2008 usga senior amateur open

Where : The Minikahda Club, Minneapolis 6, yards, par When : Saturday through Thursday. Stroke play begins at 7 a. Format : A field of will play two hole rounds, then be cut to 64 for six rounds of match play 18 holes each. Schedule : Saturday and Sunday, stroke play.

Amateur , is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for amateur golfers. It is organized by the United States Golf Association and is currently held each August over a 7-day period. In there were two tournaments called the "National Amateur Championship". This state of affairs prompted Charles B. Macdonald of the Chicago Golf Club to call for the creation of a national governing body to authorize an official national championship, and the Amateur Golf Association of the United States, which was soon to be renamed the United States Golf Association , was formed on December 22 of that year. In it organized both the first U. Amateur Championship and the first U.

Senior Amateur, the most for the championship since The average age of the U. Senior Amateur competitors is Giles is the U. Senior Amateur champion and also won the U.

Course Setup The Minikahda Club will be set up at 6, yards and will play to a par of A group of young picnickers were so taken by the spot they found atop a hill overlooking Lake Calhoun they acquired the land and set out to form a club for social functions and golf. Foulis worked with Robert Taylor and C. Jaffray on the original hole layout, which was redesigned by the legendary Donald Ross in Ron Prichard spearheaded a restoration of the course in