June 30th in Courses, Features.

Chambers Bay – Hole-by-Hole

Yardage is from the Sand tees, or white tees, generally played by most golfers

NO. 1: Par 4, 465 yards
Puget Sound
It’s in honor of the body of water that is the dramatic backdrop for the course and the hole.

NO. 2: Par 4, 366 yards
Foxy
Fox Island is off to the left. It also reminiscent of the 14th hole at Scotland’s Royal Dornoch, known by the same name.

NO. 3: Par 3, 130 yards
Blown Out
This is reflective of the wind off the …

June 30th in Courses, Features.

Blimey! Our “limey’s” take on Chambers Bay

By Tony Dear, CG Contributing Writer

One hundred seventeen years ago, Old Tom Morris was handed four guineas by the Royal County Down Golf Club in Northern Ireland and instructed to build a championship-caliber course over the club’s heaving sand dunes just outside the town of Newcastle. With a few shovels and the equivalent of about six dollars, Morris created a layout which, with modifications by member George Combe and later Harry Colt, evolved into one of the greatest …

June 30th in Courses, Features.

Great Scot

When all the golf course designs had been submitted for the proposed Chambers Bay course in early 2004, Bruce Charlton, partner in the famed Robert Trent Jones design company, wanted to leave one final impression on the Pierce County decision makers. He handed out bag tags that read: Chambers Bay — Site of the 2020 U.S. Open.