Vartan Kupelian / The Detroit News
The U.S. Open is going to another municipal golf course, Chambers Bay, in University Place, Wash.
Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., and Bruce Charleton, Chambers Bay, on the lower Puget Sound, has been awarded the 2015 U.S. Open. Chambers Bay will be the third municipal course to play host to the U.S. Open in this decade. The others are Bethpage Black (2002, 2009) in New York and Torrey Pines later this year.
Chambers Bay has been open less than a year in a 930-acre park owned by Pierce County.
The U.S. Open has now been awarded through 2015, when it was expected to go back to Winged Foot before members of the exclusive New York private club voted against it.
Oakland Hills Country Club remains in line to get the 2016 U.S. Open.
The USGA also announced last week that Erin Hills Golf Course in Wisconsin will be the site of the 2011 U.S. Amateur. Traditionally, that's an indication that a U.S. Open is on the horizon.
There has been a buzz about both Erin Hills and Chambers Bay in recent months.
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