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UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – United StatesGolf Association executive director Mike Davistakes these phone calls all the time.

It usually begins with someone telling Davis,“I’ve got the perfect U.S. Open course for you.” Itusually leads to nothing of the sort, rarelyadvancing beyond the original call.

But one call a decade ago commanded Davis’attention. He listened as USGA western regiondirector Ron Read described how a reclaimedgravel pit was being shaped into a world-class gemnamed Chambers Bay.

“I kind of held the phone out here and said,‘Yeah, I’ve heard this one before,’ ” recalled Davis,raising both eyebrows and moving the phone awayfrom his ear.

Read said the site was just outside of Tacoma on

the shores of Puget Sound. Davis knew that theU.S. Open had never been staged in the PacificNorthwest.

“I said, ‘Keep going,’ ” Davis said.Read told Davis the property had enormous

potential, featuring elevation changes and stunningviews of the sound.

“It’s gorgeous,” Davis thought, “that’sinteresting.”

Read told him the site was huge, spanningnearly 1,000 acres.

“Really?” Davis said. “I’m thinking we haveenough room for the infrastructure.”

Read told him the course was owned by PierceCounty.

“So there’s going to be public access,” said Davis,

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With each passing day before theU.S. Open in June, Robert Trent JonesJr. becomes more popular withprofessional golfers.

“They’re certainly inquisitive,” saidJones, whose company designedChambers Bay near Tacoma.Defending U.S. Open champion MartinKaymer “and I had a chat at Augusta.He was asking a lot of questions and Iwas happy to help him.”

Jones’ crew moved 1.4 million cubicyards of mostly sandy soil to shape thelinks-style course. The result was 18holes that will require the world’s bestgolfers to tap into their creative side toutilize Chambers Bay’s endlessmounds, slopes and hills to theiradvantage.

“The players who haven’t been herebefore will think they’re a month earlyfor the British Open,” Jones said.

Of golf’s four majors, three will playout on links courses. The British Openreturns to St. Andrews and the PGAwill be at Whistling Straits inWisconsin. Links is a departure from

typical PGA tour stops.“It’s kind of back to the future with

the ground game, the trampoline effect,the chasing out of the ball as opposedto the aerial game,” Jones said. “I’mhopeful it’s a paradigm for the future.”

Jones recalled his thoughts when hefirst looked at a site filled with sanddunes, weeds and scrub brushmeandering through a reclaimed gravelmine.

“It wasn’t hard to see a golf course, itwas quite hard to see a great golfcourse,” he said. “I’m born with thatgene; I got it from my dad (legendarydesigner Robert Trent Jones Sr.). Youhave to do the routing and detail therhythm of the course. It’s all about therhythm of play.”

And his thoughts on a sunny Aprilday at Chambers Bay?

“It’s a major work that will last longafter I’m gone,” Jones said. “If youthink about all the things you’veworked hard on in your life, some ofthem haven’t fully panned out. We hada tragedy in our family, we lost a son,so that’s the depths of terrible emotion.This is the ecstasy on the other side. Allthe hard work is paying off.”


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John Ladenburg didn’t take up golfuntil he was in his early 50s.Slow-pitch softball was his game andhe played for the Family, featuring hiseight brothers and assorted relatives.

The former Pierce County executivehit a grand slam with Chambers Bayoutside of Tacoma, which will hostthe U.S. Open next month. Thegorgeous links course, the U.S. Open,perhaps the biggest sporting eventever held in the Pacific Northwest –none of it would have happenedwithout Ladenburg’s vision,determination, and political acumen.

He pictured a world-class golfcourse on an abandoned gravel pit.Many thought Ladenburg needed toget his eyes checked, but he pushed,demanded and finagled to keep the$20 million project moving forward.

“I did a lot ofwheeling and dealingand twisting arms,”Ladenburg said. “Theother day I was onFacebook and aformer councilmember posted aboutChambers Bay andremembering the dayhe voted on it. I

posted back, ‘Do you still rememberthe broken leg?’ He replied, ‘No, it wasa broken arm.’

“A lot of people didn’t understandwhat I was doing. I was convinced itwas the right thing to do. I used all mypolitical capital to get it done.”

Along the way, Ladenburg andothers weren’t afraid to make harddecisions. One of Ladenburg’s mostimportant calls was choosing Robert“Bobby” Trent Jones Jr.’s company todesign the course. Chambers Baywould be 18 holes instead of 27,leaving plenty of spectator/tent space.Golfers would walk instead of usingpower carts, helping protect the finefescue grass.

Decisions were made with one goal:landing a U.S. Open. Ladenburg saidhe read a book on Bethpage Black, thefirst municipal course to host thenational championship, and wasconvinced Chambers Bay could do thesame.

“As I told my staff, the danger is notthat we shoot high and fail,” saidLadenburg, a Gonzaga law graduatenow in private practice. “The dangeris we shoot low and succeed. Whydon’t we go for the best.”

That meant not only building agreat course but one with the acreageto accommodate the 35,000 fans,media, volunteers, hospitality tentsand portable bleachers that come withhosting the national championship.“We measured how much tent spacewas used at previous Opens,”Ladenburg said, “and we basicallydoubled it.”

More than 50 architects, includingJack Nicklaus and Phil Mickelson,submitted design plans. Mickelsonmade the final five.

“Nicklaus fell off because he wasjust patting us on the head, ‘Sure, you

want to build an Open course,’ ”Ladenburg said. “Bobby had built 250courses around the world. He believedit could be a U.S. Open course.”

Soon enough it was. Ladenburg andJones lobbied United States GolfAssociation officials with calls andletters throughout the buildingprocess and encouraged site visits.Chambers Bay opened in 2007.Roughly seven months later, it wasawarded the 2010 U.S. Amateur andthe 2015 U.S. Open, unheard of for anew course.

“It shocked the golf world,” saidLadenburg, who carries a 7 handicapdespite his late introduction to thegame. “I told people after 5 1⁄2 years ofhard work we’re an overnightsuccess.”

The U.S. Open’s economic impact isexpected to be $140 million, accordingto the USGA’s Reg Jones.

“There are going to be 80 millionwatching on TV and people are goingto want to come here as tourists,”Ladenburg said. “It puts the state onan international map in a way that’snever happened in our lives.”

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More than 21,000 satellite parkingspots will be available at two primarylots. Parking and shuttle service to thechampionship grounds are free. Nearly300 shuttle buses will run continuouslyfrom 5:30 a.m. each day and continuefor one hour following the conclusionof play.

Spectators traveling from pointsnorth and east of Chambers Bay, whichis located in University Place, will bedirected to the Red lot (WashingtonState Fairgrounds in Puyallup). Theshuttle ride to the course is expected tobe 30 minutes. Spectators travelingfrom points south and west of thecourse will be directed to the Blue lot(Fort Steilacoom State Park inLakewood) for an expected shuttle rideof 25 minutes.

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Chambers Bay has one tree that standsbehind the 15th green and 16th tee box. Itdoesn’t come into play unless someonehas hit a truly awful shot.

It did come into play in April, 2008,for a miscreant who hacked about threeinches into the Douglass fir, roughlyone-fifth of the tree’s diameter, in avandalism binge that included damagingsome signs on the course and leavingbehind numerous empty beer cans.

The perpetrator wasn’t caught.Workers fortified the iconic tree with apair of metal straps and some protective

fencing and it has made a strongrecovery. It has served as a backdrop fornumerous wedding photos and canprobably be found on thousands ofphones in pictures snapped from the 15thtee box. The tree is prominent in thecover photo of “America’s St. Andrews,”a book about Chambers Bay.

“They took a little wedge out of it,”general manager Matt Allen said. “Weweren’t sure what the impact would bebut it’s continued to survive.”

The par-3 15th hole has an obviousname: Lone Fir.


Chambers Bay’s lonetree, a Douglas fir

behind the 15th green,was once almost

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saved and continuesto grow near the teebox of the 16th hole.

Lone fir survivesChambers Bay’s only tree vandalized in 2008



Ask Chambers Bay director of agronomyEric Johnson if the course will be brown,green or a mixture of both for the U.S.Open and he’ll defer to Mother Nature.

“Ask the weatherman,” he said. “I hopeit’s dry, that way we can control if we wantit green or not, but June can give usanything.”

So can November through May, for thatmatter. Johnson was thrilled with howChambers Bay came through winter andearly spring. Temperatures were mild,course officials put together arestricted-use plan and institutednumerous protective measures, includingshutting down several green complexes.

Chambers Bay emerged in great shape.“We had about three weeks total of

freezing weather, which is abnormal,”Johnson said. “We had covers on everygreen for the first time just as an insurancepolicy and they’re not fun to move,especially when you have 20 of them. Wetried to plan so we didn’t have to pull themup and put them down in 24 hours.”

Added Matt Allen, general manager atChambers Bay for seven years: “Thanks tothe plan, the reduced traffic and the cherryon top was the weather, our efforts inareas on the putting greens that neededspecial attention were rewarded. We’renot only in the best condition we’ve everbeen at this point of the year, with theexception of two greens we’re in the bestcondition I’ve ever seen it period.”

Chambers Bay’s fine fescue grass is idealfor links golf because it’s a thinner bladeand lacks tackiness, according to USGAexecutive director Mike Davis. When aball lands on fescue it tends to skid and rollout, perfect for the firm-and-fastconditions typical of links golf.

Fine fescue also has environmentalbenefits. It requires less water, fertilizerand chemicals compared to more commongrass varieties found on traditionalcourses.

“All that money that can be saved by notover-greening (links courses) hopefullycan go to junior golf,” said Chambers Baydesigner Robert Trent Jones Jr.

Taking care of fine fescue can be adelicate proposition. The skinny blades aresusceptible to damage from foot traffic,particularly when it goes dormant incolder weather. Fine fescue grows slowlyso divots take longer to recover.

“We didn’t stop growing this winter,”said Johnson, who arrived at ChambersBay in 2012 after working with fescue fornine years at Bandon Dunes. “When it’scold the grass shuts down and is no longergrowing and you throw a normal year oftraffic on it that’s where you run intoproblems. This year was different becauseof the (winter maintenance) plan and theweather helping us out.”

June weather can be fickle in westernWashington but officials expect to be ableto adjust accordingly because ChambersBay is built on sand and features excellentdrainage.

Chambers Bay closed to the public May26 to ensure the best possible conditionswhen pros arrive prior to U.S. Open. Thetournament is June 18-21.


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Much like the lone fir, several tallcolumns to the right of the 18th tee andfairway are an unmistakable sight fromvirtually anywhere on the ChambersBay property.

Various companies mined the site forsand and gravel for decades until 2003when plans moved forward withbuilding Chambers Bay. According tothe book “America’s St. Andrews,” thesite was the single largest sand andgravel producer in the U.S. in 1992.

“They are remnants from the sortingbins,” general manager Matt Allen said.“The materials were collected into thebins and dropped onto a conveyor beltin tunnels that ran underneath and the

conveyors took the material out to thebarges on the pier.

“They are absolutely a nod to the pastand maintaining a historical referenceto the site.”

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Chambers Bay was built at the site of a former rock quarry. Remnants of the quarry remain as work crews build additional spectator areas around them.

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Sand and gravel pitadapted into landscape

The course adapted sorting bins fromformer sand, gravel pit into landscape.


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fully aware Bethpage Black and TorreyPines are the only municipal courses tohost the U.S. Open. “The fact that peopleare going to be able to play a U.S. Opencourse is something very special.”

Read told him the course was beingbuilt on sand.

“Anybody that knows anything aboutgolf courses knows any course built onsand is always going to be better thancourses not built on sand,” Davis said.“That’s how all this started.”

The result of that phone call 10 yearsago will be the playing of the 115th U.S.Open at scenic Chambers Bay on June18-21. The U.S. Open is going where it hasnever gone before – the PacificNorthwest on a links-style course. Themajor championship’s typical tree-lined,tight fairways and ankle-deep rough willgive way to Chambers Bay’s generousfairways that can shrink in size due toendless humps and bumps and knobsand knolls.

There’s one tree on the course and itdoesn’t come into play. There’s noBermuda grass here, just fine fescue,another U.S. Open first.

When Chambers Bay, now 8 years old,was awarded the national championshipshortly after opening it became the firstnew course built since Hazeltine in 1967to be selected. Recent sites Oakmont,Merion and Pinehurst have been inbusiness for more than 110 years.

“This is a bold site, this is a big site,there’s a lot of scale to this site,” Davissaid. “I’ve heard people say this is a wowsite. We don’t have anything that we’veplayed the U.S. Open on that is remotelysimilar to this, where you can be on partsof the property and see all 18 holes atonce.”

It is the style of play – the groundgame reminiscent of links courses in theBritish Open rotation, the 60-yard roll ondrives and the approach shot thatrequires going to Point C to get fromPoint A to Point B – that will challengethe best players in the world and offer anew experience for fans in person andwatching on television. Chambers Bayofficials said they haven’t seen too manypros visit but they expect that to changein the weeks leading up to thetournament.

“It’s very similar to Whistling Straits,links course, very fast, some tee shotsthat are quite downhill, lots of slope,around the greens you really have toknow the falloffs,” said defendingchampion Martin Kaymer, who won atremodeled Pinehurst No. 2 last year. Golfers get set to line up putts on the No. 5 green at Chambers Bay after navigating the undulating terrain and various hazards that are the

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“It’ll be one of those tournaments,similar to Pinehurst, where you can puttor do those bumps-and-runs.”

It’s a new look for a U.S. Open, andthat fact has prompted grousing fromsome pros.

“As far as the greens are concerned,it’s not a championship golf course,”Ryan Palmer told USA Today last month.“Not with the way some of the greensare and the pin placements they can putout there.”

Palmer continued: “Tee to green thecourse is OK. It’s not bad. It’s a greatpiece of land, great scenery. Very fair offthe tee. We played it soft. The greenswere rolling 9s (on the Stimpmeter). Ifthey get it rolling 10 and 12, it will beinteresting.”

Tweeted Ian Polter: “Well severalplayers have played Chambers Bay inprep for US Open. The reports back areits a complete farce. I guess someone hasto win.”

Sports Illustrated’s Alan Shipnuck,responding on Twitter to reader queries,called Chambers Bay “one of the mostvisually spectacular courses on theplanet.” He also noted: “It’s big boy golf,demanding power, precision, creativityand endless patience. I’m expecting anA-list leaderboard.”

Davis listens to players’ complaintsevery June. He pointed out that whenJack Nicklaus heard others griping aboutcourse conditions he told himself hedidn’t have to worry about that playerthat week.

“This is a one-of-kind site for a U.S.Open and there are going to be playersthat just love the ground game, love theimagination and embrace it,” he said.“There are others that just wantpredictability. They just want somethingright in front of them. They don’t want toguess what’s going to happen when theball lands.

“It would not be a U.S. Open if wedidn’t get some chirping. It’s just part ofit. We joke internally if nobody’scomplaining we’ve done somethingwrong.”

If players want to do something rightat Chambers Bay, Davis offered advice:“There’s no way a player will havesuccess unless he really studies the golfcourse and learns it. The idea of a playercoming in and playing two practicerounds and having their caddy just walkit and just use the yardage book, thatperson is done.”

Not so fast, said world No. 1 rankedRory McIlroy, after a 7-shot victory atthe Wells Fargo Championship. His replyto Davis’ comments: “What’s Mike Davis’handicap.”


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Every so often, when generalmanager Josh Bridge zigzags out of hisoffice, he will come face to face with ol’Jim Barnes.

It isn’t the real Jim Barnes – thelanky 6-foot-4 Englishman has beendead nearly 50 years – but ajumbo-sized photo of him that hugs theback wall in the Tacoma Country andGolf Club’s clubhouse.

Because of the man’s hoveringpresence in golf history, Bridge hassuggested that the adjoining restaurantbe renamed the “Long Jim Barnes Bar.”

“If you are a golf fan who knows anyhistory,” Bridge said, “you should knowhis name.”

Many around here do not know whoBarnes is, or what he accomplished.Why? It is because when he was theclub professional at Tacoma C&GC(1911-14), he was just starting to carveout a name for himself. It wasn’t untilafter he left and moved East that hewon four major championships.

One of those wins was the 1921United States Open golf championshipheld in Maryland. He remains as thelone man with Northwest ties to winthe national open.

As popular a figure as he became,particulars about his tenures inSpokane, Vancouver, B.C., and Tacomaremain shrouded in mystery.Newspaper accounts of tournaments heplayed are on record. So are later-life

tales. But remnants that tie him to allthree cities either barely existed, orwere wiped out by clubhouse fires.

In many ways, Barnes has sort ofbecome Tacoma’s lost legend.

“The most interesting thing about histenure here?” said Tacoma C&GCsuperintendent Joel Kachmarek, who isregarded as the closest thing to a clubhistorian these days.

“It is that I know very little about it.”

Started in Pacific CoastBorn in 1886 in Cornwall, England,

Barnes grew up like many of hiscountryman who chased a golf career.

He started out as a caddie at WestCornwall Golf Club where he alsolearned how to play. And he became anadroit hickory-shafted club-maker.

At 20, he was ready to pursueprofessional golf, and sailed fromLiverpool on the Cunard linerCarmania to Ellis Island, New York.

But unlike many from the UnitedKingdom who settled along the Easternseaboard, or in Chicago, Barnes joinedother Cornish migrants on the WestCoast in California.

That is when details get sketchy: It isthought that when Barnes wasstationed at the Claremont Club in

Oakland, Spokane-area capitalist F.T.McCullough heard about the golfer’sgrowing reputation, and sought him outas the Spokane Country Club’s firstclub professional.

It isn’t even known what year exactlyBarnes made his way to Spokane. Mostfigure it was late in 1907 or early in1908. Whenever it was, it coincidedwith the time that the club was movingto its current location.

Two things that are distinctly known:One, Barnes represented SpokaneCountry Club when he won the 1909Northwest Open at Seattle Golf Club,and placed second at the sametournament a year later – at TacomaC&GC.

And secondly, when it came time todesigning a new layout at SpokaneCountry Club, Barnes had a big say onat least the front nine holes, whichopened in 1909.

“He is the architect on record,” saidLes Blakley, the director of golf atSpokane Country Club.

Any other recorded journals orfootnotes of Barnes’ time in Spokanevery well could have been destroyed ina 1946 clubhouse fire, Blakley said.

It is hard to tell how Barnes came totake the Tacoma C&GC position.Something very well may have beenplanted, or privately negotiated, whenhe visited the site with a newclubhouse and burgeoning membershipfor the Northwest Open in October of1910.

The year of his hire was 1911. It hadto come within the first half of the year.By the time he won the NorthwestOpen again in June at Waverley

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Barnes replaced Charles Locke tobecome Tacoma C&GC’s second headprofessional.

“The members knew how good hewas, and that is why he was recruitedhere,” Bridge said.

To know what Barnes did exactlyserving Tacoma C&GC is pureconjecture, since much of the club’srecorded history went up in flames in a1962 clubhouse fire, Bridge said. In fact,no photo of Barnes ever being on thegrounds can be found.

The only physical proof linkingBarnes to Tacoma C&GC are twohickory-shafted irons that he made.

Engraved in the bottom of the clubs is“JM Barnes … Tacoma, Wash.”

“We know he built clubs and wasemployed with a salary,” Kachmareksaid. “What else did he do? I don’tknow. He probably played golf withmembers and helped them with theirswings.”

What Barnes also did was stagehigh-profile exhibition matches withsome of golf’s biggest names. In thesummer of 1913, he held a best-ballfoursome match featuring popularamateur champion Chick Evans, whothree years later captured the U.S.Open title.

And later that fall, Harry Vardon andTed Ray traveled to take on Barnes andSeattle Golf Club professional RobertJohnstone is an exhibition match – wonby the two Bailiwick of Jersey stars.

Barnes also began playing biggertournaments across the country,including his cardinal entry in the U.S.Open in 1912, tying for 18th. A year later,he tied for fourth at the national open.

He also became a three-peatchampion of the Northwest Open in1913 at Butte Country Club in Montana.

“Tacoma was very proud of him,”Bridge said. “They wanted him to goout and play and win thosetournaments. Every time he did that, itbrought back notoriety to our club.”

Barnes’ name has been linked as atleast an advisory voice to golfarchitectural projects around theNorthwest – at Shaughnessy HeightsGolf Club in Vancouver, B.C.; atJefferson Park Golf Course in Seattle,and the first municipal layout West ofChicago.

In February of 1914, Barnesannounced he was leaving to take thehead professional job at WhitemarshValley Country Club near Philadelphia.A two-day farewell tournament forBarnes was held at Tacoma C&GC –which, of course, he won.

On March 19, Barnes boarded a trainheading out of town. Five months later,he won the first of many majorprofessional tournaments at theWestern Open at Interlachen CountryClub in Minnesota.

King of country in 1921By the time the 1921 U.S. Open came

around, Barnes was already knownworldwide. He had captured his firstmajor championship at the inaugural

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Roughly 120 yards from the 18th green rests awicked, sunken bunker nicknamed “ChambersBasement.” It figures to could come into playmore when the hole is played as a par 5 in the600-yard range as opposed to a par 4 from ashorter distance.

It was one of the additions recommended byUSGA executive director Mike Davis following the2010 U.S. Amateur at Chambers Bay.

“Mike felt in order to play it as a par 5 whatmight be the second shot landing zone neededsome sort of feature that made players think aboutthat shot,” Chambers Bay general manager MattAllen said. “We certainly don’t expect anybody tobe in there; they would have made a terriblemistake to be in there but it changes the thinking

of where to go.“It puts that thought in their mind and they

have to pick a spot that’s a third of the width ofwhat the shot would be like without it.”

Players who hit a wayward shot must descend aflight of stairs into the base of the narrow, 12-footdeep bunker, which is angled in such a way that itmakes a shot directly to the green unlikely.

“I’ve been in it once,” Allen said. “You have tobe in the right part of the bunker to be able to dothat (reach the green). I opened up a 9-iron andgot it out with enough left-to-right spin and ahelping wind. It landed on the green but rolled offinto the bunker.”

Players often stop and take a picture toremember Chambers Basement.


It’s a stairway to trouble at ‘Chambers Basement’ bunker near 18th green.

STAIRWAY TO THE BEACH

‘Chambers Basement’ to be avoided at all costs

Bunker near 18th green destination of wayward shots



If you’ve played Chambers Bay,you’re familiar with the dramaticelevation changes. The par-3 ninthprovides a perfect example.

The scenic hole originates fromone of the highest points on theproperty and features a 100-footdrop from the upper tee boxes to alarge, wavy green. It plays between168 and 227 yards. “Like a parachuteshot,” USGA executive directorMike Davis said.

At the USGA’s urging, another setof tee boxes was added late in 2013

at a lower location that actuallymakes the shot slightly uphill. Thelower tee box, which ranges from185 and 220 yards, comes from adifferent angle than the upper teesand brings new pin locations intoplay.

“Rather than play from the uppertees all the time and have holesmainly on the right half of thegreen, that tee shot gives you mostlyback-hole locations and thebackstop comes into play,” generalmanager Matt Allen said.


Par-3 ninth hole, as seen from clubhouse, features ‘parachute shot’ to the green.

ELEVATION CHANGES

Tricky tee shot on 9th

PGA Championship in 1916, defendedit three years later, and had won 14times on the PGA Tour.

And, he had played casual golfmatches with President WarrenHarding as his partner.

But what he accomplished atColumbia Country Club in Marylandthat week in August will forever berecalled as one of the commandingperformances in U.S. Open history.

Barnes arrived the day before thequalifying round. Having never seenthe layout, he shot a 1-under-par 69 toset the course record.

The next day, Barnes opened withanother 69, and led the rest of theway.

“The greens had upset (the othergolfers) – and the hot weather hadn’thelped their mental attitude, either,”Barnes recalled years later to GolfJournal. “I knew I was playing well –well enough to play any course, Ithought.”

After 36 holes, Barnes held afour-stroke advantage over twogolfers – one of which was closefriend Fred McLeod. It grew to sevenshots after three rounds. And after afinal-round 72, he ended up winningby nine strokes over McLeod andAmerican superstar Walter Hagen; 13shots over Evans; 14 over budding starBobby Jones; and 22 over GeneSarazan, who later would win thecareer “Grand Slam” of golf.

As Barnes putted out on the final

green, Harding was waiting to presentthe championship trophy. At theexchange, Harding said,“Congratulations, partner.”

Two days after the U.S. Openended, Barnes was invited to havelunch with Harding at the WhiteHouse.

Barnes would never win anotherU.S. Open, but finished off hisHall-of-Fame career by winning theBritish Open title in 1925.

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You’ll probably see the phrase “ribbontees” in print or hear it during thetelecast of the U.S. Open. It refers to teeboxes and the surrounding area beingcut at the same length so they essentiallyrun together with little or no variance.

“They kind of meander and allow usto put tee markers where we want,”USGA executive director Mike Davissaid.

You’ll probably hear about Davis’ planto put tee markers on slight slopes, anunprecedented decision that hasprompted squawking from some pros.Davis stressed that it would only be “onslight slopes.”

“There may be domes where we maygive the players a little downhill slope, alittle uphill slope, a side slope,” he said.“That’s interesting.”

He knows it could be greeted withnegative reactions.

“I think it’s actually an innovative,neat idea,” Davis said. “Listen, we’re notgoing to be putting tee markers on aslope that’s 6, 8, 10 degrees. Generallyspeaking, architects build maybe a halfdegree slope for surface drainage. All ofa sudden if (you tee off) a 2-3 degreeslope you start to feel that. We won’t gooverboard with it.”

Davis mentioned the idea to TomWeiskopf and Greg Norman as theytoured the course in April.

“Those two are major champions andarchitects,” Davis said. “They loved theidea.”

In some ways, Chambers Bay hasribbon greens in that it’s sometimes hardto determine if your ball is on or off theputting surface. Officials said that won’tbe an issue during the U.S. Openbecause the greens will be more clearlydefined.


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Symbolic of Chambers Bay’s flexibility, Nos. 1and 18 will alternate as par 4s and par 5s. Forexample, if No. 1 is set up as a 496-yard par 4, the18th will be played as a 604-yard par 5. Thefollowing day, No. 1 might be a 598-yard par 5 andNo. 18 will measure 525 yards as a par 4.

That will keep par at 70 but offer an interestingchange to the daily set-up. The course will be setfrom 7,200-7,600 yards, depending on weather,wind, hole locations, etc., another indicator ofChambers Bay’s versatility.

As for 1 and 18, “we weren’t trying to be cute,”USGA executive director Mike Davis said. “It allgets down to the architecture of the course. Itgives you so much wonderful flexibility. You can

see the drive zones as par 4 and par 5 for bothholes are completely different. There’s arisk-reward element for both holes and theputting greens are very bold designs in bothcases.”

No. 1 can stretch between 496 and 598 yards.No. 18 measures 525 to 604 yards.

Three years ago a narrow, deep bunker wasadded to the landing zone for second shots whenNo. 18 plays as a par 5.

Davis said Chambers Bay offers “the mostflexibility we’ve encountered. What it really doesis challenge the players in practice rounds to learnas much as they can about the course. Oneelement we feel is very important is your ability tothink on your feet. We might surprise you withsome element and in the heat of the battle howwill you think, how will your caddy think? We feelthat’s part of the test.”

TYLER TJOMSLAND [email protected] links-style fairways are the norm at Chambers Bay. Pictured: The 18th hole’s

wide fairway surrounds a notably deep sand trap just visible to the right of the group of golfers.

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Goodbye Dan Hicks, Johnny Millerand Roger Maltbie. Hello Joe Buck,Greg Norman and Juli Inkster.

Fox spent $1 billion for the rights totelevise 12 years of USGAchampionships, including the U.S.Open. NBC had aired the nationalchampionship since 1995.

Fox will air 38 hours of U.S. Opencoverage. The network is planningsome innovative features, including theuse of drone flyovers and roboticcameras.

Buck and Norman anchor Fox’steam, which includes Inkster, BradFaxon, Holly Sonders, David Fay, CoreyPavin and Shane O’Donoghue. Fay is

the former USGA executive director.O’Donoghue is the host of CNN’sLiving Golf program and contributes toGolf.com.

Norman and Faxon played ChambersBay last month. Afterward Normanadvised U.S. Open competitors to get inshape. Chambers Bay’s elevationchanges make it a challenging walk.Tournament officials estimate roundswill take 10-12 minutes longer tocomplete than at previous Open venues.

Norman tweeted of Chambers Bay:“Unique. Dramatic. Massive scale.Incredible undulations on huge greens.Visually breathtaking. Elevationchange.”


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•Avondale GC (208) 772-5963.18-hole greens fees:weekends/weekdays, $62, exceptMondays at $42. After 1 p.m.,$40.50. 9-holeweekends/weekdays, $37. 18-holeseniors and juniors, $42. 18-holecart fee: $30; 9-hole: $15. Teetimes: no deadlines.www.avondalegolfcourse.com.

•Bryden Canyon GC (208)746-0863. 18-hole greens fees:weekends $26; weekdays, $22.9-hole: daily, $17. 18-hole cart fee:$14 per seat; 9-hole: $9 per seat.Tee times: no deadlines.www.brydencanyongolf.com.

•Chewelah G&CC (509)935-6807. Until May 15: 27 holes(includes cart), $50 on weekends,$45 M-Th.; 18 holes $40/$35. May16-Sept. 1: 27 holes $60/$55; 18holes $50/$45. Sept. 2-seasonclose: 27 holes $50/$45; 18 holes$40/$35. Seniors $5 discountM-Th.; juniors $5 discount on 9holes, $10 on 18 or 27 holes M-Th.Walking rates all season: 9 holes$17, 18 holes $35/$30, 27 holes$40/$35. Tee times: no deadlines.www.chewelahgolf.com.

•Circling Raven GC (800)523-2464. 18-hole greens fees(with golf cart and use of practicerange): Through May 14:Monday-Thursday: $65,Friday-Sunday: $75; May 15-Sep.27: Monday-Thursday: $80,Friday-Sunday: $95. Sep. 28-endof season: Monday-Thursday: $65,Friday-Sunday $75. Tee times: 30days in advance.www.circlingraven.com.

•Coeur d'Alene GC (208)765-0218. 18-hole greens fees:weekends/weekdays, $30, $25 forseniors, $15 for juniors. 9-hole:weekends/weekdays, $17, $15 forseniors, $10 for juniors. 18-hole cartfee: $28; 9-hole: $17. Single person18-hole cart fee: $17; 9-hole $10.Tee times: Friday-Sunday andholidays, call after prior Tuesdayat 7 a.m.; Mon-Thurs, after priorThursday at 7 a.m.www.cdapublicgolf.com.

•Coeur d'Alene Resort (208)667-4653. 18-hole greens fees:weekdays/weekends, April: $150for day guests, twilight rate Aprildaily $75, (after 2 p.m. most days),May: $170 (twilight $90) June:$195, twilight $125; July/August:$220, twilight $150; September:$195, twilight $125; October: $175,twilight $90. Fees include cart,range balls and forecaddie(gratuity not included), sportsmassage and complimentary bagtag. Tee times: no deadline.www.cdaresort.com.

•Colfax G&CC (509) 397-2122.Summer rates: 18-hole greens fees

weekend/weekdays, $23. 9-hole:weekends/weekdays, $16. 18-holecart fee: $20; 9-hole: $14. Teetimes: weekends, call one day inadvance; weekdays, no deadlines.

•Dominion Meadows GC (509)684-5508. 18-hole greens fees:weekends/weekdays $29/26;Senior 18-hole: $26/$23. College$26/$23, Junior $13, 9-hole fee:weekends/weekdays $21/$19;Senior 9-hole: $19/$17. College$19/$17, Junior $13. Tee times: nodeadlines. www.colvillegolf.com.

•Deer Park G&CC (509)276-5912. 18-hole greens fees:weekends $30 ($21 for sunset rateafter 3 p.m., with $12 cart fee);weekdays (Monday-Friday) $27($22 for seniors). 9-hole:weekends after 3 p.m., $18.50 ($17for seniors); weekdays(Monday-Friday) $18.50 ($17 forseniors). 18-hole cart fee: $30;9-hole: $15. Tee times: call oneweek in advance.www.deerparkgolf.com.

•Downriver GC (509)327-5269. 18-hole greens fees:weekdays (Monday-Thursday),$29, weekend $32; 9-hole:weekdays $21, weekend $32.Sunset rate $13. Seniors rate withcity discount card M-Th $20,weekend $25; after 3pm $20.Juniors – 9 or 18-hole $13. Teetimes: weekends, call Friday at 2p.m. for the following weekend;weekdays, call two days inadvance at 2 p.m.www.spokaneparks.org.

•Esmeralda GC (509) 487-6291.18-hole greens fees: weekdays(Monday-Thursday), $29,weekend $32; 9-hole: weekdays$21, weekend $32. Sunset rate $13.Seniors rate with city discountcard M-Th $20, weekend $25;after 3pm $20. Juniors – 9 or18-hole $13. Tee times: weekends,call Friday at 2 p.m. for thefollowing weekend; weekdays, calltwo days in advance at 2 p.m.www.spokaneparks.org

•The Fairways GC (509)747-8418. 18-hole: Tuesday-Fridaygreens fees $24; Monday $19 (highschool students $12, senior citizens$19, everyday except weekendsbefore 12 p.m.); weekends $29.9-hole: weekends/weekdays $18.Everyday after 4 p.m. $19. Teetimes: weekends/weekday teetime opening varies, callclubhouse for availability.www.golfthefairways.com.

•Hangman Valley GC (509)448-1212. 18-hole greens fees:weekdays (Monday-Thursday),$29, weekend $32; 9-hole:weekdays $21, weekend $32.Sunset rate $13. Seniors rate withcity discount card M-Th $20,weekend $25; after 3pm $20.Juniors – 9 or 18-hole $13. Teetimes: weekends, call Friday at 2p m for the following weekend;

weekdays, call two days inadvance at 2 p.m.www.spokaneparks.org.•Harrington G&CC (509)253-4308. 18-hole greens fees:Wednesday-Friday $20, $18 forseniors; $14 for juniors. 9-hole: $16,$12 for seniors, $10 for juniors.Monday-Tuesday $17. 9-hole: $12.Weekends $24, 9-hole $18. 18-holecart fee: $24; 9-hole: $14. Teetimes: no deadlines.harringtonbiz.com/golfcourse.htm

•Highlands GC (208) 773-3673.18-hole greens fees:weekends/weekdays $35; seniorsweekdays/weekends after 1 p.m.$28; juniors, weekdays $15 andweekends $22 until 1 p.m. thenback to $15; 9-hole: $22weekdays/weekends after 1 p.m.;18-hole cart fee: $14 per seat;9-hole: $7 per seat. Tee times:weekends, call up to one week inadvance; weekdays, up to oneweek in advance. Twilight time isafter 4 p.m. and is $25 with cart,$20 without.www.thehighlandsgc.com.� Idaho Club (208) 265-2345.18-hole greens fees: $125 includesgolf cart. Twilight rate (after 2p.m.) $80. Tee times required.

•Indian Canyon GC (509)747-5353. 18-hole greens fees:weekdays (Monday-Thursday),$29, weekend $32; 9-hole:weekdays $21, weekend $32.Sunset rate $13. Seniors rate withcity discount card M-Th $20,weekend $25; after 3pm $20.Juniors – 9 or 18-hole $13. Teetimes: weekends, call Friday at 2p.m. for the following weekend;weekdays, call two days inadvance at 2 p.m.www.spokaneparks.org.

•Liberty Lake GC (509)255-6233. 18-hole greens fees:weekdays (Monday-Thursday),$30, weekend $32; rate forpre-book $36; county discountcard $24 M-Th, weekends $27;9-hole: weekdays $22, weekend$32, after 3 p.m. $22. Seniors ratewith discount card M-Th $22,weekend $27; after 3pm $22. Withcounty discount card $18 for9-holes weekdays and after 3 p.m.weekends. Juniors – 9 or 18-hole$15. 18-hole single cart fee: $15;9-hole: $7.50. Tee times:weekends, call the previousSaturday by 7 a.m.; weekdays, callon Tuesday at 7 a.m.

•The Links GC, Post Falls (208)777-7611. 18-hole greens fees:Friday, Saturday, Sunday $36;Monday, Wednesday, Thursday$31; 9-hole Friday, Saturday,Sunday and holidays $26;Monday, Wednesday, Thursday$21; Tight-Wad-Tuesday: 18-hole:$23; 9-hole: $21. Seniors 60+(Monday-Thursday): $26 for 18holes, $21 for 9 holes. Juniors: $15.18-hole cart fee: $15 per seat;

9-hole: $10 per seat. Tee times: nodeadlines.

•MeadowWood GC (509)255-9539. 18-hole greens fees:weekdays (Monday-Thursday),$30, weekend $32; rate forpre-book $36; county discountcard $24 M-Th, weekends $27;9-hole: weekdays $22, weekend$32; after 3pm $22. Seniors ratewith discount card M-Th $22,weekend $27; after 3pm $22.Juniors – 9 or 18-hole $15. 18-holesingle cart fee: $15; 9-hole: $7.50.Tee times: weekends, call theprevious Saturday by 7 a.m.;weekdays, call on Tuesday at 7a.m. Also up to seven days inadvance atwww.spokanecountygolf.com.www.meadowwoodgolf.com.

� Mirror Lake Municipal Golf

Course, Bonners Ferry, Idaho(208) 267-5314. 9-hole greensfees: $16, weekends and holidays$18, juniors $9. 18-hole: $23,weekends and holidays $25,juniors $13. Cart trail fee: $5.

•Palouse Ridge GC (509)335-4342. 18-hole greens fees forresidents (live within 40-mileradius): $50. Non-residents: $99.Seniors (60+)/Faculty and Staff:$40. Students: $40(Monday-Thursday $35). Juniors(17-): $20. Twilight: $40. 9-holegreens fees: $40 before 8 a.m.and after 3 p.m. Cart fees: all ratesinclude a cart.www.palouseridge.com.

•Pine Acres (509) 466-9984.18-hole greens fees:weekends/weekdays $13;seniors/juniors (weekdays only)$12. 9-hole: weekends/weekdays$9; seniors/juniors (weekdaysonly) $8. Pull carts $1. Tee times:none. Range bucket prices: 135balls for $11, 90 balls for $8, 60balls for $7. � Pinehurst GC,Pinehurst, Idaho (208) 682-2013.18-hole greens fees: weekday andweekend $25, 9-hole $15. Seniorsand juniors $1 off. Play Monday orThursday for $15 all day fee. 18-cartfees: $14; 9-cart fees: $7.

•Pomeroy GC (509) 843-1197.18-hole greens fees:weekends/weekdays $18. 9-hole:$13. Tee times: none.

•Ponderosa Springs (208)664-1101. 9-hole:weekends/weekdays $12, $6 toplay again. Weekdays: seniors (55and over) $10, juniors (17 andunder) $10. Ten-play passes: $90.Pull carts only: $2. Club rentals: $3for a bag. Tee times: none. Nodress code.

•Prairie Falls GC, Post Falls(208) 457-0210. 18-hole greensfees: $27. 9-hole: $17. 18-hole cartfee: $15 per seat; 9-hole: $8 perseat. Tee times: one week inadvance.www prairiefallsgolf com

•Priest Lake GC (208)443-2525. 18-hole greens fees:weekends/weekdays high season(June 19-Sept. 13) $50; 9-hole:weekends and high season $30;off-season $30 for 18, $18 for 9.September 14-end of season $40for 18, $24 for 9. Twilight (1pm):$25 18-holes, $15 9-holes. Supertwilight (3:30pm): $22 18-holes,$12 9-holes. Tee times: nodeadline, but time availabilityvaries.www.priestlakegolfcourse.com.

•Quail Ridge GC (509)758-8501. 18-hole greens fees: $28.9-hole greens fees: $18. 18-holew/cart: $43; 9-hole: $27. Teetimes: two weeks in advance.

•The Creek at Qualchan GC(509) 448-9317. 18-hole greensfees: weekdays(Monday-Thursday), $29,weekend $32; rate for pre-book$32; 9-hole: weekdays $21,weekend $32; after 3pm $21.Seniors rate with city discountcard M-Th $20, weekend $25;after 3pm $20. Juniors – 9 or18-hole $13 weekdays, $24weekends. 18-hole cart fee: $30;9-hole: $15. Tee times: weekends,call Friday at 2 p.m. for thefollowing weekend; weekdays, calltwo days in advance at 2 p.m.www.spokaneparks.org.

•Ranch Club Golf Course (208)448-1731. 18-hole greens fees:weekends/weekdays $21. 9-hole:weekends/weekdays $15. 18-holecart fee: $20; 9-hole: $15. Teetimes: on weekends reservationsare needed a couple of days inadvance.

•Ritzville GC (509) 659-9868.18-hole greens fees: weekends$25; weekdays $20; senior(Monday-Thursday) $17. 9-hole:weekends $20; weekdays $15,senior (Monday-Thursday) $12.Unlimited rounds(Monday-Thursday) for studentsunder 14 for $5 and students 14and over for $10. Unlimited all-day$25. Monday $10 for any round.18-hole cart fee $20, 9-hole $10.Tee times: no deadlines. Subjectto change because of city council.

•Sandpoint Elks GC (208)263-4321. 18-hole greens fees:weekends/weekdays $28.09.9-hole: weekends/weekdays$18.55. 18-hole cart fee: $25.44;9-hole: $18.55. Pull cart: $5.30. Teetimes: no deadlines.

•Shoshone G&TC (208)784-0161. 18-hole greens fees:weekends/weekdays $27, senior$22, junior $19 (under 18 years).9-hole: weekends/weekdays $17,senior $14, junior $11. Mondayexcept holidays, all day $30including cart. 18-hole cart fee:$27; 9-hole: $14. Tee times: nodeadlines.www.shoshonegolf.com.

•St. John G&CC (509)

648-3259. All-day greens fees:weekends/weekdays $18. Pull cart$3. Motorized cart $25.

•St. Maries GC (208) 245-3842.18-hole greens fees: weekends$24; weekdays $20 (weekdaysjuniors, $8). 9-hole: weekends $15;weekdays $13 (juniors, $8). 18-holecart fee: $26; 9-hole: $13. Teetimes: no deadline.

•Stoneridge GC (208)437-GOLF. 18-hole greens fees.May-Sept weekdays $35;weekends $35; 9-hole $22/$22.Monday senior 18-hole with cart$39. Juniors 18-hole $20, 9-hole$12. Cart fee $15. Tee times: call 14days in advance.www.stoneridgeidaho.com.

•Sun Dance GC (509)466-4040. 18-hole greens fees:Tuesday-Friday $21 (Seniors,60-plus, $18). Monday $13 all day.Weekends and holidays: $25 ($21for seniors). Twilight (after 3 p.m.),$13. Tee times: call one week inadvance. www.sundancegc.com.

•Tekoa GC (509) 284-5607.18-hole green fees: $20. 9-hole $12.Cart rental $20. Tee times: none.

•Twin Lakes Village GC (208)687-1311. All rates fromJune-August: 18-hole greens fees:all week $35; seniors(Monday-Friday) $25. 9-hole:Monday-Friday and weekendsafter 3 p.m. and before 8 a.m. $22;seniors (Monday-Friday) $18.Monday-Friday 18-hole for juniorsis $18, 9-hole is $12; twilight rate$28 after 3 p.m. 18-hole cart fee:$14 per seat; 9-hole: $7 per seat.Tee times: call one week inadvance. www.golftwinlakes.com.

•University of Idaho GC (208)885-6171. 18-hole greens fees:Weekends $28. Weekdays $26,students $17, seniors $22, juniors$15. 9-hole weekends: $17 after 2p.m.; 9-hole weekdays: students$12, juniors $10, seniors $16.June-September twilight(weekdays after 3:30 p.m.) $21.18-hole cart fee: $13 per seat;9-hole: $9 per seat. Tee times:accepted one week in advance.www.webs.uidaho.edu/golf.

•Trailhead GC (formerly ValleyView GC) (509) 928-3484. 9-hole:$15 every day, $10 juniors, $12seniors; second 9: $8 adults, $6juniors, $7 seniors; Pull cart $4.Club rental $10. Power cart: 9-hole:$7 per seat, 18-hole: $14 per seat.Every day after 5 p.m., unlimitedplay $11 (with cart $16).

•Wandermere GC (509)466-8023. 18-hole greens fees:weekends $29; weekdays $25,seniors $21, junior $18 flat rate(regardless of 9-hole or 18-hole,after 3 p.m. on weekends). 9-hole:weekdays $19, seniors $16. 18-holecart fee: $28; 9-hole: $14. Teetimes: weekends, call one week inadvance; weekdays, call one dayin advance wandermere com

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