The United States Golf Association (USGA) has selected Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club as the site of the 2011 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, to be played July 18-23.
The U.S. Girls’ Junior will be contested over the South Course at Olympia Fields, a 1915 Tom Bendelow design that recently underwent a major restoration by Steve Smyers Golf Course Architects. The South is one of two courses at Olympia Fields. Its North Course, designed by Willie Park and opened in 1923, was the site of three previous USGA championships: the 1928 U.S. Open (won by Johnny Farrell), the 1997 U.S. Senior Open (won by Graham Marsh) and the 2003 U.S. Open (won by Jim Furyk). It also hosted the 1925 and 1961 PGA Championships.
The U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship is one of four championships to be played at Olympia Fields over the next three years, including the 2010 Illinois PGA Section Championship, the 2012 Junior Ryder Cup and the 2013 Western Amateur.
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