By Sammy Batten
Staff writer
Updated Sep 10, 2018 at 6:33 PM
https://www.fayobserver.com/sports/20180910/country-club-of-nc-lands-2021-us-junior-amateur
The Village of Pinehurst will be the site of yet another United States Golf Association championship in 2021.
The USGA announced Monday that the 74th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship will be played at The Country Club of North Carolina on July 19-24, 2021. It will be the third USGA event held at The Country Club of North Carolina, following the U.S. Girls’ Junior in 2010 and the 1980 U.S. Amateur captured by Hal Sutton.
“The Country Club of North Carolina is honored to host the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship and to be among the prestigious clubs to host this wonderful event,” club president Tom Beddow said in a press release issued by the USGA. “CCNC has a great history and tradition of supporting amateur golf and we have the experience, infrastructure and a committed staff and group of volunteers who will help make this a memorable championship.”
The Country Club of North Carolina features two courses, both of which will be utilized during the Junior Amateur. The Dogwood Course, designed by Ellis Maples and Willard Byrd, was renovated by Kris Spence in 2016. The Cardinal Course was designed by Byrd and Robert Trent Jones Jr., and was renovated by Arthur Hills from 1999-2002. The Dogwood Course will serve as the host site for both stroke play and match play, while the Cardinal Course will be the stroke-play co-host course for the 2021 Junior Amateur.
The 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur will be the 34th USGA championship conducted in North Carolina. Pinehurst will be the site of two major USGA events in 2019 with the U.S. Amateur being held at the Pinehurst Resort on August 12-19 and the U.S. Senior Women’s Open coming to the Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club on May 16-19.
Staff writer Sammy Batten can be reached at [email protected] or 910-486-3534.