Public US Open Golf Courses

Public US Open Golf Courses

Over the last 20 years, the US Open has been held at public courses nine times: Pebble Beach (3), Pinehurst (2), Bethpage (2), Torrey Pines (2), Chambers Bay and Erin Hills. Going forward, the US Open will appear at Pinehurst (2024, 2029, 2035, 2041 and 2047)) and Pebble Beach (2027). Pinehurst appears in a permanent fixture in the rota since the USGA has inked a deal with the resort.

That’s approaching 50% public versus private venues, which is a better effort than in the past for the USGA. Before 2000 — going back to 1895 — only one public course held a US Open: Pebble Beach (6 times; the first in 1972). Considering that the vast majority of golfers in the US play at public courses putting more public courses in play for our national championship makes sense.

Here’s the list of public courses where the US Open has been played:

• Bethpage Black
• Chambers Bay
• Erin Hills
• Pebble Beach
• Pinehurst #2
• Torrey Pines

There’s also the oddity of the Country Club of Buffalo, a private club which hosted the US Open in 1912. Today, that country club is a muni: The Grover Cleveland Golf Course.

I have had the good fortune to play a number of US Open Courses: Torrey Pines, Pinehurst No. 2, Erin Hills, Oakland Hills, The Colonial and Medinah #3.

Future US Open Venues:

Year	Public/Private	Venue	Location
2021	Public Municipal	Torrey Pines	San Diego, California
2022	Private	The Country Club	Brookline, Massachusettts
2023	Private	Los Angeles Country Club	Los Angeles, California
2024	Public Resort	Pinehurst Resort #2	Pinehurst, North Carolina
2025	Private	Oakmont Country Club	Oakmont, Pennsylvania
2026	Private	Shinnecock Hills Golf Club	Shinnecock Hills, New York
2027	Public Resort	Pebble Beach Golf Links	Pebble Beach, California
2028
2029	Public Resort	Pinehurst No. 2	Pinehurst, NC
2030
2031
2032
2033
2034
2035	Public Resort	Pinehurst No. 2	Pinehurst, NC
2036
2037
2038
2039
2040
2041	Public Resort	Pinehurst No. 2	Pinehurst, NC
2042
2043
2044
2045
2046
2047	Public Resort	Pinehurst No. 2	Pinehurst, NC

There also are a number of Womens’ US Open courses that are publicly accessible:

• CordeValle
• Pinehurst No. 2
• Blackwolf Run
• Broadmoor Golf Club
• Pine Needles Lodge and Club
• Old Waverly Golf Club
• The Homestead
• Dunes Golf & Beach Club
• Atlantic City Country Club

I have been lucky enough to have played Blackwolf Run, in Kohler.

There also are a number of PGA Tour stops (past and present) that you could play if you set your sights a bit lower, among them Doral, Harbour Town Links, PGA National, Disney’s Magnolia and Palm Courses, Brown Deer Park, Bethpage, Kiawah, Sea Island, PGA West, Bay Hill, Innisbrook, and the TPC Courses. You can easily book the Disney Courses through their corporate site the next time you head to Florida.