North Shore Golf Fall 2016
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FORETHOUGHT:<br />
Reserve your Open tickets now<br />
Tickets for the 2017 U.S. Senior Open, which will be<br />
played June 26–July 2 at Salem Country Club, are<br />
now on sale.<br />
The Open is the sixth national championship to be played at Salem, which<br />
underwent a significant restoration in the fall of 2015, restoring the course<br />
to its original 1925 Donald Ross design.<br />
More than 150 of the world’s top senior golfers will be vying for the title<br />
and the right to raise the Francis Ouimet Trophy traditionally awarded to<br />
the winner of the Open.<br />
The tournament is expected to attract 125,000-140,000 spectators<br />
throughout the week who will have the opportunity to see some of the<br />
game’s most recognizable players, including Tom Watson, Fred Couples,<br />
Bernhard Langer, Colin Montgomerie as well as Gene Sauers, who won<br />
the <strong>2016</strong> U.S. Senior Open Championship at Scioto Country Club in<br />
Columbus, Ohio.<br />
Sauers, who has competed in eight USGA championships, including three<br />
U.S. Opens, has a history of success in New England, with his first PGA<br />
Tour victory coming at the 1986 Bank of Boston Classic at Pleasant Valley<br />
Country Club in Sutton.<br />
“We are thrilled to have Gene Sauers as the reigning national champion,”<br />
said 2017 U.S. Senior Open Chairman William Sheehan III. “His professional<br />
career was jump-started in this area in 1986 and now he’s returning next<br />
summer to defend the title of national champion at Salem Country Club.<br />
It’s a remarkable feat for such a deserving golfer.<br />
“The Boston area’s rich history of major championship golf writes another<br />
chapter next summer,” added Sheehan. “From those who have won<br />
national championships to those seeking their first, such as Rocco<br />
Mediate and John Daly, it promises to be a memorable and historic week<br />
at Salem Country Club.”<br />
Ticket options include a four-ticket gallery flex pack that costs $125.<br />
Tickets are good any day, Monday through Sunday. Each of the four tickets<br />
is valid for one one-time entry.<br />
For $225, there is the Francis Ouimet Trophy Club package. Ticketholders<br />
have access to the championship grounds as well as access to a climate<br />
controlled pavilion along the championship hole No. 17 fairway. Food and<br />
beverages will be available for purchase inside the pavilion. A Trophy<br />
Club ticket is good for each day from Monday through Sunday.<br />
Children age 17 and younger are admitted free of charge when accompanied<br />
by a ticketed adult.<br />
For further information or to purchase tickets, visit the tournament<br />
website at www.ussenioropen.com.<br />
PLAYERS EXPECTED TO COMPETE INCLUDE:<br />
Michael Allen<br />
Olin Browne<br />
Brad Bryant<br />
Mark Calcavecchia<br />
Roger Chapman<br />
Russ Cochran<br />
John Cook<br />
Fred Couples<br />
Fred Funk<br />
Jay Haas<br />
Hale Irwin<br />
Peter Jacobsen<br />
Tom Kite<br />
Bernhard Langer<br />
Tom Lehman<br />
Davis Love III<br />
Rocco Mediate<br />
Colin Montgomerie<br />
Mark O'Meara<br />
Corey Pavin<br />
Tom Pernice, Jr.<br />
Loren Roberts<br />
Eduardo Romero<br />
Peter Senior<br />
Vijay Singh<br />
Jeff Sluman<br />
Hal Sutton<br />
Tom Watson<br />
Mark Wiebe<br />
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