RTJ Golf Trail at Silver Lakes Chosen as Qualifying Site for 2021 U.S. Open
By Julie Williams, Golfweek | January 27, 2021
A staple of the golf calendar is returning. The United States Golf Association announced on Wednesday their U.S. Open local qualifying lineup of 109 sites in 43 states plus Canada. It’s an annual rite of passage returning this year after local qualifying for all USGA championship (and many of the championships themselves) went off the schedule because of COVID-19.
The announcement comes a day after the USGA revealed qualifying sites for the U.S. Women’s Open, and another step toward normalcy in competitive golf.
“Professional and amateur golfers worldwide have a pathway to emerge from the thousands who will attempt to earn a place in this year’s U.S. Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course by competing in this two-stage qualifying process that was established in 1959,” said John Bodenhamer, USGA senior managing director, Championships. “Allied Golf Associations and Golf Canada, with the cooperation of the USGA’s five regional offices, are joined in this collaborative effort for both stages. We appreciate their diligence in overcoming the challenging times we confront each day.”
Players who advance out of local qualifying will join a group of locally exempt players in final qualifying, which will be conducted over 36 holes. Those dates and courses will be announced in February.
In 2019, 17 players advanced through local and final qualifying to the 156-player U.S. Open Championship field at Pebble Beach Golf Links and four of those players made it to the weekend.
On Wednesday, May 5, the Backbreaker and Heartbreaker courses at RTJ Silver Lakes will host local qualifying for the U.S. Open. For a full list of qualifying sites, click here.