US Open of Golf

June 3, 2010

The 2010 U.S. Open Golf Championship is set to run from June 17th 2010 through 20th 2010. This will be the 110th US Open and will be played at Pebble Beach, California where it hasn’t been played since 2000. In anticipation of the U.S. Open, Pebble Beach has made some changes to the golf course under the direction of known famed golfer and now golf course designer Arnold Palmer. This years U.S. Open will be the fifth time this event has taken place here at majestic Pebble Beach, California.

Tiger Woods, whose attendance was questionable for the 2010 U.S. Open, will be there at Pebble Beach even though this champion who won the U.S. Open in 2008 by a record 15 strokes and 12 under par is currently not up to 100 percent due to a neck injury he suffered earlier this year. Former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz failed to qualify for the 2010 U.S. Open. He was competing for one of nine spots of the 111 local qualifiers, which were held all across America in early May. Last year’s U.S. Open winner was Lucas Glover of South Carolina.

Groupings and Starting Times for the 2010 U.S. Open have not yet been released, and will not be made available until Thursday, June 17 when all the action begins.

The Golf Links at Pebble Beach will be 7,040 yards for a par 35-36—71 course, 194 more yards than the 2000 U.S. Open set up at Pebble Beach. This year saw the second most entries into the event in U.S. Open history, with 9.052 entries as compared to the first-most last year, at 9,086.

The USGA designed the US Open to be the most rigorous (but fair) test of golfer’s abilities, and we shall see who rises to the top this year shortly.

Written by Rob · Filed Under Sports Betting News