US Open Entries Set Record; Registration Now Open for All USGA Championships
The United States Golf Association (USGA) has accepted a record number of entries for the 2014 U.S. Open Championship at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s Course No. 2 in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C. The total of 10,127 entrants eclipses the 9,860 for last year’s championship at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa. Among the record total are 51 players, including 12 past champions, who are currently fully exempt into the field (see list below).
“The number of entries, from across the world, affirms both the great appeal of playing in our national championship and the history surrounding Pinehurst No. 2,” said Daniel B. Burton, USGA vice president and chairman of the Championship Committee. “We look forward to local and sectional qualifying and to conducting the unprecedented U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open in consecutive weeks at this renowned Donald Ross-designed course in June.”
The U.S. Open will be held for the third time at Pinehurst No. 2 on June 12-15. To be eligible, a player must have a Handicap Index® not exceeding 1.4, or be a professional. Local qualifying, which will be played over 18 holes at 111 sites in the United States, will take place between May 2-19.
Entries for all USGA Championships became available today on the heels of US Open entries closing last night. MAGA will conduct US Open Local Qualifying May 13 at The Missouri Bluffs Golf Club, 120 entries were accepted for the Bluffs qualifier.
Registration is availble for the rest of the amateur championships by visiting our 2014 Schedule of Events, click here.
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