USGA Confirms Torrey Pines Will Stage 2021 U.S. Open

The United States Golf Association has today officially awarded Torrey Pines Golf Course, pills in San Diego, doctor California, impotent as the site of the 2021 U.S. Open Championship. 

The development, which was initially reported by iSportconnect last week, follows council approval. 

The announcement was made today at Torrey Pines Golf Course with San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, representatives from the City Council, other San Diego officials and USGA senior leadership in attendance.

“The USGA is proud to bring the U.S. Open back to Torrey Pines, the site of one of the most memorable and compelling national championships in history, thanks to Tiger and Rocco,” said Thomas J. O’Toole Jr., USGA president. “As in 2008, we are excited to partner with the City of San Diego to bring golf’s most democratic major championship back to such a great public venue. The San Diego area embraced the 2008 U.S. Open and we are seeing the same enthusiasm for the return of the U.S. Open in 2021. We have a great partner in the City of San Diego and this community loves golf.”

In addition to bringing one of the world’s largest sporting events to the San Diego area as a spectator experience, the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines is expected to provide a significant impact to the regional economy, as well as the city’s broader economic development plan. 

“The City of San Diego is proud to welcome back the United States Golf Association and host another major championship,” said San Diego Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer. “Torrey Pines is a fantastic venue for the U.S. Open and a great opportunity to showcase San Diego’s first-class hotels, restaurants and shops. Just as San Diego served as home to one of the greatest championships in golf history in 2008, we’re confident that we will once again provide an exciting and dynamic venue for 2021.”

The selection of Torrey Pines for the 2021 U.S. Open marks the second time that the South Course will have hosted the national championship and its third USGA championship. While it boasts a long pedigree of hosting professional golf, Torrey Pines can also lay claim to one of the greatest moments in the history of the game: the 2008 U.S. Open, when Tiger Woods played with a leg injury and holed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to force an 18-hole playoff with Rocco Mediate. He eventually captured the title. 

The  2021 U.S. Open will be played between June 17-20.

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