2008 US Open Golf Betting Odds !
June 9-15, 2008
at Torrey Pines South Golf Club. San Diego, CA.
US Open 20072008 U.S. OPEN Golf Championship beginning June 12, 2008. Torrey Pines is only the second municipal golf course ever selected to host this prestigious golf event. The Black Course at Bethpage, N.Y. was the first in 2002.
Before a venue is selected to host a U.S. Open, it is carefully examined by the USGA to ensure it meets selected criteria. First and foremost, the golf course must be of excellent quality and design. Can it be set up to adequately test the world’s best players?
If the answer is “yes,” the USGA staff then thoroughly study the operational aspects of the site and local community. There must be enough land surrounding the golf course for tents, operational compounds, admission entrances and spectator transportation.
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The golf course must have enough space between and around golf holes for grandstands, TV towers, concession areas, and for the relatively unimpeded movement of thousands of spectators.
Outside the golf course, we’ll examine the potential space for parking upward of 14,000 to 20,000 vehicles; the likely traffic conditions to move spectators via bus to-and-from parking lots and the golf course; the availability of thousands of hotel rooms and a convenient airport; and the anticipated cooperation from the state and local governments, as well as the local business community.
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The USGA Championship Committee generally awards U.S. Open sites six to eight years in advance. In addition to having the quality of the golf course and logistics analyzed, the Committee also takes geography into consideration. The National Open should and does move around to different parts of the country.
A few of these golf courses have required rather substantial makeovers, both architecturally and agronomically, in order to win an Open bid. Bethpage Black, site of the 2002 and 2009 Opens, had a complete facelift in the late 1990s, as did Torrey Pines, host of next year’s Open.
These two venues aside, the USGA generally prefers not to suggest or dictate architectural changes at Open venues other than when new championship teeing grounds or when modifications to the fairway widths and contours are needed. In fact, the USGA recommends a widening out of the fairways post-Open. Permanent course changes are decided and made by the host venue, with guidance from its architect of choice.
Most of the USGA involvement with the Open setup revolves around agronomic preparation (e.g., determining various mowing heights, how much water should be applied to the course, etc.) and the selection of hole locations and teeing grounds.
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