Erin Hills, Wisconsin still stage 2017 US Open
Erin Hills, a newly-opened public golf course in Wisconsin, has been chosen as the venue for the 2017 US Open by the United States Golf Association.
An announcement was also made on the eve of the 2010 event at Pebble Beach that the tournament would return to this year's course in 2019.
Taking the US Open to Wisconsin, on a site 35 miles from Milwaukee, will see the championship return to the American mid-west for the first time since the 2003 tournament at Olympia Fields Country Club near Chicago.
Set on rolling hills, Erin Hills was described by US Open course set-up man Mike Davis, the USGA's senior director of rules and competitions, as boasting "one of the greatest natural inland sites for a golf course that I have ever seen".
Davis added: "It also happens to be an excellent test of golf."
Along with the new venue for the US Open in 2017, the USGA were delighted to announce a return to Pebble Beach.
"Erin Hills has been open just a few years, but it has justifiably earned its reputation among the best golf courses in America," USGA president Jim Hyler wrote in a letter to USGA members.
"Pebble Beach is a national treasure, and we're thrilled that they will once again host our two oldest championships."
The return to Pebble Beach in 2019 will mark the links' centenary that year and will be the sixth visit for the US Open, having hosted the 100th US Open in 2000.
The famous California links, which is staging this year's event, starting on Thursday, will also stage the 2018 US Amateur championship.
Erin Hills, a newly-opened public golf course in Wisconsin, has been chosen as the venue for the 2017 US Open by the United States Golf Association.
An announcement was also made on the eve of the 2010 event at Pebble Beach that the tournament would return to this year's course in 2019.
Taking the US Open to Wisconsin, on a site 35 miles from Milwaukee, will see the championship return to the American mid-west for the first time since the 2003 tournament at Olympia Fields Country Club near Chicago.
Set on rolling hills, Erin Hills was described by US Open course set-up man Mike Davis, the USGA's senior director of rules and competitions, as boasting "one of the greatest natural inland sites for a golf course that I have ever seen".
Davis added: "It also happens to be an excellent test of golf."
Along with the new venue for the US Open in 2017, the USGA were delighted to announce a return to Pebble Beach.
"Erin Hills has been open just a few years, but it has justifiably earned its reputation among the best golf courses in America," USGA president Jim Hyler wrote in a letter to USGA members.
"Pebble Beach is a national treasure, and we're thrilled that they will once again host our two oldest championships."
The return to Pebble Beach in 2019 will mark the links' centenary that year and will be the sixth visit for the US Open, having hosted the 100th US Open in 2000.
The famous California links, which is staging this year's event, starting on Thursday, will also stage the 2018 US Amateur championship.
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