Sahalee & Chambers Bay USGA Tickets Now On Sale

The “USGA Major Offer,” which enables ticket buyers for the 2010 U.S. Senior Open the opportunity to purchase tickets to the 2015 U.S. Open held at Chambers Bay before they are made available to the public, has been extended through August 3, 2009 due to an overwhelming response from the golf community through the northwest.
 
The U.S. Open has sold out for 23 consecutive years and 2015 marks the first time the championship will be contested in the Pacific Northwest.
 
2010 U.S. Senior Open ticket buyers can select from the Season Pass for $150, which includes one ticket for each day of the championship providing grounds access, or the Trophy Club Pass for $250, which includes one ticket for each day of the championship providing access to the championship grounds and the Trophy Club tent located on the 18th fairway with upscale food and beverage for purchase.
 
Beginning August 4, 2009, daily grounds tickets will be available for the practice and championship rounds.  Championship round tickets (Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday) will be available for $45 per day and practice round tickets (Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday) for $20 per day.
 
All tickets include free parking and free shuttle transportation to the admission gate. Throughout the week of the championship, kids 17 and under receive free admission when accompanied by a ticketed adult.  Kids also receive front-row seating in all on-course grandstands.
 
Tickets for the 2010 U.S. Senior Open are also available by calling 877-281-OPEN or visiting www.2010ussenioropen.com.  
 
 
About the 2010 U.S. Senior Open
The 31st U.S. Senior Open will bring a field of 156 of the world’s best professional and amateur senior (over the age of 50) golfers to Sahalee Country Club.  Featured players expected to compete include: Fred Couples, Greg Norman, Tom Lehman, Fred Funk, Jay Haas, Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller and Mark O’Meara. NBC and ESPN will provide more than 16 hours of television coverage of the championship.  For additional information about the championship, visit www.2010ussenioropen.com.
 
About the USGA
 The USGA is the national governing body of golf in the USA and Mexico, a combined territory that includes more than half the world’s golfers and golf courses. 

 The Association’s most visible role is played out each season in conducting 13 national championships, including the U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open and U.S. Senior Open.  Ten additional USGA national championships are exclusively for amateurs and include the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Women’s Amateur.
 
The USGA also writes the Rules of Golf, tests and regulates equipment, provides expert course maintenance consultations, funds research for better turf and a better environment, maintains a Handicap System and administers an ongoing “For the Good of the Game” grants program, which has allocated more than $63 million over 12 years to successful programs that bring the game’s values to youths from disadvantaged backgrounds and people with disabilities.