The 2008 US Open Golf Championship will be held at beautiful Torrey Pines South Golf Club in sunny California! Bring dad along for four days of golf and a Father’s Day present he will never forget.

2008 U.S. OPEN Golf Championship beginning June 9-15, 2008. Torrey Pines is only the second municipal golf course ever selected to host this prestigious golf event. The Black Course at Bethpage, N.Y. was the first in 2002.

Torrey Pines Golf Course will host the 2008 US Open. Torrey Pines is located in La Jolla, CA and is known as one of the most beautiful places to experience golf. Torrey Pines Golf Course sits on a cliff that towers over the Pacific Ocean, and just minutes from San Diego making this golf course a perfect place for the US Open in 2008.

San Diego is expected to roll-out the red carpet to accommodate the 40,000 or more fans that are expected to attend each day. Although San Diego has Super Bowl hosting experience, event organizers and city officials predict the U.S. OPEN at Torrey Pines will out perform past Super Bowls as the most economically profitable sporting event ever hosted by the City of San Diego. This high profile golf event will bring millions of dollars to the local economy.

The U.S. Open is open to any professional, or to any amateur with an up-to-date USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 1.4. Players (male or female) may obtain a place by being fully exempt or by competing successfully in qualifying. The field is 156 players.

US Open Golf History

The U.S. Open golf championship, first played in 1895, was originally played concurrently with the U.S. Amateur Open, but both were postponed because of the America's Cup, which was to occur at the same time. Both were scheduled in Newport, Rhode Island, but the Americas Cup, a yacht race, was more popular at the time and so the U.S. Open had to be delayed. This year's events begin on June 10, 2008 and will be held at Torry Pines in beautiful La Jolla, California. Though tickets are notoriously hard to find, Coast to Coast has tickets and packages to all US Open Golf dates. Get yours now and be there in person to see all the action live at the 2008 US Open!

All 36 holes of the US Open were originally played in one day. That changed in 1898 when the USGA changed it to a two day event, with 36 holes on each day, for a total of 72 holes. It changed again in 1926, with 18 holes each day on the first two days, and 36 on the third. Since 1965, the U.S. Open has played with 18 holes per round, for four days.

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