It was the longest of long-shots, the ultimate risk-reward play. Told with award-winning photography and extensive interviews with all the key players, America s St. Andrews is a book that captures

America's St. Andrews

It was the longest of long-shots, the ultimate risk-reward play. Told with award-winning photography and extensive interviews with all the key players, America s St. Andrews is a book that captures the dramatic and colorful backstory of how Chambers Bay, a newly-opened and untested publicly-owned facility on the shores of Puget Sound, was selected as the site of the first U.S. Open ever to be held in the Pacific Northwest. Once an abandoned gravel mine, the property is now a municipal jewel, open to all, to golfers and non-golfers alike. And now it will be the site of the largest sporting event ever held in the Pacific Northwest the 2015 U.S. Open. Among the many people interviewed in the book are Mike Davis, the executive director of the United States Golf Association, who early on championed the course, seeing its possibilities for endless course set-ups to test the world s best golfers; Robert Trent Jones Jr. and his team of youngbloods at RTJ II, the architects of Chambers Bay, who saw this piece of property as the chance to re-establish the roots of the ancient game on American soil. Also interviewed is Danny Sink, the championship director for the 2015 U.S. Open, whose task it is to organize a venue that will play host to nearly half a million spectators as well as a worldwide television audience; and former County Executive John Ladenburg, the bulldog who spent all the political clout he had on a daring dream that ultimately came The book also includes never-before-seen photos of the 2010 U.S. Amateur, held at Chambers Bay, of early conceptual drawings by the architects, of historical photos of the property when it was the source of riches for pioneer industrialists, and photos taken by Pierce County, owners of the municipal facility, who chronicled its journey from an abandoned patch of weeds to a world-class venue capable of hosting the world. The book was written by Blaine Newnham, the renowned golf writer who for 23 years was the associate editor and sports columnist for The Seattle Times, the largest daily newspaper in the state of Washington. Publicly-owned Chambers Bay brings the ancient game into the future. It is America s St. Andrews.
Country USA
Manufacturer Green Cloud
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber illustrations
Model illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780996068802
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Green Cloud
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
Model	illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780996068802
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

America's St. Andrews

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