf elite. Many golfers from all over the country swarm the park to try their luck. The Black Course is the most challenging of the five golf courses located at Bethpage and hosted the 2002 US Open golf tournament, which was won by Tiger Woods. Expect the crowds at Bethpage to be loud and
rowdy, which should make the 2009 US Open one of the more memorable golf tournaments in years.

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The U.S. Open is open to any professional, or to any amateur with an up-to-date USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 1.4. Players (male or female) may obtain a place by being fully exempt or by competing successfully in qualifying. The field is 156 players.

US Open Golf History

The U.S. Open golf championship, first played in 1895, was originally played concurrently with the U.S. Amateur Open, but both were postponed because of the America's Cup, which was to occur at the same time. Both were scheduled in Newport, Rhode Island, but the Americas Cup, a yacht race, was more popular at the time and so the U.S. Open had to be delayed. This year's events begin on June 10, 2008 and will be held at Torry Pines in beautiful La Jolla, California. Though tickets are notoriously hard to find, Coast to Coast has tickets and packages to all US Open Golf dates. Get yours now and be there in person to see all the action live at the 2008 US Open!

All 36 holes of the US Open were originally played in one day. That changed in 1898 when the USGA changed it to a two day event, with 36 holes on each day, for a total of 72 holes. It changed again in 1926, with 18 holes each day on the first two days, and 36 on the third. Since 1965, the U.S. Open has played with 18 holes per round, for four days.

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