American Cancer Society – Coaches vs Cancer of Penn State Online Auction 2018
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2018 US Open Practice Round Tickets - Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, NY

Item Number
164
Estimated Value
240 USD
Sold
80 USD to wf66db023
Number of Bids
3  -  Bid History

Item Description

Winning bidder receives two gallery tickets for the 2018 U.S. Open practice rounds which will be hosted at the historic Shinnecock Hill Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y.  The dates of the practice rounds are Monday-Tuesday, June 11-12, 2018.

The 2018 championship will be the fifth U.S. Open to be hosted by the club, which is the only venue to host the championship in three centuries. In 1896, Shinnecock Hills hosted the second U.S. Open, and James Foulis won the championship by three strokes over Horace Rawlins. In 1986, Raymond Floyd shot a final-round 66 to break out of a tightly bunched field and win by two strokes over Chip Beck and Lanny Wadkins. In 1995, Corey Pavin clinched his two-stroke victory over Greg Norman with a memorable 4-wood approach to the final green. In 2004, Retief Goosen outlasted Phil Mickelson by two strokes to claim his second U.S. Open title.

Shinnecock Hills opened in 1891, and the present course was designed by William Flynn and opened in 1931. The 2018 championship will mark the 19th time the U.S. Open will have been played in the state of New York and the 10th time on Long Island. As of the 2011 season, New York has hosted 66 USGA championships, which ranks third among all states.

Along with The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., Newport (R.I.) Country Club, Chicago (Ill.) Golf Club and Saint Andrew's Golf Club in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., Shinnecock Hills was one of the founding clubs of the USGA in 1894. Shinnecock Hills had America's first golf clubhouse (complete with locker room, showers and grill room), which was designed by Stanford White. It was also the first 18-hole golf course on the East Coast.

Item Special Note

Thanks to Blake & Linda Gall for donating these tickets.