The Puget Sound area's newest golf course just keeps getting more attention. In addition to being awarded a US Amateur and a US Open, Chambers Bay has debuted at #8 in Golf Magazine's Top 100 Course List.
In addition to being a great golf course, Chambers Bay is perhaps one of the most accessible golf courses on the Golf Magazine list. The rest of the top ten, in order, are Pacific Dunes, Pebble Beach, Whistling Straits, Kiawah Island, Pinehurst #2, Bandon Dunes, Bethpage Black, Spyglass Hill and TPC Sawgrass. One could argue that both Bandon and Pacific Dunes have the same kind of accessibility, but that's not the case. Both are much more difficult to get to.
Chambers Bay has a lot going for it because of it's location near a major population area and it's competitive price (when compared to other top ten courses).
Let us know if you're interested in one of golf packages that can include Chambers Bay.
Here's the full press release from Kemper Sports...
In Golf Magazine's recently released list of golf courses ranking as the “Top 100 You Can Play,” Chambers Bay debuted at #8 on the list. Owned by Pierce County and managed by Chicago-based KemperSports, Chambers Bay features panoramic views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains, and will host the 2010 U.S. Amateur and 2015 U.S. Open Championships.
The "Top 100" list is derived from ratings submitted by a team of GOLF Magazine panelists who scour the country to evaluate the best public-access courses, of which there are approximately 14,000. The biennial list is included in the September 2008 edition of the magazine, which hit newsstands on August 11th.
Other Pacific Northwest area courses on the list include Pacific Dunes, Bandon Dunes, and Bandon Trails, all part of Bandon Dunes Golf Resort on Oregon's Southern Coast. The resort is also a part of KemperSports' management portfolio.
"It is a great honor to be chosen one of the top 100 golf courses in the country by GOLF Magazine," said John Ladenburg, Pierce County Executive. "It is also a testament to hard work and creativity. We selected one of the world's best golf course architects and asked them for nothing less than a championship-caliber course. We got it."