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interesting to see how the world’s best fare on
this tight, tree-lined course that underwent its
last significant renovation in 2003, ahead of its
hosting of a WGC event in 2005.
Visiting fans will be spoilt for choice where it
comes to off-site entertainment, with the course
located right in the heart of San Francisco,
one of America’s most cultural and vibrant
cities. Guests can take their pick from a wide
choice of luxury hotels and a great selection of
restaurants around the bay area, while those
with a taste for the finer things in life will want to
head over to Napa and Sonoma Valley, where
some of the world’s finest wineries are within
easy reach.
New York, the scene of Colin Montgomerie and
Phil Mickelson’s last hole slips in 2006, which
opened the door for Australia’s Geoff Ogilvy to
take the spoils.
It will be the sixth time that America’s
oldest major has returned to Winged Foot’s
spectacular West Course and presents a
superb opportunity to visit one of America’s
most revered private clubs, as well as enjoy a
break to ‘The City That Never Sleeps’.
The parkland-style West Course, which first
opened in 1923, has recently received a
significant makeover by respected architect Gil
Hanse—designer of Rio’s Olympic course—
There are golfing options aplenty, from the
quirky 18 holes on offer at Presidio, a former
military golf course that overlooks the iconic
Golden Gate Bridge, to the upmarket venues at
the Olympic Club, a multiple host venue of the
US Open, and the exclusive Lake Merced. For
resort golf you’ll need to head 45 minutes due
south to the 36-hole Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay,
and it would be foolish not to punch on another
hour or so south to the magnificent Monterey
Peninsula and tackle the holy triumvirate that
is Pebble Beach, Spanish Bay and Spyglass
Hill—although you’ll have to stay at the resort to
secure a tee time, which is no great hardship.
which has served to open up what had become
a very tight, tree-lined layout and made it far
more playable, while offering better viewing
for fans. Having said that, he’s also rebuilt the
greens, returning them to their vast original
acreage, and added 250 yards to a course
that already measured over 7,260 yards when
it hosted the US Open in 2006, so expect big
hitters to hold sway in the race for the trophy.
Your Golf Travel Select has a wide range of
tailor-made packages to visit these two great
tournaments, so the only hard decision for you
is which one to go to. Why not both?
The following month sees the 2020 US Open
return to Winged Foot Golf Club in Westchester,
Below:
The Ryder Cup, Le
Golf National, Paris;
Extraordinary Ryder
Support Team Europe
at Whistling Straits,
Wisconsin in 2020.
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Join us at the exclusive
Your Golf Travel afterparty
in 2020, where the noise levels are
likely to be louder than the chants
of the boisterous American crowd.
Le Golf National set the standard
for future Ryder Cups with an electric
atmosphere in Paris last year, and
2020 will be no different.
For tickets, flights and accommodation,
call Gareth Llewellyn, our Head of
Long Haul and Tournaments Team
on 020 7336 5354.
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