Eugene CC to Host 2008 U.S. Women’s Amateur

The United States Golf Association has announced that Eugene (Ore.) Country Club will host the 2008 U.S. Women’s Amateur championship. The championship will be played from August 4-10.

Eugene Country Club was designed by H. Chandler Egan and opened in 1925. Robert Trent Jones Sr. remodeled the course in 1967. The 2008 U.S. Women’s Amateur will be the fourth USGA championship at the club. Previously, the club hosted the 1964 U.S. Junior Amateur (won by Johnny Miller), the 1993 Mid-Amateur (Jeff Thomas), and the 2002 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur (Kathy Hartwiger).

Among the members at Eugene Country Club are 2000 U.S. Amateur champion Jeff Quinney, former PGA Tour player Casey Martin, and former PGA Tour and current Nationwide Tour player Brian Henninger.

”Eugene Country Club is honored to have the opportunity to host this national championship,” said Neil Warne, president of Eugene Country Club. “We look forward to having the best amateur female players in the world come to Eugene.”

The Women’s Amateur, open to any female amateurs with a handicap index of 5.4 or below, is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the USGA, 10 of which are for amateurs.

Prior to 2008, the Women’s Amateur will be played at the Witch Hollow Course at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in North Plains, Ore., from August 7-13, 2006. The host site for the 2007 has not been determined.