The US Open is coming to the Puget Sound - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

8ballrollin · 02-08-2008, 05:09 PM

Chambers Bay, which just opened last year, is going to host the US Open and the US Am. That is a big deal. It will be only the third true muni to ever host the US Open and the first time a US Open has been played in the NW.

Anyone coming up for the BYU game in the fall should try to get a round in on this great, new public track.

http://www.chambersbaygolf.com/layou...=173&page=3342

Coach McGuirk · 02-08-2008, 09:05 PM

That looks a lot like Bandon Dunes in Oregon. Lots of wind?

8ballrollin · 02-08-2008, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Coach McGuirk

That looks a lot like Bandon Dunes in Oregon. Lots of wind?

It is a lot like Bandon Dunes. The course is walking only - no cart paths. It also plays to lay of the land like Bandon. Several metric tons of sand were moved under it for drainage, so it will play well in the wet NW climate.

It's not as windy as Bandon. Yes, it's right on the water, but the Sound is not nearly as windy as being right on the Pacific.

02-08-2008, 05:09 PM	#1
8ballrollin Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: WA Posts: 1,287	The US Open is coming to the Puget Sound Chambers Bay, which just opened last year, is going to host the US Open and the US Am. That is a big deal. It will be only the third true muni to ever host the US Open and the first time a US Open has been played in the NW. Anyone coming up for the BYU game in the fall should try to get a round in on this great, new public track. http://www.chambersbaygolf.com/layou...=173&page=3342 __________________ "Five to one... One in five No one here gets out alive"

02-08-2008, 09:05 PM	#2
Coach McGuirk Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: The Bubble Posts: 606	That looks a lot like Bandon Dunes in Oregon. Lots of wind? __________________ "Hey! It's all ball bearings nowadays. Now you prepare that Fetzer valve with some 3-in-1 oil and some gauze pads. And I'm gonna need 'bout ten quarts of anti-freeze, preferably Prestone. No, no make that Quaker State. "